Some suggestions that assistant principals can use to establish good working relationships while performing expected tasks. (Author/LD)

Advice to school administrators to help them develop school spirit and loyalty in their students. (LD)

Presenting suggestions for the administrator's role in the formulation of educational philosophy, this article asserts that philosophy should illuminate understanding of education by providing the basis for decisions and actions. (JC)

There has been, and remains, much criticism of the external monitoring of the quality of universities' learning and teaching by bodies such as the QAA largely on the grounds that it is essentially a bureaucratic collection of data that does little, if anything, to help in improving or enhancing the learning and teaching. In this article, while…

In this paper, the author describes what might happen if a college got rid of its board of trustees and the faculty became voting partners in running the "corporation." What if there was no board of trustees composed mainly of outsiders? What if the president was chosen by and responsible to the faculty? What, in short, if the faculty owned the…

In an interview, Gerald L. Baliles, a former Democratic governor of Virginia, talked about how the job of college president has changed over the years. Baliles said that a president must be many things to many people: leader of the academic community, chief executive of the business enterprise, the spokesperson, the fundraiser, the advocate for…

Concludes that if educators are committed to strengthening the curriculum, they must take steps to establish the position of leader of instruction as an alternative to the traditional building principal. (FL)

Successful reading programs have administrators committed to reading, have a logical sequence or pattern of instruction, have recreational reading as an integral part, and use diagnosis as a continuous, ongoing process. (Author/IRT)

A discussion of the concept of participation and the role of the manager in the context of team management. (SJL)

Reprints six student essays from an "if I were principal" contest held in five public and private schools in New York and Connecticut for the 1988 annual conference of the Elementary School Center in New York City. Students especially desire more space, better cafeteria food, frequent field trips, and plenty of free time. (MLH)

The president of George Washington University predicts that the evolution in the role of college and university presidents--from ceremonial figure to fund raiser, public relations troubleshooter, and more--will continue, citing institutions' persistent need to find ever newer, fresher, and more abundant ways of connecting with society. (EV)

This article is a brief description of a young librarians' first six months in the profession. The article lists five things the librarian knows he has done wrong, and five things he knows he has done right.

The following excerpt allows the reader to briefly peer into an ideal school setting: For the purposes of this paper, the fictitious school will be named Utopia Middle School or U.M.S. U.M.S embodies and exemplifies the perfect school. At U.M.S., the campus administrators perform at a level of excellence that motivates, empowers and supports all…

This critique summarizes a recent examination of studies of campus-based retention efforts and also considers what is known about the roles and responsibilities of retention coordinators on college and university campuses. The paper closes with a call for more research on campus-based retention efforts and for a closer look at the management of…

This reprinted newspaper article describes a typical crisis-ridden day in the life of a dynamic female elementary school principal who was formerly a teacher and knows each student by name. This principal views her job as a sacred trust performed in a caring, child-centered environment where bad kids are nonexistent. (MLH)