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Parental Involvement in Higher Education: Understanding the Relationship among Students, Parents, and the Institution. ASHE Higher Education Report, Volume 33, Number 6
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Wartman, Katherine Lynk, Ed.; Savage, Marjorie, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2008
This monograph is divided into three main sections: theoretical grounding, student identity, and implications. The first section, theoretical grounding of parental involvement, looks at the reasons parents today are more likely to be involved in their students' lives and then reviews the literature of K-12 education and compares that information…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, College Students, Parent Student Relationship, Parent School Relationship
The School Community: Its Effects on Principals' Perceptions of Parents.
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Goldring, Ellen B. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1986
Data from a study of 113 elementary school principals in the Chicago metropolitan area support the proposition that non-socioeconomic characteristics of the parental community (assertiveness, responsiveness, homogeneity, and eagerness to participate) account for variations in principals' perceptions of parents. Makes recommendations for effective…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Parent Associations
The Effective Principal: A Case Study of Ying Wa College, Hong Kong
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Burton, Neil; Brundrett, Mark; Yeung, John – Management in Education, 2005
It has been argued that "leadership" is seen as being centrally synonymous with school effectiveness and yet there is comparatively little evidence of the effects of leadership on school outcomes. More specifically, studies of principalship in Hong Kong have tended to be conducted in the quantitative tradition. The study described in…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Parent Associations, Administrative Organization
What Knowledge Matters Most to On-the-Job School Administrators in Florida?
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Mullen, Carol A. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
This article is a report of an investigation into what practicing leaders in Florida believe they must know and be capable of in order to effectively perform their role. The focus is relevant to the preparation of principals and to best practices that can advance the profession of educational administration. Reflecting an unusual approach to…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Educational Administration, Principals, Administrators