A skeptic about the good reputation achieved by Miami-Dade Community College in recent years undertook a critical study of what the college was doing and how it has changed since 1960. (MSE)

This article examines the evolution of informal rules that guided urban school authorities in dealing with difficult pupils. It argues that special classes, special curricula, and lowered promotion standards served to preserve school order after the establishment of mandatory attendance laws. (JDH)

The impact of decentralization and devolution and its implications for principals in the state of Victoria (Australia) were investigated. Interview data documenting implementation problems and the effects of these reforms on the influence of principals and the future of the principalship in Victoria are presented. (MD)

Reviews recent research on the rate of implementation and impacts of office automation (i.e., expanding microcomputer use, expert systems, electronic publishing) and outlines how these impacts may lead to changes in roles and services of libraries and information professionals. (Author/MBR)

Extensive organizational changes made in an Australian university during a period of 10 years are discussed, including the issues of the government's role in forcing a merger, other forces in higher education, funding, administrative change, educational reorientation, and conflicts and resistance within the institution. (MSE)

Explains how changes in family and society have had a broad impact on youth-serving organizations, which have for decades engaged in nonformal education, a support service needed by today's young people. Suggests a stronger partnership is needed between public and private education and nonformal education provided by organizations for youth. (HOD)

Discusses the connection between type of control structure for a school system and type of strategy for change that may be chosen. Shows that the mandator-controlled Swedish school system best corresponds to the "Developing the Organization" model of educational change. Describes a Swedish training program based on the model. (SB)

Interviews with administrators and reviews of official reports in 12 Ontario school districts provided data on the processes and participants involved in policymaking, the size of the central office administrative staff, and the nature of changes in administrative organization over the preceding decade. (PGD)

Through an evaluative review of literature in management science and social psychology, this study analyzes causes of difficulties experienced when introducing technological change to library and its employees. Nature of problems (technological, organizational, behavioral), alternative solutions, selection of course of action, and assessment of…

The self-imposed external evaluation of a university grants office is reported, including discussions of the office's and administrator's roles, comparison with similar-sized institutions and programs, the review process, and its results. (MSE)

The intent and results of the establishment of universities in the northern regions of Sweden and Ontario are examined, along with academic, financial, and geographic problems faced by each. (MSE)

Lewis and Clark College adopted a policy of gender balancing as part of its long-range administrative and curriculum planning, giving consideration to such issues as women on the faculty, women's studies, coverage of women's issues in the general studies program, and the organizational climate for women. (MSE)

Examination of the transition to automated offices revealed that the prospect can be anxiety-producing for potential users, most users did not receive adequate training, lack of training may cause equipment underutilization, administrators are often not prepared to manage the change, and most experienced job satisfaction after automation. (MSE)

Describes reorganization of monographic processing at Iowa State University Library Technical Services for effective use of online cataloging system (OCLC). Combination of pre-order bibliographic searching with later copy cataloging, post-receipt examination of materials, hit rates and type of records used, productivity and processing speed, and…

College counseling needs to generate constructive alternatives. Analysis of the prevalent orientation suggests that it uses "person-blame" problem definitions, leading to characteristic counseling practices, self-perpetuating counselor behavior and uncritical research. A balanced person-situation problem definition orientation is suggested and…