The power that writing centers have to change their institutions lies in their working with faculties across the various disciplines, starting conversations about the nature of teaching and the role of writing in education. Engaging in this adventure requires some change, some adaptation, in the way a center operates--in at least a practical,…

One of the primary aspects of a reporting system is to maintain consistency between what is taught, what is tested, and what is reported to parents. This paper explores one school district's experience in changing how student progress is reported to parents for the elementary division from kindergarten to grade five. Over the last decade, what was…

Critical issues facing the counseling profession include the simultaneous occurrence of turbulence in the professional, legal, and social atmospheres in which counselors operate. Specific examples of turbulence experienced in the state of Washington are presented. In this series of two papers, Dr. Gerber reflects on the critical issues facing the…

Positive Uncertainty is a flexible, ambidextrous approach to managing change, which encourages the use of both the rational and intuitive mind, and incorporates techniques for both making up one's mind and changing it. Positive Uncertainty, as a new philosophy for counseling, will require a paradigm shift for counselors. It is possible that a new…

Article attempts to enhance administrative bargaining power through the effective use of information-based strategies. Strategies. calculated to achieve academic redesign are included in the text. (Author/HB)

Before the country is saturated with incompatible and competing networks, an overall, national plan must be developed. (Author)

Libraries must begin to provide not only the information tools which will allow individuals to better manipulate the system, but those that will allow them to research and change the system. (Author)

Distributive education personnel must find solutions to some unique problems (lack of leadership, fiscal policies, local motivation, and research) if adult distributive education offerings are to become a more vital and flourishing component of the total distributive education program. (Author/BP)

This paper suggests to those who have a genuine desire to effect change in higher education some ways of thinking and acting that they may find useful and urges further dialogue about strategy and approach to needed innovation generally. (Author)

Although a good deal of the controversy over debate strategy versus substance has been on the construction of both affirmative and negative cases, the most widespread concern is with the use of the "spread." Debate scholars argue that the spread can be misused in two somewhat similar ways. The strategic spread, in which a large number of…

The feasibility of collaborative problem solving as a strategy for change in a third world setting was the focus of this study. Two projects of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) were assessed. Project I, undertaken during 1981-1983 by the Caribbean CXC, included a series of organization development interventions. The assessment suggested…

As a means of organizing the diverse literature on and approaches to planned educational change, the author proposes a typology that focuses on change perspectives. Whereas previously proposed typologies classified approaches to change according to the change strategies or processes utilized, the current proposal urges using "change…

The willful destruction of toys by the 2-year-old is frequently a plea for attention. Suggests things for the caregiver to do to help the toddler through this trying period of development. (CS)

There is no doubt that the most important activity In schools and universities is conducting classes and lectures to their students. Preparation of timetables is a major task confronted by the management every year. A lot of time is spent on this exercise, yet the end result would be far from satisfactory. In this paper, we draw attention to the…