The argument of this paper on systematic change in institutions of higher education is that "(1) there are identifiable functions which appear to be necessary in effecting a program of planned change in an institution and/or a social process field; (2) colleges and universities do not presently seem to be engaging in systematic efforts to carry…

There are several pervasive flaws in the institution for teacher education which impede change in the field. These problems result from: (a) conflicts among the various organizations participating in teacher education with regard to function, authority, and responsibility; (b) the organizational placement of teacher education in the college or…

This paper (1) develops a framework for analyzing various futures for the school, college, and department of education (SCDE) community in knowledge production and utilization (KPU), and federal interventions which might affect those futures; (2) reviews critical KPU-related characteristics of SCDEs which would affect the success or failure of…

An analysis of data is presented compiled from 135 institutional responses to questionnaires investigating the role of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) in knowledge production and utilization (KPU). Explanation is made of the technique and rationale employed in categorizing the responding schools by degree level,…

This document presents a series of scenarios depicting the current status of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) in respect to knowledge production and utilization (KPU) activities. Data was obtained from 135 SCDEs through institutional and faculty questionnaires and a KPU productivity study. Twelve institutional types, based…

Analysis is made in this document of three types of information solicited from faculty members in schools, colleges and departments of education (SCDEs): (1) demographic data descriptive of the faculty population as a whole; (2) faculty perceptions about institutional missions, organizational arrangements, and activities and products relating to…

A report is made on the results of seven studies of KPU (Knowledge Production/Utilization) productivity by SCDEs (Schools, Colleges, and Departments of Education) in which the productivity measure was available through sources independent of the SCDEs themselves. Sources investigated included (1) publications in educational journals, (2) documents…

An inventory is made of external factors potentially affecting schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) grouped into nine factor clusters: (1) income and expenditure; (2) personnel supply and demand; (3) competition from emerging alternative programs; (4) governance; (5) new and altered instructional programs; (6) status and…

This document examines eight factors perceived by the researchers to affect or explain individual and institutional behavior for a substantial number of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs), especially in relation to current or projected knowledge production and utilization (KPU) activity. These "contextual…

This report has been prepared in response to the need for basic data on the nature of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) and on the roles they play or might be expected to play in knowledge production and utilization (KPU) in education. Investigative activity involved examining the KPU activity of 135 SCDEs, and the resulting…

To date, little or no data is available about the effect of intra- or extra-institutional variables on individual or institutional productivity in educational research and development (R & D) settings. The Research on Institutions of Teacher Education (RITE) project was done to study knowledge production (R & D) and knowledge utilization…