An effective college president must be first, foremost, and always an educator. It is his or her task to make decisions that help create the context in which the authentic individual, the civilized citizen, may emerge. (Author/MSE)

Student evaluations of university accounting instructors are not necessarily valid. Students rarely can offer their true opinion because the evaluation questions are written by instructors or administrators. Also, students usually do not know what material should be covered. (JOW)

Introduces and includes "The Ritz Bar or ABD: In Defense of the MFA," in which Peter Garvie defends the professionalism of the MFA degree in theatre, and "The PhD in Theatre--A Vanishing Degree?" Richard Hornby's discussion of the importance of the doctoral degree as the standard teaching degree. (PD)

Examines professional certification and its definitions and purposes. Implications of professional certification for adult education are provided as well as a list of important questions regarding certification that adult educators should critically analyze. (CT)

Discusses the origins and uses of proficiency-based systems in government and education, an initial application of proficiency-based foreign language oral skills assessment in one corporate setting, and the wide range of potential applications of proficiency-based systems for business, industry, and the professions in general. (SED)

The author observes that the report from the Council on the Continuing Education Unit, "Principles of Good Practice in Continuing Education," is a list of reductive, formal stipulations that imply that adults are not capable of self-directed learning. (CT)

Physiologists offer their viewpoints on career opportunities in the pharmaceutical industries. A director's and an employee's views of what a director of pharmacology looks for in a physiologist are included. (JN)

Describes an employability profile that lists test scores on some competencies useful to employers. It is presented as a one-page profile form and can be used as a record by youth and adults looking for entry-level jobs. (JOW)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of, and alternatives to, the dual principalship, in which one principal runs two schools. Notes the heavy strain experienced by dual principals and the ways they ease the workload, lists qualifications for dual principals, and offers four tips to help make a dual principalship work. (RW)

Effective supervisors need to have exemplary interviewing and interpersonal skills; they also need to be excellent problem solvers who possess first-hand knowledge of conditions in the field. (Author/BW)

The teaching of data processing in the secondary school is examined, including teachers (certification, work experience), textbooks (selection, concentration), community (advisory committees, career exploration), students (recruitment, aptitude tests), instruction methods (simulation, audiovisuals, field trips), course content (machine technology,…

Suggestions are made for different approaches for preparing the classroom teacher, the resource teacher, and the neuroeducator, a specialist in learning disabilities. He advocates that neuroeducators should have exposure to fundamental areas of neurology, intelligence, anatomy, memory, cognition, and movement education. (CL)

In addition to training and knowledge of particular programs and legal requirements evaluators need interpersonal skills. Sensitivity to and rapport with staff and community as well as respect and commitment of administrators, particularly school superintendents, are critical. To make their work useful, evaluators should be facilitators, not…

Having identified the problem of managerial transition in a previous article (CE 510 277), the author outlines a strategy for change which includes performance appraisal, definition of the management structure, and counselling for the individual in transition. (SK)

Certain expectations that federal officials have about evaluation researchers are discussed. Included are: (1) presence of a clear understanding of what evaluation means; (2) procedure for carrying out an evaluation; and (3) understanding by the evaluator of how the research relates to the decision-making process. (Author/GK)