The high stakes testing and school accountability components of our K-12 education system create an incentive for principals to behave strategically to maximize school performance. One possible approach is the adjustment of class sizes based on observed teacher effectiveness. Conceptually, this...

This study was designed to analyze the sources of revenue, revenue variability, program and personnel changes, and the fiscal soundness of six Latino nonprofit organizations (LNPOs) in three major cities in Western Massachusetts, for the period 1989 to 1992. Income variability was assessed for...

Women are facing increasing financial responsibility, while at the same time, the consumer financial world is evolving at an extraordinary pace. These trends make a imperative that we better understand the evolving nature of gender-based inequities across our current socio-economic systems and...

Item response theory (IRT) has great potential for solving many measurement problems. The success of specific IRT applications can be obtained only when the fit between the model and the test data is satisfactory. But model fit is not the only concern. Many tests are administered to relatively...

This dissertation is a qualitative study of how the emerging organizational operating environment of the Information Age is demanding a change in internal organizational dynamics. The parts of the study include a review of literature, a scan of organizational external factors and internal...

Purchasing Departments in higher education organizations are moving away from traditional single exchange transactions toward an emphasis on creating and maintaining long-term buyer-supplier relationships. As strategic partners, these relationships generate a supply chain that must be managed....

Project 1 . The intent of this study is to measure the factors effecting productivity and develop a multiple linear regression, which produces the relative importance of each factor. Results indicated that annual sales and the ratio of machine to staff had positive and significant impacts on...

This case describes the alliance that Manuel Ariztía (Don Manuel), a highly respected owner of one of the leading poultry companies in Chile, has forged with Melipilla, a Chilean municipality, to collaborate in the management of its public educational system. The vehicle used for this alliance...

The purpose of the present study was to explore the association between board functioning, the financial success of school systems and the quality of education measured through national standardized tests (SIMCE). A correlational design was employed complemented with semi-structured interviews...

Chancenungleichheit in Deutschland manifest sich beim Übergang von der Grundschule zu den weiterführenden Schulformen. Viele Projekte im Rahmen des Reformprogramms kommunale Bildungslandschaften bzw. Bildungsregionen setzen hier an. Ein Übergangsmanagement durch die kommunale Schulverwaltung...