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Wirt, Frederick M. – 1980
This paper explores the politics of education with emphasis on the uses and influences of educational research in educational policy formation. Objectives are to identify information needs of policy makers and to shed light on the educational policy process. The hypothesis is that there is a lack of unity in studies of the political aspects of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Bruce, Raymond C. – 1975
Three basic questions form the focus for this inquiry into the educational decision making process. First, can community groups which are or have been involved in educational issues be identified within local school districts and can they be classified for further inquiry? Secondly, do these groups have influence in educational decisions which are…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Download full textStewart, G. Kent – 1976
In order to achieve school finance reform at the state level, six levels of local and state educational and political responsibility must be involved. The six levels are educational leadership (local and state school executives), the executive and legislative branches of government, the state educational department, the teachers association, the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Court Litigation, Decision Making
Gustafson, Thomas John – 1970
A pilot study was designed to explore the nature of pressure groups interested in education and to determine characteristics common to those groups. Background material is presented covering the history of pressure groups in the U.S., the social structure in which pressure groups must operate, and the role of pressure groups in the decision-making…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Communication Skills, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Baldridge, J. Victor – 1970
This bibliography deals with a wide variety of organizational dynamics and is related to the definition of organizational change developed by the Stanford Center's Organizational Change project. This definition, discussed in detail, focuses on deliberate change instituted to reformulate official policy. A topical outline of the bibliography is…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Change, Bibliographies, Bureaucracy
Peer reviewedStufflebeam, Daniel L.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
Thirteen evaluation methods are analyzed by orientation. Typically, clients want politically advantageous studies; evaluators prefer questions-oriented studies; audiences favor a values orientation. Evaluators must recognize the narrow scope of question-oriented studies and the perspectives of client and audience. (CP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Certification, Consumer Protection, Decision Making
Peer reviewedShelton, Brenda S.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1989
Political factors that school superintendents perceive as related to decision making were studied using a random sample of 172 superintendents from 11 southeastern states. The results show that the greatest political influences were local and state sources within the organizational structure of the school districts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
The Business of Mass Media section of the proceedings contains the following 13 papers: "Management in Transition at the Rocky Mountain News" (Jim Redmond); "The Rise and Fall of the Distress Sale: A Strange Case of Comparative Broadcast Policy-Making" (Alan G. Stavitsky); "Journalists' Assessment of Group Ownership and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cable Television, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Nashville. – 1983
Three key political decisions made in Tennessee higher education that have brought about major changes in structure and have implications for the future are discussed. The decisions are: creation of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) in 1967, the creation of the State Board of Regents (SBR) in 1972, and the establishment of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Governing Boards
Cope, Robert G. – 1987
Appropriate and inappropriate uses of the strategic planning concept are identified, and significant literature on the subject is reviewed that gives both conceptual and practical guidelines. Included is a series of very simple to more complex planning models that colleges and universities can adopt or modify, depending on their circumstances, to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Haak, Harold H. – 1982
A fictional account of 1 school year in the life of a university president is presented to illustrate the conflicts within the university. A meeting with state officials regarding the university's 1979-1980 budget request is described, including the president's premeeting anticipation and his thoughts about the dynamics of interactions. Diverse…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, College Planning, College Presidents
Svensson, Lennart – 1980
The history of the Swedish universities and their roots in various traditions are traced. Attention is directed to the historico-sociological theory concerning the development and transformation of the Swedish universities from a traditional cultural institution to a rational educational institution. Six themes are covered: a general historical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, College Role, Decision Making, Economic Factors
DEINES, VERNON, ED.; RICHARDS, LOWELL, ED. – 1966
THESE ABSTRACTS OF CONFERENCE PAPERS INDICATE FORCES AND ASPECTS OF URBANIZATION. ANYTHING CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG SOCIAL TIES IS HEALTHY AND ANYTHING DESTROYING VIABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IS UNHEALTHY. SINCE MINIMUM SIZE OF MARKET AND SUPPLY AREAS ARE PRECONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED URBAN GROWTH, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WOULD INCREASE…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Pray, Francis C. – 1975
Community colleges are failing to realize their potential because of problems at the very highest level of policy and management decision-making. Publicly elected trustees are apt to have political allegiances. Community college boards are usually too small to represent the range of talent and experience needed for constructing effective trustees…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Community Colleges
Nicholls, William M. – 1967
In this descriptive study of the views and opinions of member organizations of the Canadian Council on Rural Development (CCRD), it is noted that approximately 6 months after the CCRD was created the decision was made by the organization to assess and define itself prior to attempting to contribute to the solution of problems relating to land and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indians, Communication Problems, Decision Making
