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Policy Decision-Making In The United States Of America And The People's Republic Of China: The Development Of National Goals For Public Education., Bangyong Su Jan 1993

Policy Decision-Making In The United States Of America And The People's Republic Of China: The Development Of National Goals For Public Education., Bangyong Su

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This study is involved in policy decision making in USA and PRC with respect to the development of national goals for public education, and deals with the following two perspectives: (1) Investigate the policy decision making process and the national education goals developed in USA. (2) Investigate the policy decision making process and the national education goals developed in PRC. This study adopts analytical and descriptive methodology including documentation review and observation. The researcher conducted computer searches through Education Research Information Center (ERIC), Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) International, Dissertation Abstract International, Social Science Search, Sociological Abstract, and all the …


Restructuring In State Departments Of Education: An Analysis Of Structural Evolution., Harriet Maxey Deel Jan 1992

Restructuring In State Departments Of Education: An Analysis Of Structural Evolution., Harriet Maxey Deel

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The purpose of this study was to address the nature of structural changes evolving in state departments of education which are perceived by chief state school officers as useful in implementing educational reforms. As a context for the inquiry on structural evolution, the study examined restatement of mission and goals in response to the reform movement. Examination of structural elements related to five areas: (a) reduction in vertical layers in the organization hierarchy, (b) adoption of flexible, cooperative roles, (c) decentralization of decision making, (d) delivery models for training and technical assistance to local education agencies and schools, and (e) …


An Adult Education Program Planning Model For The National Universities Of Egypt., Waguida A. El Bakary Jan 1989

An Adult Education Program Planning Model For The National Universities Of Egypt., Waguida A. El Bakary

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In view of the success of American program planning models and their potential contribution to adult education centers at the national universities of Egypt, the researcher wanted to investigate the usefulness of such models to the Egyptian national universities. Six U.S. program planning models by Boyle (1981), Houle (1972), Knowles (1970), Knox and Associates (1980), Sork and Buskey (1986), and Tyler (1949) were selected and synthesized. The researcher developed a model, based on 15 steps and 73 key tasks. She introduced it for testing to determine its usefulness for the national universities of Egypt. Testing was done through the use …


The Relationship Between School Principals' Self-Perceived Brain Hemispheric Processing Modes And Their Self-Perceived Leadership Styles., Barbara Mcswain Kean Jan 1989

The Relationship Between School Principals' Self-Perceived Brain Hemispheric Processing Modes And Their Self-Perceived Leadership Styles., Barbara Mcswain Kean

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This study was designed to examine the relationship between the self-perceived preferred brain hemispheric processing of West Virginia public school principals and their self-perceived leadership styles. Seventy-five respondents completed the Herrmann Brain Dominance Profile, the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire, and a demographics sheet. Data were analyzed using the General Linear Model of the Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS). Chi Square analyses at the 0.05 alpha level were used to test two directional hypotheses that guided this study. Both hypotheses were confirmed. Public school principals in West Virginia who perceived themselves as preferring mental processes that are predominantly left brain hemispheric perceived …


Citation Analysis And Emerging Technologies: Foundational Technical Developments In Optical Disk Technology., Thomas Tunnell Wrenn Jan 1989

Citation Analysis And Emerging Technologies: Foundational Technical Developments In Optical Disk Technology., Thomas Tunnell Wrenn

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One reason a given technology emerges is that the technical means of the technology are improved--made more efficient, faster, more reliable. This causes changes in the "socio-technical interface" between the technical means and the organization in which it is applied, and it becomes practical to use the improved technical means in new applications and additional organizations. Technical developments that decisively affect the technical workability and the economic usefulness of a product or process, which permit rapid changes in a technology and its rate of emergence, are termed foundational technical developments (FTDs). We often want to be able to identify which …


Utilization Of Resources Through Information Systems Planning In Higher Education., Glenn Devon Crowe Jan 1982

Utilization Of Resources Through Information Systems Planning In Higher Education., Glenn Devon Crowe

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Today, higher education administration's task is one of unprecedented complexity. The multiple burdens provide sufficient reason for real interest in utilization of effective information systems. Consequently, new functions affecting the production, retention, and delivery of information have emerged. This study is not about the computer as such, but how to use it, what administrative information it can provide, and academically, how to let it serve higher education's purposes more sensitively and beneficially. The immediate and long-term information needs of a selected university were identified under the philosophy that good administrative use of the computer can help preserve educational resources in …


A History Of The Samia Location In Western Kenya, 1890-1930., Jacob Raymond Seitz Jan 1978

A History Of The Samia Location In Western Kenya, 1890-1930., Jacob Raymond Seitz

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This is a study of development and change on the local level in East Africa during the introduction and establishment of colonialism. Over the years the emphasis in African History has gradually shifted from the study of imperial policy and the Europeans' role to that of the African inhabitants. Until recently, this new focus has resulted principally in valuable studies of the precolonial life and migrations. Now it is the first decades of the twentieth century that are under scrutiny. This period, spanning the establishment of the colonial system, undoubtably had a great impact on independent Kenya.


United States Policy Toward Okinawa, 1945-1972. A Study In Organizational Interaction In Policy-Making., Albert Seigal Jan 1978

United States Policy Toward Okinawa, 1945-1972. A Study In Organizational Interaction In Policy-Making., Albert Seigal

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The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to survey the changes in the United States' policy toward Okinawa from 1945 to 1972; (2) to examine the changing balance of strategic and military requirements which influenced those changes throughout the period being considered; (3) to examine and analyze the bureaucratic interaction of the State Department and the military; and (4) to analyze the results of that interaction in terms of changing strategic requirements.