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Download full textSmith, Stuart C., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Based on the assumption that the survival of the nation's schools and their leaders depends on these leaders having real influence over the quality of schooling, this volume draws from the work of many authorities to look at leadership from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Chapters focusing on the person who holds the…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2003
Entrepreneurship, or small business ownership, is an increasingly attractive option to young people and adults (including low-income populations, at-risk youth, and women) who are striving to find careers that are exciting to them and offer the potential for personal and financial success. Entrepreneurs must be self-starters, innovative, willing…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Business Education, Career Development, Decision Making
Splete, Howard; Stewart, Amy – 1990
This monograph provides an overview of the National Career Development Guidelines developed by the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee and presents competency-based career development strategies related to the National Guidelines. The strategies were identified through an analysis of career development abstracts included in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Exploration
Wagner, Judith O. – 1989
How to locate information that can be used in career decision making is the subject of this digest. The first section lists the career/occupational information collections generally found in public libraries, including printed resources, information about associations, information about local sources of job information, information on specific…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
Kezar, Adrianna J. – 1999
The literature on higher education policy and governance has increased since the late 1980s, possibly in response to campuses' questioning of their traditional missions and processes, and focuses on five main areas: financial issues; assessment; accreditation and standards, especially for new forms of teaching and learning; nondiscrimination…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Diversity (Institutional)
Ellis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1986
Included in this summary analysis of three journal articles and two documents on teacher evaluation are reports that touch on difficulties facing school officials in developing a teacher evaluation system and suggestions for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of an evaluation system. The first article, by Susan S. Stodolsky, challenges…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Concurrent Validity, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making
Baldridge, J. Victor; And Others – 1982
The impact of demographic shifts and enrollment declines for higher education are examined, and possible institutional responses to these problems are studied. After a review of the national statistics and projections of future enrollment trends, attention is directed to the campus level and the dimensions of current enrollment problems. Based on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Admissions Officers, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies
Cope, Robert G. – 1981
Recent applications of the strategic planning approach in colleges and universities and techniques necessary for its application are reviewed. In addition, the intellectual roots of strategic planning are traced, and strategic planning is defined and contrasted with long-range planning. It is suggested that strategic planning addresses the total…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Role, Decision Making
Finlay, Cheryl Schratz; Crosson, Patricia H. – Administrator's Update, 1981
The status of women in higher education administration and strategies for increasing their numbers are considered, based on research studies on women and job structures in higher education, and from information on organizations and programs. General observations based on the studies include the following: women are underrepresented in major…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Affirmative Action
Kerka, Sandra – 1991
Career and vocational educators must prepare people with the attitudes and skills needed for successful integration of work and family life. Ideally, life and career planning should be taught as a unit beginning in the middle school. A life/career planning course should incorporate such topics as interdependence of individual, family, and career…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Smith, Stuart C., Ed.; Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1989
Recognizing the importance of good leadership to the achievement of educational excellence, the second edition of this handbook synthesizes a large body of school leadership literature and explores the subject from three perspectives: the person, the structure, and the skills. Part I examines characteristics of today's educational leaders;…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Communication Skills
Gratz, Robert D.; Salem, Philip J. – 1981
Major themes in the literature related to organizational communication and higher education are examined, with emphasis on the internal aspects of organizational communication in higher education. Attention is directed to the systems model and the structure, function, process, and communication patterns of higher education systems. The literature…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ambiguity, College Administration, College Environment
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are required partners in the one-stop system mandated by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The following features have long characterized VR: the primary goal of integrated competitive employment for persons with disabilities; state flexibility in VR systems, approaches, and structures; case…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education)
