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Seibert, Charles H. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
Concern for the state of the humanities is a choice, not a necessity, for research administrators, but by fostering the humanities in any way, research administrators can nurture a vital tradition and a resource that contributes to the institution's basic purposes. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, College Role, Higher Education
Heterick, Robert C., Jr. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
The winner of the 1994 CAUSE Award for Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence offers his view of information technology, resources, and management. Engineering principles are applied to information technology issues, such as access versus security and client/server versus mainframe systems. College/university information…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Engineering, Higher Education
Ryland, Jane N. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
An interview with Stephen C. Hall and Constance F. Towler of the Harvard University Office for Information Technology (Massachusetts) addresses issues in implementing management techniques to improve and maintain program quality. Topics include motivation, executive-level knowledge and support, specific changes made, and response and assistance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Higher Education, Information Technology
Hawkins, Brian L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1992
An award-winning administrator of a college computer system discusses the role of networking and teamwork in successful information management, drawing on experiences during recent political upheavals in eastern Europe for illustration. Other success factors stressed include having and sharing a dream and developing future leaders. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Management Information Systems

Gabriele, Edward Francis – SRA Journal, 1998
Research administrators must understand who they are and what they do. A metaphor for the research administrator's identity and service mission is proposed: "custodian of the corporate conscience and culture." The role of this administrator is viewed as part of the entire process of learning for the development of generalizable knowledge…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Higher Education, Occupational Information
Merante, Joseph A. – College Board Review, 1987
To manage enrollments, today's colleges and universities must incorporate marketing strategies and organizational changes that until now have generally been used only by business and other private sector professionals. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Hammond, Dennis R. – Business Officer, 1992
Active asset management has not been consistent or cost-effective for college and university endowment funds. Indexing offers higher returns than median active management, provides more investment stability, is available to small institutional endowments across a broad spectrum of investment asset classes, and at lower cost than active management.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Endowment Funds

Hansen, Stephen L; Shisler, Clifford – Research Management Review, 1992
The role of the university research administrator has evolved from that of "mediator-expeditor" among faculty, university, and sponsor to that of regulator of the grants process. This has had a significant impact on the kinds of research administration jobs available, characteristics of research administrators, and nature and content of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Conferences, Employment Opportunities
Thor, Linda M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
Details strategies used by community colleges to successfully manage the financial risk inherent in performance contracting. Compares the results of training under the Job Training Partnership Act and California's Employment Training Panel from the perspective of a college administrator. (AYC)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Colleges, Financial Problems, Performance Contracts

Chermside, Herbert B. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
University research results often lead to patentable inventions with significant possibilities for ethical conflict. University officials must be conscious of these conflicts, examine each situation carefully, and determine actions creating the greatest good for the greatest number. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Ethics, Higher Education, Intellectual Property

Blum, Mark C. – Academe, 1991
Increasingly, college administrators are trying to pass fringe benefits costs off onto employees to relieve financial pressures. The result is an accelerated but often unacknowledged drain on faculty incomes. Faculty in a contributory health insurance plan should seek to cap faculty contributions at a fixed dollar amount. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration)
Drummond, Marshall E,; And Others – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
At Eastern Washington University, strong executive leadership in a planning process incorporating a microcomputer-based model has begun to enable integration of campus planning and budgeting. The computer model offers departmental planners a sophisticated tool for analyzing alternative strategies over a number of years. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning
Dawson, Harriet – Currents, 1994
Guidelines offered for working with college alumni volunteers in student recruitment efforts include enlisting local alumni leaders' help; communicating expectations and procedures; requiring up-to-date records on local schools; prompt response to volunteer communications; and recognizing volunteer contributions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, Expectation, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication

Bazik, Martha S. – Community College Review, 1986
Describes a process whereby a community college continuing education division can be effectively promoted within the college. Considers the following elements of program advocacy: goal setting; evaluation of the continuing education division and its internal and external environments; and devising, implementing, and evaluating advocacy strategies.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Advocacy, College Environment

Sink, John D. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
For short- and long-term individual and institutional survival, the university and its research administrators must preserve and enhance the institution's climate for the pursuit of faculty scholarship, and faculties must keep research productivity and scholarly activity high.(MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Higher Education, Organizational Climate