Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine the current employment status of female administrators and, further, to study attitudes held by female educators, male educators, presidents, and board chairmen of the North Carolina Community College System toward employment of female administrators in the Community College System of North Carolina. (Abstract shortened.)

The Problem. The problem of this study was to evaluate methods employed in identifying needs for program development in adult education among selected public community colleges in the United States. (Abstract shortened.)

Purpose. It was the purpose of this study to determine if attitudes toward education of students and parents of students involved in a specific individualized reading program ranging from one to three years in grades four through eight were significantly different from those of students and parents of students enrolled in a traditional reading program in the same school system. (Abstract shortened.)

The Problem. The problem was to investigate the role of the public school science supervisor in the United States as perceived by recognized authorities, through the identification and description of beginnings, developments, trends, and projections found in scientific and educational literature. (Abstract shortened.)

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Purpose. The problem of this study was to develop a superstructure of learner analysis. The framework of the superstructure was composed of component elements which, together, provide a consistent and comprehensive analysis of the learner. (Abstract shortened.)

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine if relationships existed between (1) the observed leader behavior of the school principal as seen by representative teachers and the self concepts of those same teachers, (2) principal self concept and teacher self concept, (3) principal self concept and principal leader behavior, and (4) the way teachers with high self esteem perceived the leadership behavior of the principal and the way teachers with low self esteem perceived the leadership behavior of the same principal. (Abstract shortened.)

Problem. The problem of this study was to determine if there were common administrative concepts in important theories of three different eras. (Abstract shortened.)

Purpose. The purpose of the study was to identify criteria for the use by public school administrators and their staffs in conducting matters pertaining to professional negotiations and to analyze opinions of Tennessee public school superintendents toward selected criteria. Interrelationships were tested among nine independent variables and ten dependent variables. (Abstract shortened.)

Purpose. The problem of this study was: (1) to determine which of the fifty state departments of education in the United States were participating in a Management by Objectives (MBG) system of management; (2) to determine which of the public school districts identified by their respective state departments of education were utilizing an MBO system of management; (3) to determine how such a system was installed in each agency; and (4) to determine if the concepts and techniques of MBO, as practiced in selected educational agencies, favorably compared to the standards established for this study. Method. The descriptive-survey method of research investigation wsb utilized to collect data from the managerial offices of the fifty state departments of education and selected school districts throughout the United States. Data were gathered using a two-part questionnaire which was completed and returned by selected educational administrators at state and local levels who had Implemented MBO in their educational agencies. Summary. MBO had been implemented in a majority of the state departments of education in the United States. Officials from state departments of education and various MBO consultants assisted in locating ninety-nine school districts that were involved with an MBO system. Officials from state departments of education and selected school districts provided responses relative to demographic data and information relative to the methods of MBO implementation (Part I of the questionnaire)and responses pertaining to MBO concepts and techniques (Fart II of the questionnaire). Data from the questionnaire were reported, and a narrative was written describing the findings. Conclusions. Twelve hypotheses, which were related to questions in Part I and Fart II of the questionnaire, were tested. Significant differences were found by testing the hypotheses using the Student's t test. There were significant differences in mean scores relating to seven of the twelve hypotheses.