The statistical data on women and minorities in higher education administration analyzed in this paper are found in a study done by the College and University Personnel Association (CUPA). Collected during the 1975-76 Administrative Compensation Survey, these data were broken out for white coeducational institutions, white women's institutions,…

Describes the Individualized Development Program implemented by KLA Instruments Corporation, Santa Clara, California. The program seeks to identify the strengths, shortcomings, and interests of the company's managers. It benefits those whose careers have plateaued as well as managers who have new areas of responsibility. (JOW)

Reviews evidence and argues for view that managerial pay allocations are influenced by degree of dependent on subordinate and by threats to that dependent. Explores issues of managerial discretion and pay allocation and pay as a means of managing dependencies. Identifies major sources of objective and subjective dependence on subordinates.…

To ensure the quality of school leadership in the future requires the following: (1) improving financial incentives; (2) strengthening administrator training programs; and (3) raising certification requirements. (MLF)

This paper argues that the high output demands of the information age necessitate that higher education salary administration be shifted from political systems, where subjective evaluation makes patronage a criterion of success, to management systems which employ objective analysis to allocate remuneration according to productivity. The paper…

Four members of the Council for Women in Independent Schools discuss what private school trustees should know about women's issues, including those regarding curriculum, athletics, employer-employee relations, equal pay, women board members, and problems involved in searching for and hiring a woman school head. (Author/RW)

The Teachers Insurance and Annuities Association's (TIAA) College Retirement and Equity Fund is criticized for its low returns and its chief executive officer's recent salary raise. It is said to be in need of additional regulation and policyholder involvement. A TIAA vice president responds that the analysis given is inaccurate and misleading.…

Examines peer review within new teacher unionism, noting that union neglect of peer review costs illustrates the sharp contrast in union attitudes toward change. The paper describes peer review costs (consulting teacher salaries and fringe benefits, mileage for consulting teachers, and administrator costs), discusses the union stake in peer…

Merit pay plans for administrators do not work in school systems in which the governing board is elected from among lay people. In 1979, the Brewster (New York) Central School District developed an administrator merit pay plan. The goal of the plan was to implement changes and programs which would reflect the needs of the community as interpreted…

Researchers construct a cost of education index and, using Missouri data, estimate differences across school districts in the cost of teachers, administrators, and transportation services. Components of the conceptual framework for the index include salaries, variables within a district's control (such as personnel characteristics or the number of…

Direct payment of teacher salaries by the federal government is one means of achieving uniform financial support of education, local tax relief, resolution of many professional problems and improvement of quality instruction and instructors. No change is proposed in local control of hiring, firing, seniority, tenure, or merit practices. (Author)

Women administrators in higher education must deal not only with the usual challenges facing administrators (decision-making, resolving conflict, and advancing professionally), but also with the effects of sex stereotyping. Women are not seen as decision-makers, nor as conflict-resolvers, and are often viewed as supporting personnel rather than…

A 1982 revision of a 1972 publication, this handbook aims to provide a process that school boards can use to evaluate management performance and set administrator salary and compensation schedules. Following a brief introduction, the first two sections note the problem of public criticism of school administrator salaries and review several…

Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in two newsletter issues. Data are included on the specialties of women faculty and the type of institution employing them; salary and rank of women faculty and their tenure status; and employment patterns and salaries of women administrators.…

Although Delaware's educational system is in many ways rising to the challenge posed by the recent national reports on education, the Governor's Task Force on Education for Economic Growth has recommended several improvements. Appointed in July 1983, the task force held public hearings, obtained data by questionnaire, sought expert testimony,…