In individual essays, two American Council on Education Fellows present their views and observations on interaction between department chairs and deans. (PD)

Reviews the roles the department chairperson is expected to fill and offers a firstline defense against burnout. (PD)

Discusses the changing role of the human resource manager and the challenge in meeting the expectations of managers who recognize the importance of strategic planning for human resources. (JOW)

By involving all school district employees in budget planning, this superintendent has developed a successful process that might be useful to others. The year-long budget adoption process begins for the upcoming year on the first day of the new school year. A date-by-date budget planning calendar is provided. (PB)

Argues for the need for leaders, rather than for managers, in education. (IRT)

If principals are to assume executive authority, they will have to work on three main areas of change: attitudes, skills, and functions. Schools must have strong leadership in order to be successful and vital. (Author/IRT)

Lists 10 suggestions that an assistant principal can use to enhance his/her position in the school. (LD)

Nellie Quander is an elementary school principal in Alexandria, Virginia. (IRT)

The president of Rollins College says that presidents, in their roles as academic leaders, financial managers, and fund raisers, as well as public intellectuals, civic leaders, and economic development cheerleaders, try to do everything. She invites her colleagues to either accept or re-envision the presidency. (EV)

The president of Indiana University asserts that today's academic leaders can fulfill public advocacy obligations while still promoting prosperity at their institutions. (EV)

A professor of higher education emeritus at the University of Maryland argues that college presidents have lost stature by adopting business practices. Urges them to be storytellers, conveying the unique social legitimacy and meaning of higher education. Andrew Sorensen of the University of South Carolina and William Troutt of Rhodes College offer…

This article discusses the importance of budget monitoring in fiscal management; describes ways in which computerized budget monitoring increases accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility; outlines steps in the budget process; and presents sample reports, generated using the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet and graphics program. (IAH)

Discusses drift within technical publishing departments--the kind of soft, subtle change that occurs when manuals of today no longer look like the publications of three years ago, and there is no really good reason why. Discusses the usefulness of setting standards, and ways to investigate and recover from the drift away from standards. (SR)

Expectations of trustees have undergone a dramatic change in the wake of the Enron debacle, the new strictures of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and several new state policies, laws, and executive actions. Additionally, well-publicized examples of inadequate trustee oversight have affected the public's and policymakers' perceptions of higher education.…

In this article, the author discusses seven critical lessons for navigating a leadership position in higher education. The author focuses on developing a personal means of remaining centered regardless of circumstances or situations as well as building an ethical foundation for one's work. He uses spiraling as a metaphor to describe his own…