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Steele, Jennifer L.; Vernez, Georges; Gottfried, Michael A.; Schwam-Baird, Michael – RAND Corporation, 2011
Hurricane Katrina set the stage for a transformation of public education in New Orleans, replacing the city's existing school system with a decentralized choice-based system of both charter and district-run schools. Using principal, teacher, and parent surveys administered three years after Katrina, this study examined schools' governance and…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, School Choice, School Personnel
Guin, Jacques – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1985
The University of Montpelier I's 1969 statutes permitting maximum autonomy for the faculties of law and economics, medicine, and pharmacology resulted in a well-established division between the university's constituent parts and an unwillingness to pool resources to effect savings. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, College Administration, Cooperation
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1991
This proceedings presents the discussions, business meetings, lectures, and speeches delivered at the 104th Annual Meeting of The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, including the organization's financial statements for December 31, 1990 and 1989. In addition, the proceedings lists the past elected heads of the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agribusiness, Colleges, Financial Audits
Hallinger, Philip – 1999
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy for preparing administrators whose basic unit of instruction is a project. Students are organized into teams and work on these projects to grapple with the problem and to achieve the learning objectives that are embedded in the project. In this PBL project, students design and prepare a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Sizer, John; Mackie, Dugald – Higher Education Management, 1995
A discussion of the relationship between the Scottish funding agency for higher education and universities focuses on expectations of the council for lay members of the governing bodies and the appropriateness of those expectations. Whether the state can continue to respect institutional autonomy while seeking greater accountability for public…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
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Vroeijenstijn, Ton I. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1990
In response to changing government philosophy concerning higher education, including increased institutional autonomy alongside greater pressure for accountability and internal renewal, Dutch universities have developed a system for external quality assessment under the aegis of the Association of Dutch Universities. Its evolution and results to…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Quality
Hanson-Harding, Brian – Instructor, 2000
Describes the advantages of charter schools, which are started by individuals or groups in the community and can set their own educational agendas and goals. More states are passing or expanding charter school laws every year. Benefits include autonomy, site-based management, increased parental involvement, and increased teacher control.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
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Fishbein, Estelle A. – Journal of College and University Law, 1985
Government, through its legislative, executive, and judicial arms, has exceeded the appropriate involvement in institutional affairs. Universities have the ability and the responsibility to diminish government intrusiveness by developing internal mechanisms of accountability. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Educational Change, Governance
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Aper, Jeffery P. – Higher Education Management, 1993
The evolution of the current relationship between state governments and institutions of higher education is chronicled, focusing on the oversight role taken on by the state in the interest of providing services and facilities for the public good. The place of student outcomes assessment in this relationship is examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Outcomes Assessment, Government School Relationship
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George, Peter J.; McAllister, James A. – Higher Education Management, 1995
An examination of trends in university-government relationships in Canada looks briefly at the situations in five provinces recently undergoing reviews of their higher education systems (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba), and details the circumstances in Ontario, which has the largest provincial system of higher…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
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Thomas, Harold G. – Higher Education Management, 1998
Discussion of fiscal management in the reformed higher education systems of Eastern/Central Europe begins with analysis of reform attempts in two British universities and relates them to Eastern and Central European issues. It is argued that institutions must adopt a holistic approach to managing change and for addressing various staff, structure,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, College Administration, Decentralization
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Ewell, Peter T. – Change, 1994
Accountability of higher education institutions is discussed in the context of recent criticism of the institutional accreditation system. It is suggested that institutions reevaluate their responsibilities and reaffirm appropriate core values; however, application of those values will be influenced by the principal clients: students, employers,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Philosophy, Federal Regulation
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Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe – Academe, 1997
Academics in both the industrial world and developing countries face funding declines, growing state intervention, public hostility, and corporate pressure. Simultaneously, they are experiencing internal wars over policy, curriculum, and nature of scholarly communities. In North America debates about academic freedom center on tenure and free…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Millot, Marc Dean – 1996
As of November 1996, at least 25 states had passed charter-school legislation empowering agencies of state government to enter into agreements with private individuals and groups to operate public schools. This is a guidebook for government agencies given the power to permit individuals and groups to operate autonomous public schools under state…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education
Cedar, T.; Salasin, J. – 1980
A plan for studying management procedures that structure the relationships between federal agencies and federally-created research and development (R&D) organizations is discussed. The objective is to identify the types of federal management approaches, examine these approaches from the perspective of their relative emphasis on accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Role, Educational Development, Educational Research
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