This chapter highlights some important themes from the previous chapters in this volume that will assist institutional research professionals and other higher education leaders interested in expanding use of facilities data in planning and decision making: (1) What you don't know can hurt you; (2) Operational systems are not designed to support ad…

The Computer Laboratory, founded in 1956, provides instructional and research computing services to the students, faculty, and staff at Michigan State University; this report reviews the activities and summarizes usage of its services during the 1976-1977 fiscal year. The organizational structure is charted, facilities and services are detailed,…

Though construct validity is widely employed in educational research, it is a difficult and confusing topic in methodology, and it is not clear whether all researchers share the same understanding. This essay describes origins of construct validity and suggests a plan for updating its foundations. (MT)

The items selected employ or discuss the scientific method as it is applied to problems of library management. The references are grouped into four categories: General, Mathematical Programming, Modeling, and Systems Analysis. The bibliography covers approximately a fifteen-year period ending 1970. (151 references) (Author/NH)

Covers the job inventory process and the process of operations analysis as they help one refine the sales job into target outcomes and behaviors toward which training can be directed. (EB)

Neuroscience and cognitive science seek to explain behavioral regularities in terms of underlying mechanisms. An important element of a mechanistic explanation is a characterization of the operations of the parts of the mechanism. The challenge in characterizing such operations is illustrated by an example from the history of physiological…

This article presents working definitions of efficiency, accountability, and quality, offering a framework in which an individual institution can make idiosyncratic use of these definitions, suggests tools for managing educational processes with respect to these three attributes, and presents examples of how institutions have improved efficiency,…

Purpose: This preliminary study compared clinical evaluations for guardianship in three states with varying levels of statutory reform. Design and Methods: Case files for 298 cases of adult guardianship were reviewed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Colorado, three states with varying degrees of statutory reform. The quality and content of the…

Information Technology has brought significant benefits to organizations by allowing greater information sharing within and across firm boundaries leading to performance improvements. Emerging technologies such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web2.0 have transformed the volume and process of information sharing. However, a comprehensive…

Legislation has directed schools to convene school councils that typically address issues related to curriculum, instruction, budget, and governance as one means to improve schooling. However, the expectation for improved schools through this involvement remains a challenge. The study examined issues connected to council operation in two large…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES ON THE APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING. (HW)

An energy management program has resulted in an energy reduction, compared with figures of three years ago, of 28 percent in electricity and 37 percent in natural gas. (Author/MLF)

The first in a planned series on how to improve the productivity of public libraries, this overview identifies analytical techniques that can save time and energy. Four references are listed. (MES)