ERIC Number: ED016176
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1968-Jan
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EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS IN CITIES, BOROUGHS, AND TOWNSHIPS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
DUBIN, SAMUEL S.; AND OTHERS
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING STUDIES, CONTINUING EDUCATION, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, (A) TO DETERMINE THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION NEEDS OF MANAGERS IN MUNICIPALITIES AND SUPERVISORS IN CITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, (B) TO SUGGEST METHODS OF MEETING THESE NEEDS, AND (C) TO INDICATE THE ROLE OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN HELPING TO MEET THESE NEEDS. DATA WERE COLLECTED THROUGH TWO QUESTIONNAIRES, ONE FOR MANAGERS IN CITIES, BOROUGHS, AND TOWNSHIPS, AND ONE FOR SUPERVISORS IN CITIES. RETURNS WERE RECEIVED FROM 138 MANAGERS IN 28 CITIES, 48 BOROUGHS, AND 20 TOWNSHIPS, AND FROM 186 SUPERVISORS IN 28 CITIES. MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THEIR BACKGROUND, METHODS OF UPDATING, AND THE ATTITUDE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOWARD EDUCATION. MANAGERS INDICATED THEIR OWN EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND ALSO THOSE OF THE MEN THEY SUPERVISE ON 68 COURSES. SUPERVISORS RATED THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ON 16 COURSES. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, FOR CITIES, BOROUGHS, AND TOWNSHIPS, FOR INDIVIDUAL MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS, AND FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. THE DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE, FOR $2.00, FROM CONTINUING EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE, J. ORVIS KELLER BUILDING, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK. 16802. 111 PAGES. (AUTHOR/AJ)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, City Government, Correspondence Study, Educational Attitudes, Educational Background, Educational Needs, Government Employees, Inservice Education, Municipalities, Noncredit Courses, Professional Associations, Professional Continuing Education, Programed Instruction, Public Administration Education, Questionnaires, State Surveys, Supervisors, Tuition Grants, Units of Study, Universities
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Authoring Institution: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park.
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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