An important facet of governance and administration in a college or university is the role of the department chairman. This revised version of an address delivered at Memphis State University on 14 November 1973 directs attention to the wider role of department chairmen. The department chairman's primary duties should be: (1) representation of the…

Contends that public relations and advertising curriculums should be taken out of journalism/mass communication and/or business schools, and positioned as separate entities. (SR)

Examines the experience of the University of Western Sydney - Nepean (Australia) in the context of 1989 restructuring of the Australian system of higher education since 1989. Notes the institution's efforts to leave the larger university including the removal of faculties and deans and development of an ongoing process based on a culture of client…

Explains the matrix organizational structure and describes conditions or pressures that lead an administrator to consider the matrix approach. Provides examples of how it operates in a department or school. (PD)

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN YUGOSLAVIA, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, THE OPERATING POLICIES, AND THE CHANGES AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. THE DESCRIPTION IS PRESENTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS--(1) THE YUGOSLAV STATE AND THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING A…

This report presents the preliminary results of an effort to identify and measure the benefits stemming from one kind of departure from the dominant departmental structure of the modern university. Because money costs of programs in higher education are easier to identify than benefits, a successful effort of this kind is a prerequisite to…

Faculty motivation, the role of money as an incentive, and the structural compatibility of universities with merit systems of pay are examined. As presently structured, universities seem unlikely candidates for successful merit-based pay plans. (Author/RM)

Higher education--and continuing education as one arm of that enterprise--is not just an economic engine; it contributes directly and in a multifaceted fashion to the common good. It generates and makes accessible a great deal of the knowledge that drives the economy; it helps develop an understanding of the society and the world for millions of…

Findings suggest that Holland's theory of vocational choice can assist in the interpretation of goal priorities within the academic community. Suggestions indicate how this theory might be employed by university administrators and in subsequent research on the administration of academic departments and the roles of their chairmen. (Editor/PG)

Research in organizational socialization is typically more concerned with settings where recruits are treated more harshly than with settings where they are treated well. It is argued that in settings where they are treated well recruits are allowed to import skills, knowledge and values. The process is described. (Author/MLW)

Describes the history, organizational structure, educational philosophy, and degree programs of Britain's West Surrey College of Art and Design. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abindgon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

A recent organizational study examined the different cultural worlds of senior members of the academic staff at the University of Melbourne. Outlines a new culture perspective that is applied to academic organization and emphasizes the utility and value of a cultural view. (53 references) (SI)

Relates the experience of a speech communication faculty who chose, in a campus reorganization, to locate themselves in a professional college. Discusses benefits and difficulties. (SR)

Article challenges the division between student and academic affairs and encourages a view of learning and reason in a more holistic and integrated fashion. Outlines the historical factors for the separation of student and academic affairs and offers the programs instituted at Bellarmine College as examples of effective collaboration between…

Describes a tentative model for comparison of departmental effectiveness within a given institution: a coefficient consisting of weighted student credit hours divided by total support dollars times a factor made up of seventeen parameters weighted according to the priorities of the institution. Samples of computer output are given. (GH)