Discusses teachers' attitudes toward changes in education from traditional classrooms to Internet-based activities. Topics include the effect of reform movements, future needs, support needed for teachers, possibilities for school reform, counterinstance, systemic organizational change, and the integration of educational technology. (LRW)

Describes a qualitative and interpretive investigation of organizational behavior in a community college undergoing significant organizational change. Cites the effect of organizational ideology, patterns of past behavior, and organizational management on the change process. Argues that susceptibility to change and openness to change are not the…

Provides a satirical view of the extinction of school librarians. Highlights include educational technology development; changing professional environments; mainstreaming; certification; and the industrialization of education. (AEF)

Highlights the importance of management in a community college's success. Suggests that adaptive institutions, which identify challenges and create programs through cooperation with their staff and faculty, have a mechanism for continuous quality improvement. Describes Montgomery College's (Maryland) transition from a bureaucratic management…

This article argues that, while college and university programming for leadership development may depend initially on the creativity of a few supporters, such programming should also be positioned in a unit within the institution that has the resources and support to nurture it over the long term. (MSE)

Robert W. Woodruff's $100 million grant to the medical school at Emory University (Georgia), the largest individual gift in the history of U.S. education, was the culmination of a process in which the entire foundation was turned over to the university in 1978. The endowment is used throughout the institution for improving educational programs,…

The concept of reengineering is examined as it applies to colleges and universities, with emphasis upon information technology units. Covered are the purposes, principles, and process of reengineering; organizational change; leadership; reengineering the information technology unit; and critical success factors for reengineering higher education.…

Discusses the national movement to improve middle school education with respect to school reorganization, curricular issues, instructional strategies, and various ways of applying the middle school concept. (DMM)

Responds to an article by Lee Teitel entitled "The Transformation of a Community College," which criticizes the increasing domination of the continuing education (CE) mentality at community colleges. Specifically addresses Teitel's statements about organizational structures and highlights factors making community colleges more responsive to CE…

Provides an account of L'anse Creuse North High School's (Michigan) efforts to practice the outcomes accreditation tasks of identifying a target goal (i.e., getting students to come to class prepared); gathering data; evaluating data and establishing a baseline; and working across curriculum lines on a target goal. Reviews results of the minimodel…

Trends such as technological innovation, downsizing, self-managed teams, and continuous learning imply that in continuing education technical content must be considered in the context in which skills are used. Knowledge of learning processes and workplace socialization suggests that formal training and informal learning must be integrated to…

Surveys the politics and economics of networking and presents four general leadership strategies for making progress in the climate of change surrounding the developing National Information Infrastructure: (1) building the organizational information infrastructure; (2) emphasizing exploration and discovery; (3) cultivating relationships and…

Organizational change will be a major theme of the school reform movement. Despite restructuring efforts, schools are still operated on the factory system model. Using the social norms concept, this paper examines schools as informal organizations and advocates staff development as an essential key for changing informal relationships (roles)…

Changes in internal management of higher education institutions resulting from decentralization of Finland's higher education system are discussed. A project for improving managerial efficiency in one university is described, and its effect on patterns of leadership and communication in planning and resource allocation are assessed. (Author/MSE)

Discusses issues related to several models of knowledge transfer and utilization (KTU) from two points of view: that models contain nonspecific treatment characteristics that should be accounted for in their use; and that models provide quantitative and qualitative frameworks that may be ready for quantitative consideration. A nonspecific KTU…