First-order analyses of the data obtained from 90 workshop participants, each of whom played the role of the principal of Janus Junior High School (a racially mixed inner city school) have identified 16 factors of actions, values, and means of communication. Second-order analyses have identified three types of administrative style: (1)…

Six guidelines which industry and business follow are presented to help teachers adopt new technologies in their programs. (Author/BP)

The author reviews predictions for personnel in higher education, reviews the state of the art and charts a course for the work to be done. (Editor)

Discussed is the importance of effective writing in engineering management as well as the effectiveness of lecture, seminar, and tutorial types of improvement programs. (CS)

Adult education administrators should constantly work toward effective utilization of time. Administrative effectiveness is a function of the relationship between goals and outcomes, both of which are conditioned by time. Suggests ways that administrators could make more effective use of their time. (EM)

Three Dutch bodies--the Netherlands Universities Council, the Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation, and the Rectors' Conference--have traditionally been active in the field of international contacts between universities. Discusses the responsibilities of these three bodies. (Editor/RK)

Discusses principles of law library management and presents three problem solving exercises for law librarianship training. American Bar Association standards for law school libraries are presented, with interpretations, and appendices provide a job description for an assistant law librarian and bylaws of the American Law Schools concerning…

Presents eight "sophistical" principles for English department heads, using the historical characters of Protagoras and Gorgias as a framework for discussion. (MM)

Discusses factors that contribute to Santa Monica Public Library's excellence, including supportive city government and citizenry, city council, library board, lean top management, and the basic management team. Specific management principles and techniques, public relations, and measures of service at Beverly Hills Public Library are also…

Essential features of the absolute bureaucracy and the organic structure are outlined and related to intrinsic requirements for the provision of complex services such as teaching and counselling. The two organizational patterns are examined in terms of influence relationships, plasticity, and administrators' assumptions. (TE)

A discussion of the usefulness of reasoning, as compared to experience, in three levels of decision making in school management informs this critique of the state of educational management theory and research. (MJL)

Focuses on how to develop and manage an Educational Opportunities Program (EOP) for black youth arguing that the systems approach is a way for program directors to better structure and account for their program operations. The EOP cycle has six components: Program Planning, Input, Treatment, Output, Research, and Feedback. (Author/JM)

Much of administrative preparation and practice centers on problem solving, developing alternative solutions, and selecting among competing alternatives for the most feasible solutions. Some of the persistent dilemmas resident in the training and the functioning of administrators are examined here by scholars and practitioners of educational…

The purpose of these protocols is to assist in providing guidance to PMRT members and Sub-groups in relation to seeking approval for the publication of documents of the Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce (PMRT) or of its predecessor the National Education Performance Monitoring Taskforce (NEPMT). These protocols complement the…

Education and upbringing in the Soviet Union are aimed at shaping a Communist world view, loyalty to Marxism-Leninism, and boundless dedication to the revolutionary, military, and labor traditions of the people. Only by administrative organization and development can this be accomplished. (JB)