Despite the series of documents by the sacred ecumenical council and replete research enumerating the two-dimensional focus of Catholic schools: faith and academics and its collaborative nature, Nigerian (southeast) Catholic primary and secondary schools are continually experiencing activities of disharmony between Catholic identity and students'…

Literature shows that the role of academic middle managers (AMMs) has been a subject of contestation for a long time the world over owing to the fact that there has not been a clear cut articulation of what exactly this role constitutes or means. Such a situation according to literature has tended to affect the way the AMMs enact their role in…

Discusses the expectations held by teachers, students, the public, boards of education, superintendents, power structures, and other administrators of the role the principal should play in their lives. Considers role conflict and principal reactions to differing role expectations. (Author/RK)

Areas of role conflict between classroom teachers and administrators are educational expertise, authority structure and professional status, and ambivalence toward the leadership concept. Approaches to conflict resolution are defining the role of curriculum supervisor as a service function to teachers, empathy in role taking, and adoption of…

The cause underlying the shocking behavior of a university president during a campus crisis is revealed in nine letters. Suggested reading for university administrators. (WM)

Results indicate that counselors feel that role clarification would ensue if guidance pupil personnel services directors had administrative jurisdiction of programs, and that the main deterrent is traditional autonomy of the building principal. (Author)

Examines the effects of role conflicts and role ambiguities on university department chairpersons who belong to the University Council for Educational Administration. Concludes role ambiguity, especially in the areas of student affairs, departmental governance, faculty affairs, external communications, and professional development, increases job…

Principals occupy apex positions, and like all high level executives, they are subject to fierce pressures and stresses. Discusses the nature of the role situation and presents a strategy that may help principals cope with the rising demands of the job. (Editor/RK)

The various meanings of management development are presented in the form of a working hypothesis, concluding that management development highlights the conflict between ideals of enterprise and individual development and that the relationship between the individual and his organization should be reconceptualized. (MF)

Reports a study that examined sources of influence over 290 faculty members. Examines role expectations of faculty members, employing organization, and departmental colleagues for teaching, research, and administrative roles. Also examines role conflict for faculty and explores implications for role theory and for understanding of faculty…

The position of advising coordinator poses an administrative challenge. The advising coordinator must manage the provision of a service but not be a manager of advisors. The role is seen as important because of increasing emphasis on advising in many schools and colleges. (MLW)

The subjective, as well as the managerial aspects of the change from teaching faculty to administrator status, deserve attention. Sense of identity, social interactions, and scope of responsibility are some of the sources of tension and incongruity in an administrator's life. (MSE)

Academic deans, especially in liberal arts colleges, have been called amateurs because they have not been schooled for the position and have not had previous experience in the dean's office. A study of the official logbooks of three deans and the author's own experience are used to document the elements of the role of a dean. (Author/PHR)

This study examined expectations, with respect to the role of the special education administrator, held by key administrative personnel within West Virginia's rural school systems. Surveys were sent to all county superintendents, all county special education administrators, and a randomly selected sample of 150 school principals, resulting in 202…

This paper contains a partial report on an empirical study to assess the utility of Gross' theory of role conflict resolution in predicting role choice by administrators who become involved in formal collective negotiations for the first time. Some relationships between role choice and selected situational variables are also examined. The study…