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Boich, John W., Ed.; And Others – 1989
This collection of papers examines the historical development, current circumstances, and likely future of the school superintendent's role in the various major regions of Canada and from a national perspective. All of the papers focus on the historical development, legislative provisions, duties and responsibilities, preparation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Chase, Alston – 1980
The purpose and effect of a college education today is examined in this book by a graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and Princeton and a former professor at three institutions. "Group memory" is defined as the knowledge of how to survive that is passed from one generation to the next. The heart of the book is two survival manuals--one for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Choice, College Curriculum, College Environment
1979
The first five David D. Henry lectures, and discussion and response to the first four, are presented in this book. Following a brief introduction by John E. Corbally and a biography of David Dobbs Henry, Clark Kerr's paper, "The Administration of Higher Education in an Era of Change and Conflict" (presented in October, 1972) focuses on…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
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Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; And Others – 1972
This book combines theory and practice to suggest a viable alternative to traditional practices of college administration and governance--the participative model which aims at developing cooperative relationships among the members of the college community as opposed to confrontation. The structural components of this model include an all-college…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrators, College Administration
Bailey, Max A.; Booth, Ronald R. – 1978
School boards must recognize that bargaining with unionized teachers is becoming inevitable. Attempts to postpone formal negotiation usually result in giving away more by accident than would have been the case in the formal situation. While it is true that formal bargaining involves an adversary relationship between school boards and teachers,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
Trager, Robert – 1974
The purpose of this monograph is to acquaint journalism teachers, faculty advisers to student newspapers, administrators, and students with the court cases and decisions which have been made concerning student publications and underground newspapers. The chapters in the book include "Students' Rights: Background," which discusses the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Censorship, Court Litigation, Due Process
Everard, K.B.; Morris, Geoffrey; Wilson, Ian – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004
The main purpose of this book is to help teachers with senior management responsibilities, and the schools and colleges that they work in, to become more effective. It is a book by practitioners for practitioners. They authors believe their book is unique, because there are so few people who have had enough management responsibility and training…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Administrator Effectiveness, Leadership, Decision Making
Bauer, David G. – 1999
This book is intended to assist principals of public and private P-12 schools in developing and maintaining a grants system that uses grant funds to meet their schools' mission. Its aim is to describe the basic elements of successful grant-seeking. The following 13 topics are treated in their own chapters: (1) "The Principal's Role in…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Fund Raising
Daresh, John C. – 2002
This book introduces the new principal or potential principal to an awareness of how the leadership role of that position is different from that of the teacher. Each of the 12 chapters begins with an incident in the life of a typical first-year principal as a way to discuss leadership concerns. The book closely examines the history of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Lieberman, Ann; Miller, Lynne – 1999
This book addresses the contemporary realities of schools and teaching, focusing on both the constraints and possibilities embedded in practice. It uses the words and experiences of teachers and principals to show what growth and change look like from the inside, focusing on what change requires, how differences in context and personnel are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Development, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Whitaker, Todd – Eye on Education, 2002
This book provides school leaders with nonconfrontational and guilt-free strategies for handling difficult teachers who undermine efforts toward school improvement, negatively influence other staff members, and behave in ways that create problems for students and staff. It looks at what difficult teachers are and compares them to the teacher…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Timmons, Jeffry A. – 1989
Focusing on the knowledge and tools necessary for starting new entrepreneurial ventures, this book draws on information from the venture capital industry to describe the characteristics of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial managers and includes self-assessment and management competency inventories. Following an introduction describing the elements…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Basic Business Education, Business Administration
Mieczkowski, Bogdan – 1995
This book is part of a continuing study of dysfunctional bureaucracy. Chapter 1 provides the framework for organizing the discussion on the dysfunctional bureaucracy as it occurs in academia. This chapter covers such topics as the protective strata of dysfunctional bureaucrats, the judiciary as part of the protective strata, bureaucratic…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Bureaucracy, College Faculty
Fisher, James L.; Koch, James V. – 1996
This work focuses on the transformational theory of leadership, which advocates appointment of a strong charismatic president to lead and transform the university through the power of his or her own vision for the future. The authors argue that this type of leadership is far more effective than the transactionalist leadership style, which…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, College Governing Councils, College Presidents
Semel, Susan F. – 1992
The Dalton School, an independent, progressive school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, was founded in 1919 by Helen Parkhurst. She established a child-centered school that attempted to incorporate the concept of a democratic community within the boundaries of an educational program. The school's innovative program became known as the Dalton…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Philosophy
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