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School and Community Relations: An Interview with Robert Taft--Distinguished Research Associate at the University of Dayton and Former Governor of Ohio
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McGuffey, Amy R. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
In the past, school and college administrators relied heavily on advice from colleagues, largely because they had an internal orientation toward their work. As the social, political, and economic influence of external forces became more apparent, they learned to value input from a range of stakeholders. Robert Taft, former governor of Ohio, is a…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Community Relations, Economic Factors, Administrator Role
Social Capital Theory and the Metropolitan University: Reframing Ideas about Neighborhood Interactions
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Plagens, Gregory K.; Stapleton, Kenneth C. – Metropolitan Universities, 2011
The idea that social relations can aggregate into social capital has intuitive appeal that scholars are finding useful as they seek to explain variations in community outcomes. This article suggests that it may be time for metropolitan university administrators to begin thinking beyond community relations or community engagement as they seek to…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Community Relations, Social Capital, Institutional Advancement
A Collaboration of Community Educators Follows Crisis in Cincinnati: Two Museums and a University Join Forces to Promote Understanding
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Brown, Lionel H.; Larsen, Judith I.; Britt, Ruth; Ruiz, Donna M.; Star, Rachel – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
This paper focuses on how community educators might collaborate to help break the cycle of frustration, failure, and violence that shadows many disadvantaged inner-city African American students. It suggests that persistent, race-based inequities in urban areas are a major factor in this syndrome. These causes are proposed to be disparity in…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, United States History, Social Problems, Conflict
Admission and Financial Aid: Breaking Down the Barriers.
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Lesick, Lawrence T. – Journal of College Admission, 1999
Uses analogy of a farm silo to explain how departments within a college operate as separate entities. Suggests that, when departments are self-contained and unconcerned with work of others, students face long lines and duplications of services and get different answers from different offices. Describes how the combined efforts of admissions and…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Admission (School), Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
Ohio Civil Rights Commission, 19th Annual Report, 1977-1978.
Ohio State Civil Rights Commission, Columbus. – 1979
Presented in this document are the percentages, level, and basis of charges filed with the Commission regarding discrimination in the areas of housing, employment, credit, and public accommodations. Statistical information provided is based on such factors as racial, religious, and sex discrimination and handicap based charges. Other,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Annual Reports, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation
Leadership Practices for Directors of Vocational Education.
Dull, Lloyd, W., Comp. – 1979
This volume on leadership practices is designed to serve as a professional handbook for directors of vocational education. Ten major areas of educational responsibility are discussed: (1) selection and improvement of staff (e.g., job descriptions, tenure, and evaluation of teacher effectiveness); (2) curriculum development (e.g., advisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Budgeting, Business Administration