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Ellis, Richard, Ed.; Puma, Michael, Ed. – 1979
Site visits to a sample of 173 colleges, universities, vocational-technical schools, and other postsecondary institutions--conducted to examine the procedures used to manage federal Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) and campus-based student financial assistance programs--are summarized. This report deals only with the conduct of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Federal Programs, Financial Aid Applicants
Mills, Joe D. – 1977
The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a modularized, individualized, multimedia learning system designed to produce vocational instructors who are competent to implement and manage a totally individualized curriculum delivery system. A team of instructional designers worked with practicing vocational teachers and teacher…
Descriptors: Administration, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Levy, Daniel C. – 1980
The relationship between the authoritarian state and higher education in Mexico is examined in this case study. Focus is on the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) since it receives 40 percent of the federal budget for higher education, which makes it a prime example of autonomy within an authoritarian political system. Using three…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Authoritarianism, Case Studies, College Administration
Jones, Susan Holtzer – 1979
Survey results pertaining to the development of a campus plan for student participation for the University of California at Davis campus are presented. The data were derived from a two-part questionnaire, which is appended. Part one contains five questions designed to measure levels of student participation, and part two contains six open-ended…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Students, Decision Making
Bodenman, Paul S. – 1980
The document discusses the highly developed, diversified, and decentralized system of education in Switzerland. Because of the political, geographic, and linguistic diversity of education in Switzerland, this brief report is limited to major characteristics and patterns of education common to most Swiss cantons. Topics of the report include school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Educational Administration, Educational Needs
Ivey, Ellis, II – 1979
This study explores a design for a curriculum model for improving the preparation of teachers for rural schools. It was based on surveys and interviews conducted to assess needs, characteristics, and attitudes of rural communities. The functions and responsibilities of the college administrator were also examined with particular emphasis on the…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, Community Attitudes
Johnson, Margaret H., Ed. – 1980
This National Business Education Yearbook is divided into five parts. Each part contains several chapters authored by leaders in the field of business education. Part 1, Perspectives, includes the following three chapters: Growing Need for Office Personnel; Tomorrow's Manager of Administrative Services; and Constraints Affecting the Business…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills
Tolo, Kenneth, Ed. – 1979
An overview of the functions of preapprenticeship programs, this report contains a statement of need, definitions, description of component parts, examination of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) as a resource, and discussion of how to work with CETA. Preapprenticeship programs are defined as those which prepare individuals…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Definitions, Educational Opportunities, Evaluation Needs
Cox, Robert S. – 1980
The distribution of funds for university administration and support for a hypothetical state university system using 11 state funding formulas is reviewed. Data for a hypothetical system of 11 institutions of varying size and student level mix were used. The distributions for university administration and support include library support, student…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Kramer, Martin – 1980
How and why private and "private equivalent" resources (i.e., discretionary funds) have played such a large role in higher education in the United States, and how that role can continue to be performed in the financially troubled future, are outlined. Chapter One describes the "postponed crisis" precipitated by the end of growth in higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgets, College Administration, College Role
Felder, Nathaniel L. – 1979
The grading system at the University of North Carolina at Asheville before fall 1978 provided four designations: H (honors); G (good or well above average); P (pass or satisfactory); and F (failure). This range does not provide a grade for unsatisfactory but passing work. It was suspected that this led teachers to give "average" grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, College Administration, Evaluation Criteria
Berry, Margaret C., Ed. – 1979
The status and satisfaction of women in higher education administration are addressed in 29 articles. Contents include the following: Why Don't Women Aspire to Leadership Positions in Education (Sylvia-Lee Tibbets); Training Women for Administration (Rae Andre and Mary I. Edwards); Kindergarten: The Training Ground for Women in Administration…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation
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Kohl, Peggy L.; And Others – 1980
A survey of the 51 Illinois public community colleges was conducted during February 1980, to assess the status of institutional research (IR) at the colleges and to determine how that status had changed since the completion of similar surveys in 1973 and 1976. Major findings indicated that while 67% of the colleges had offices of institutional…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
This eighth annual edition of the Data Resource Book for the school year 1979-1980 was designed as a readily available source of information for school staff and community use. It provides the latent facts and figures about the District of Columbia public school system. Information covered by the Data Resource Book includes: (1) school board and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
The booklet describes and presents recommendations for improving the Fulbright-Hays exchange program. The program comprises an international visitor program and a two-way exchange of research scholars, lecturers, teachers, and graduate students. The major objective of the program is to increase mutual understanding between people of the United…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Educational Objectives, Exchange Programs, Government Role
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