Perhaps one of the greatest challenges facing tournament directors wishing to provide a balance between individual events and debate is an equitable overall sweepstakes formula. One such formula, modified from a methodology initially developed in response to a need at the Missouri Association of Forensic Activities (MAFA) intercollegiate…

This final report describes the Systematic Integrated Preschool Education Model (SIPE) project, which established classrooms to demonstrate an inclusion model for serving preschool children with severe disabilities. A total of 33 preschool children with identified developmental disabilities and their families in three Virginia school districts…

Change is easier to demand than to endure. The deeper we go into reform, the rougher it gets and the higher the degree of public impatience and frustration. The higher the frustration, the greater the temptation for policy makers to try the quick fix. Inadequate funding is another reality faced by "ideal" reform plans. At least 30 states…

Concerned with how new schooling structures, once implemented, will remain in place, this paper reviews findings of the International School Improvement Project (ISIP) about institutionalization and suggests their application to educational restructuring results. According to the ISIP study, indicators of complete institutionalization include…

The use of two management strategies by 14 liberal arts and comprehensive colleges attempting to recover from serious financial decline during 1973-1976 were studied. The adaptive model of strategy, based on resource dependence, involves managing demands in order to satisfy critical-resource providers. The constructive model of strategy, based on…

This study of one neighborhood stabilization effort is based on interviews with 312 residents of an Akron (Ohio) neighborhood which changed from 11 percent to 57 percent black in the past decade. The results of the survey of residents' concerns in this racially changing neighborhood confirmed Hunter's theory that organizations (in this case, The…

From the formation in 1959 of CHELA to the present NCAHE, the author looks back over two decades of trial, change, decisions, and growth in the profession of home economics education and discusses some present day problems from the vantage point of a long perspective. (Author/BP)

This study used time-out (TO) as the primary therapeutic intervention with a 13-year-old highly aggressive male in a public school setting. TO was used over a 10-week period with extinction of the specified behaviors occurring after the seventh week. During an 8-week follow-up only three instances of the aggressive behaviors were observed. (Author)

An interdisciplinary approach to distributive education would generate an expanded and flexible curriculum where the coordinator could help students develop as intelligent, sensitive, independent, confident, caring, open, and responsible individuals, posessing the kinds of human skills and attitudes employers seek. (Author/BP)

The spouses were counseled jointly with a cognitive approach and separately with behavior modification techniques for the husband's obesity and the wife's lack of affective verbalization. After eight weeks, the husband had lost thirty pounds and the wife's affective language had increased markedly. (Author)

A survey questionnaire soliciting opinions regarding how well ARCA publications serve membership needs was included in most fall 1974 ARCA newsletters. Respondents reported general satisfaction with the Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin and ARCA News. More coverage, however, was requested for certain professional areas, including counseling…

Technologically sound administrative control systems may have undesirable results if they are not properly utilized. Before adopting a control system, a manager should consider how well it fits his managerial style, the organizational climate of the organization, the personality of his subordinates, and the goals of the organization. (JG)

The article's objective is to describe the situation of women as producers in the health labor force in the United States, to give the author's interpretations of some of the factors that have caused the present situation, and to describe a strategy for change, and the leverage points within that strategy. (Author/BP)

Conflicting views concerning the metric system result in confusion for teachers: should metrics be taught? If so, when? (AG)

Discusses the changing economic and political forces that are affecting higher education in the United States and offers recommendations for alleviating the continuing financial crisis in higher education and for increasing public respect for and commitment to higher educational institutions. (JG)