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THE THEORY PROBLEM IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
J.A. RIFFELThe study of educational administration is narrowly conceived and becoming moribund. It has come to his condition because of an overreliance on, and an uncritical acceptance of…
EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
FREDERICK P. FRANK, MURIEL MACKETT‐FRANKThis work examines implications for educational administration of the International Association for the evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) surveys. Major implications…
A STUDY OF LEADERSHIP STYLE, SITUATION FAVORABLENESS, AND THE RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR OF LEADERS
WILLIAM H. HOLLOWAY, GHULAM A. NIAZIThe purpose of this study was to investigate the risk taking behavior of school principals (the dependent variable) identified according to one of two leadership styles by…
NON‐RESPONSE IN SURVEY RESEARCH: EXPLICATION OF A TRANSLATIONAL TYPOLOGY
NICHOLAS NASH, WILLIAM J. DAVISA continuing limitation of survey research is the problem of non‐response. Survey research is also likely to be more, rather than less, troubled by the surprising upsurge in the…
DETERMINANTS OF ASPIRATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
KEITH F. PUNCH, BARRETT E. SHERIDANThis paper examines the relationship between the reference group, influences of parents, teachers and peers, and the vocational aspirations of secondary school students, taking…
THE MAL‐ADMINISTRATION OF INNOVATION
R. MORGANRecent reviews of the curriculum development programmes initiated both in Britain and the United States suggest that they have largely failed to achieve their objectives. This…
RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN ENGLISH EDUCATION—AN APPRAISAL OF THE DECISIONAL FRAMEWORK
W.F. DENNISONFour aspects of the decisional framework for resource allocation in English Education are pursued: (i) The decision process is placed in the context of both its general importance…
CONTRACTION AND MERGERS OF UNITED KINGDOM COLLEGES OF EDUCATION: SOME LOGISTIC COMMENTS
K.E. SHAWContraction in Colleges of Education in Britain has been complicated by their role in catering for university overflow candidates. Evolution in the structures of higher education…
THE CONSORTIUM IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A SECOND LOOK
JAMES W. FOXThis paper states the case for the consortium in higher education and then examines a consortium with which the writer has familiarity. The study of Manitoba's Inter‐Universities…
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