A 45-item questionnaire was sent to the 287 member graduate schools of Council of Graduate Schools in the United States in the fall of 1969. The purpose of the questionnaire was to determine graduate admissions and fellowship selection policies and procedures. A total of 245 usable questionnaires were returned for an 85 percent response rate. The…

This report sets forth the results of a study to develop a plan to reduce the technical and human problems of administrator salary administration, and to strengthen the ability of a school district to acquire leadership consistent with its purposes. Major targets of the study were: (1) development of position responsibility descriptions for all…

Realizing that written policies must serve the board of education's several roles, this report attempts to identify and isolate the factors of effective written policies by analyzing them in terms of their relationship to the nature of the board of education. After considering this relationship, the report concludes that effective written policies…

This kit concerns school board policies that support better school public relations. Its function is twofold: (1) to draw the board's attention to the importance of getting policy guidelines down in writing; and (2) to provide source materials helpful to the task. There are three underlying premises developed by this kit. The first is that…

It has been increasingly evident that significant numbers of students are profoundly dissatisfied with the status quo, on as well as off the campus, and many of them are ready to use force and violence to change it. In some instances student activists want more participation in decision making, and in others they seek complete control. The…

This study examined student activists and their characteristics, demands, and goals. Student politics no longer retain only their traditional liberalism, but include many philosophies--idealism, revolution, conservatism, reaction, etc. Four traits shared by the activists were a desire to master frustration rather than conform, a will to change…

This study analyzed data on manpower problems and solutions in criminal justice with special reference to probation and parole. It provides guidelines for the development of a national policy regarding probation and parole manpower and training, which were established through systematic assessment of manpower shortages and standards, and of…

The most difficult, self-effacing, and intangible role in higher education today is that of top management policy determination. Trustees carry the key management policy role and should neither be diverted nor shrink from it. Trustees must constantly assess their progress and modify their plans. Six points are suggested: (1) Trustees should devote…

The higher education systems of the 1970s are obviously going to be different from those of the 1960s. This speech suggests areas of foreseeable change in higher education in the future. First, it appears that the rate of enrollment growth in the 1970s will be much less than before. While enrollment growth has slowed, the expenditures of higher…

The published proceedings of this conference focus on basic issues in the area of institutional research and are limited to those papers presented during the general seminars. Topics discussed were: "A Conceptual Framework for Institutional Research: Three Points of View" (Samuel Baskin; Stuart Grout; Robert E. Hubbard); "The Role of Institutional…

This report to the President recommends the organizational restructuring and redefining of the responsibilities of the following regulatory agencies: Interstate Commerce Commission, Civil Aeronautics Board, Federal Maritime Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Power Commission. Prepared by the President's Advisory…

The purpose of this study was to determine the policies for the acquisition and termination of academic tenure and the procedures used to implement these policies in the member institutions of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC). The study was also designed to present and analyze data related to the…

This document contains Tufts University's Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and outlines the goals and methods of attainment of the Affirmative Action Program. The policy is one of intent and responsibility and asserts that it is the policy of Tufts that no discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin will…

On August 15, 1970 the Board of Regents adopted a resolution favoring incorporation of student publications so that the University of Maryland would no longer be the publisher, and recommended that a study be undertaken of the ways the separation could be implemented. In cooperation with the Department of Journalism, the Commission conducted a…

Presented in this bulletin is the text of the hearing before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, ninety-second Congress, concerning coversion of the Nation to a metric system of weights and measures. Bill S. 2483 calls for providing a national program in order to make the international metric system the official and standard system of…