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Morris, Van Cleve – 1981
The inner structure of campus management is examined to reveal the human side of personnel management, public and student relations, budget planning, affirmative action, faculty politics, salary disputes, and tenure decisions. The analysis depicts the special situation that results from a dean's management of people who not only are the dean's…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Affirmative Action
Kodera, T. James – 1981
The history of the study of religion at Wellesley College from its founding in 1875 until 1980 is considered. Initially, faculty were sought who possessed expressed Christian character and were able to instruct in the bible, which was a study requirement until 1968. The predominantly Protestant-Christian orientation of the religion department…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Christianity, Church Related Colleges, College Role
Kaufman, Brian J. – 1981
Departmental differences in student perceptions of teaching effectiveness were measured using behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS). The 495 college students were taking junior and senior level courses in art, business, computer science, French, psychology, and sociology. Each subject completed either the BARS or a simple summated scale, both…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Art, Business, College Faculty
Worthington, Robert M. – 1981
Success of the National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education (NNCCVTE) should help State Directors of Vocational Education generate support for their curriculum development and coordination programs. Its early beginnings came in 1970 with "Part I" Program funding. In 1971 funding of several projects…
Descriptors: Career Education, Coordination, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation
Ellis, Susanne D. – 1981
Trends in enrollments and degrees for physics and astronomy departments are presented. The data represent nearly 100 percent of the 806 degree-granting departments. Information is presented on the following: number of institutions by highest physics degree offered, 1976-81; number of physics degrees awarded during 1969-80; undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic)
Bragg, Ann Kieffer – 1981
The way that department heads learn the chair role was studied through interviews with 39 department heads randomly selected from nine colleges within a single university. Four types of roles were identified. Faculty-oriented department heads described their primary responsibilities as recruiting, developing, and evaluating faculty members;…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development
Champaigne, John – 1981
The Developmental Studies Program described in this report has provided the Community College of the Finger Lakes since 1974 with a variety of services for academically deficient students. After noting that the establishment of the Department of Developmental Studies in Fall 1980 was a culmination of this long history of commitment to support…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Credits, Communication Skills
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1978
The guide contains basic information to assist local recruiters for the North Carolina migrant education project in the identification and recruitment of children eligible for the project. Eleven terms pertaining to eligibility requirements are defined, and eligibility is explained. The guide suggests and explains information sources available to…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers
Feasley, Charles E. – 1980
The major distinctions between evaluation and research are examined, the chief differences being the intent and type of criteria against which judgments are made. Conceptualization of the evaluation process in higher education is discussed on two levels. A collection of nine similes for understanding evaluation is examined in terms of major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, Budgeting, Case Studies
SWANSON, J. CHESTER – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF FIVE RELATIVELY INDEPENDENT STUDIES WERE TO DESCRIBE AND INDICATE DIFFERENCES OF ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL, AND SERVICE IN THE STATES, IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE PERCEPTIONS OF STATE AGENCY ROLES AND FUNCTIONS, ANALYZE ACTIVITIES OF SELECTED PROFESSIONAL STAFF POSITIONS, DESIGN AND FIELD TEST AN INSTRUMENT FOR SELF ANALYSIS OF STATE…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Programs, Enrollment, Expenditures
MORPHET, EDGAR L.; RYAN, CHARLES O. – 1967
NINETEEN POSITION PAPERS AND ACCOMPANYING SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENTS FOCUS ON ASPECTS OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING STUDIED AT THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATE PROJECT, "DESIGNING EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE," HELD APRIL 3-5, 1967, IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO IDENTIFY CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Change Agents, Economic Factors, Educational Change
O'CONNOR, J. FRANCIS – 1967
FEDERAL AID HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF EDUCATIONAL FINANCE, AND THERE IS INCREASING INTEREST ON THE PART OF EDUCATORS EVERYWHERE IN PROGRAMS WHICH PROVIDE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. THIS HANDBOOK WAS PREPARED TO PROVIDE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION WITH AN OVERVIEW AND BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE MANY LAWS WHICH APPLY TO…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Construction Needs, Educational Media
Council for Higher Education, Jerusalem (Israel). – 1979
Statistical data on seven Israeli universities for 1977-78 are presented in this annual statistical abstract compiled by the Planning and Grants Committee of the Council for Higher Education. Data on students are tabulated according to academic institution, level of degree, field of study, age, sex, and continent of birth. Enrollments and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, College Students, Definitions
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. – 1979
The activities of the faculty at James Madison University during the fall term of the academic year 1978-79 are described. Full-time instructional faculty, part-time faculty involved in resident instruction, administrators and classified employees who taught at least one course, and graduate teaching assistants were surveyed. Information was…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Consultants
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1965
THIS COMMITTEE REPORT CONTAINS THE PRESIDENT'S 1965 EDUCATION AND STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGES, THE TEXT OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (ESEA) TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND A SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE ESEA. THE TITLES OF THE ACT PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Data, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Service Centers
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