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Weisman, Iris M., Ed.; Vaughan, George B., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Based on the premise that an effective relationship between community college governing boards and presidents is crucial, this volume explores the professional needs, challenges, and roles of college presidents and governing board members and the influence of these factors on the board-president team. The following articles are provided: (1)…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents
Holmes, Alexander B. – 1996
This book of ethics case studies for regents and trustees of institutions of higher education was developed because of the need for ethics materials in the Oklahoma Regents Education Program. The cases presented are more than entertaining stories (fiction extracted from experience). They are invitations to think more deeply and get to the heart of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies, Codes of Ethics
Starratt, Robert J. – 1995
This book was written for teachers and principals who wish to exercise leadership in the ongoing work of school renewal. The book presents a new theory of educational leadership, examines the essential elements of leadership, and provides an indepth look at what "vision" means for educational leaders. Chapter 1 describes the roles of the principal…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Duignan, P. A., Ed.; MacPherson, R. J. S., Ed. – 1992
The basic purpose of the Educative Leadership Project (ELP), first launched in Australia in 1986, was to define excellence in educational leadership, with a focus on the questions of how to decide what is important and how to know what is morally right. An introductory chapter by the editors describes the ELP project in detail, including its…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Hall, Margarete Rooney – 1993
This book explores increased decentralization of university and college development systems and consequent fund raising roles of deans. The book's analysis is based on a 1989 study of development system decentralization and specific management issues related to this trend. Where decentralization occurs, deans can take actions to make their…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Administration
Brewer, Ernest W.; And Others – 1993
This book provides educational administrators with guidelines for exploring grants, writing successful grants, and implementing and terminating funded projects. Following an introduction that describes the pros and cons of seeking federal support, Part 1 provides general information about grants and the funding game and a review of tools to help…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Deal, Terrence E.; Peterson, Kent D. – 1994
This book illustrates how principals can simultaneously act as efficient managers and effective leaders. Through a mixture of "knowing about" and "knowing how," the book offers new strategies to help principals integrate the technical management role with the symbolic leadership role. Chapter 1 illustrates the tension between the two approaches in…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Sontz, Ann H. L. – 1991
This 1,386-entry bibliography includes materials relevant to early American and nineteenth-century academic presidencies and encompasses a specialized corpus of literature written by academic administrators since the early 1960s. The bibliography is divided into four general areas: bibliographies; background sources; biographies; and presidential…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Biographies, College Presidents
Doud, James L. – 1989
This 1988 survey of the elementary/middle school principalship is the sixth of its kind, with similar studies having been conducted in 1928, 1948, 1958, 1968 and 1978. The surveys provide an account of the factors that affect the status and characteristics of the K-8 principal. An 8-page instrument was mailed in the spring of 1987 to 2,414…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Kemerer, Frank R.; Baldridge, J. Victor – 1976
Faculty unions have achieved a prominent place in American higher education. This study attempts to focus on the consequences arising from collective bargaining in higher education. The Stanford Project on Academic Governance was begun in 1971 as an effort to study the impact of collective bargaining on governance and decisionmaking in higher…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes
Howell, Bruce, Ed.; Grahlman, Bill, Ed. – 1978
This collection of essays on school climate seeks to provide a broad perspective on climate evaluation and to suggest activities that can improve working conditions in schools. Written by practicing educators who have exercised leadership in school climate improvement projects, the articles are divided into two sections: evaluation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Discipline, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Garner, Howard G. – 1982
Administrators of programs for young people in schools, agencies, hospitals, and other institutions often find their biggest obstacle to be interdisciplinary conflict among teachers, counselors, social workers, psychologists, child-care workers, and others. After describing the problem, this handbook delineates an alternative to the departmental…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Counseling Services, Guidelines
Musella, Donald F.; Joyce, H. Donald – 1973
This booklet presents an extensive simulation exercise intended to give readers a greater understanding of the role and responsibilities of the local school district superintendent and to aid readers in improving their administrative, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. The booklet is organized in two major parts. Part 1 contains background…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1976
Beginning with the premise that educational leadership is still the principal responsibility of the college and university president, the American Association of Colleges conducted a series of seminars for presidents on their role as educational leaders that especially examined new ways in which such leadership could be exercised. The seminar…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Planning
1975
Effective functioning of experimental programs will require substantial leadership responsibility from college administrators. Conservatism and "resistance to change" are "signposts" of historical precedence in higher education circles. The traditionalists who yearn for the "status quo" must be psychologically conditioned or weaned; and the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Competency Based Education