Part 1, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Indian Education (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, U.S. Senate) on policy, organization, administration, and new legislation concerning American Indians, focuses especially on the problems of Alaskan Indians and Eskimos. The February, March, and April (1969) hearings were held in both Washington,…

Fourth in a series on public personnel administration, this book discusses problems in personnel and organizational development (OD) and the resources potentially available to solve them, then indicates some of the ways in which employee development might be facilitated. Basic steps in the systems approach to development are outlined, followed by…

The authors of this planning review claim that educational research and development has been underfunded, has had less than distinguished standing in the scholarly and scientific community, and has had little national leadership. They assert that the National Institute of Education (NIE) is intended to bring about an improvement on all three…

This paper summarizes a Great Plains School District Organization Project publication, People, Places, Perspectives: the Great Plains States, which was concerned with the demographic characteristics of the Midwest and their implications for educational planners. The author suggests that the challenges facing educational planners in the Midwest, as…

The adoption of educational innovations by secondary schools, their abandonment, and the causes for abandonment are the subjects of this study. The researchers surveyed 3,271 high schools accredited by the North Central Association, including both public and private schools. School administrators were questioned about the history in their schools…

The report filed by senior European university administrators after their visit to U.S. universities examines the movement toward entrepreneurialism and the related issues of administrative organization and change, planning and financial management, client relations, delivery systems, technology transfer, government-school relations, and the…

The developments and issues in the future of management education, as defined and discussed by a panel supported by the Graduate Management Admission Council, are outlined and discussed briefly. The information is taken from a larger report entitled "Future Influences on Management Education." (MSE)

The implications of Sweden's recent policy trend toward broad decentralization in government for the education system in general, and higher education in particular, are discussed, including issues of local involvement and central reforms, autonomy and local governance, and bureaucratization. (MSE)

The University of California at Berkeley's substantial reorganization of the biological sciences due to internal and external needs is chronicled, focusing on the coordinated efforts of the institution and the strong, supportive leadership of the chancellor. The story is presented as an unusual case of institutional leadership within a highly…

Issues emerging from recent Australian college mergers include: their necessity, forced by federal government; realism of the savings objectives; problems of merging institutions with separate traditions and missions; achieving new institutional identities; optimum strategies for integrating organizational structures and policies; and effects on…

This document provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies,…

Leaders need to be responsive to different ethnic, linguistic, and religious subcultures or they will place many students at risk of being excluded from the benefits of a high-quality education. By valuing diversity and preserving the cultural dignity of students, cultural proficiency enables educators to create an inclusive and instructionally…

Schools working to raise student achievement need the help of an organized, focused central office. Yet many districts lack unified direction, agreement on the central office role in supporting school improvement, and coherence and alignment between goals and strategies. Drawing on the findings of a three-year study of several districts focused on…

This is the last in a series of four policy briefs to be published by The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement in 2005. The briefs are intended to provide fresh insights and useful advice to policymakers and school assistance providers. The first part of this policy brief breaks down the process of sustaining improvement and…

A group of human resource development (HRD) practitioners participated in an innovative session on managing culture in the e-workplace. The session objectives were as follows: (1) bring cultural patterns of the e-workplace to the forefront; (2) discuss the impact of culture on performance improvement in the e-workplace; and (3) share resources for…