William Taylor's 1969 chapter provides a springboard to reflect on how what he termed administrator training has developed since the 1960s. Responding also to Baron's insistence in the same volume that education be viewed as political, the article adopts a critical perspective, focusing on leader preparation programmes and exploring how they…

In 1993 the government of the United Kingdom introduced a raft of measures designed to improve practice in postcompulsory, nonadvanced education. A survey of postcompulsory institutions suggests that the same policies have led to different outcomes in the two main types of institution: general further education colleges and sixth form colleges.…

Cultural change in British further education colleges has been influenced by political pressures to reduce costs and widen participation. Resulting polarization of values between administrators and faculty is more complex than it appears, involving competing agendas of management, faculty, support staff, and students. (Contains 41 references.) (SK)