Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 14 Issue 2

TREND IMPACT ANALYSIS AND SCENARIO WRITING : STRATEGIES FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF DECISION ALTERNATIVES IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

JAMES F. McNAMARA

Futures research and long‐range planning in an urban school district involve the use of a methodology having no direct answers or precise rules in terms of experimental and design…

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: ADVISEMENT VERSUS CONTROL

HARRIET TALMAGE, ALLAN C. ORNSTEIN

The study examines superintendents' attitudes toward community participation at the advisory and control levels in four areas of educational policy making: curriculum, student…

PROBLEMS RELATED TO TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND DETERMINING INTERVENTION STYLE

CARL R. STEINHOFF, ROBERT G. OWENS

Organization Development, as widely practiced in schools, is characterised by a diagnosis of organizational problems that is carried out collaboratively by facilitator and client…

SOME CONSEQUENCES OF A SPONSORED INNOVATION IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN DINUNZIO, DONALD J. WILLOWER, PATRICK D. LYNCH

A program designed to influence student attitudes toward school by changing teacher attitudes and behavior was set up in the fifth and sixth grade classrooms of an elementary…

FACTORS RELATED TO STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

CHOO PIANG FONG

The study investigates the relationship of intelligence, sex, and selected “home background” variables to student perceptions of the high school environment. In addition it also…

TEACHER ATTITUDES AS A FUNCTION OF PUPIL CONTROL IDEOLOGY

V. LEO BARTLETT

The Pupil Control Ideology (PCI) concept has been used extensively to describe the school organization. Teachers hate been described as either “custodial” or “humanistic” in their…

SOME NOTES ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

NORMAN F. DUFTY

The financial problems of the 1970's are forcing universities and C.A.E.'s to give increasing attention to the resource allocation process. In considering this issue one of the…

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN EDUUCATION 1964–1975

DON SMART

The years 1964–1975 saw an unparalleled expansion of the Commonwealth Government's involvement in Australian education at all levels. At the beginning of that decade the Menzies…

TUITION FEE DISCRIMINATION AT NON‐GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

ROSS I. HARROLD

This article considers the use of charging differential fees for the same tuition services as a means to widen the financial accessibility of non‐government schools to children of…

FREEDOM OF CHOICE: FOR WHOM? A POINT OF VIEW

A.J. WATT

This paper is an examination of the rationale for the policy of supplying public funds for the support of schools run by private organizations. The example of the policy chosen…

EQUALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

NICHOLAS A. NWAGWU

In Africa, there is a great desire to achieve social and economic development through a full and proper education and utilization of the abundant human resources available…