Findings suggest that Holland's theory of vocational choice can assist in the interpretation of goal priorities within the academic community. Suggestions indicate how this theory might be employed by university administrators and in subsequent research on the administration of academic departments and the roles of their chairmen. (Editor/PG)

This book examines long-term changes in the form and function of schooling. The work falls into three sections: an introductory chapter; five historical essays; and a concluding chapter. Chapter 1 unfolds the theoretical and practical considerations that governed the selection and organization of the historical essays. The historical essays in…

School-site management embodies the concept that decisions should be made at the lowest possible level in organizations and intends that no decision be made without the input of those affected by them. The concept also suggests the empowerment of individual units of the system, particularly, the teachers. Centralization versus decentralization is…

This publication introduces and presents an Effective Schools Checklist that can serve as a broad guide for administrators comparing their schools to the profile of an effective school. The categories assessed are school climate, institutional organization, the curriculum, instruction, training and development, and evaluation and assessment. (PGD)

Education should be made the prime function of schools and the enormous task of establishing new directions and new traditions that will make this possible should be started. Suggested are master teachers, clustering of grade levels, and changing the role of the principal from administrator to coordinator. (Author/DN)

Examines the status of the elementary school principal and his relation to the central office. Considers the effects of administrative decentralization. (Author/DN)

New organizational arrangements are required to solve the problems confronting a rapidly changing society. A dynamic, ongoing organization responsive to the requirements of this new era can be designed from a systems approach in terms of inputs, conversion process, and outputs. (Author/DN)

Are ninth graders too young for high school or too old for middle or junior high school? Author examines the problem and does not feel it is that severe. (Editor/RK)

This paper presents a case study of a major educational innovation introduced into a school at the time of pupil desegregation. It was found that the innovation was essentially a rite of intensification whereby Whites and Blacks established new interaction patterns within a unitary school system by reinforcing the customary relationships between…

As an aid and reference for administrators, quotes and extracts from 122 documents have been assembled by the author to summarize the arguments over the relative merits of junior high schools as opposed to middle schools. The materials are drawn from a literature search of the ERIC system, the National Diffusion Network, library resources, and…

This document presents a brief, personal look at school governance in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The author, a former teacher in Zurich, describes the close relationship between the community and an educational system in which teachers are appointed temporarily by a lay school board and must be confirmed in their positions by periodic…

THE ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEW YORK, OFFERED A PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THEIR PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES. AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRESENT SERVICES SHOWED THAT OVERLAP AND LACK OF COORDINATION WERE AMONG THE MAJOR PROBLEMS ALONG WITH A SHORTAGE OF NECESSARY PERSONNEL. ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, COUNSELORS OF VARIOUS TRAINING…

The author analyzes mainstreaming (as mandated by P.L. 94-142--the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) from an organizational perspective and maintains that resistance to the demands of mainstreaming is both natural and predictable. Mainstreaming terms are defined, an historical perspective is offered, and hypothetical case studies of…

Major elements of the theory of social behavior formulated by Talcott Parsons are applied to a study of organization. The organizational model developed is based on Parsons' four functional imperatives of goal attainment, adaptation, integration, and pattern maintenance. Organizations are regarded as social systems distinguished by different…

The problems of a Kentucky county school consolidation as related to its educational program were examined in this case study. Questions about the changes in the instructional program included--(1) what were differences in purposes of the schools, (2) what are the differences in the organization structure, (3) what are the changes in facilities…