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Thomas, M. Donald – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
Defines courage in educational settings and explores the development of conditions that allow courageous actions. (MD)
Descriptors: Conflict, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Power Structure
Wheeler, C. R. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1981
Suggestions include: reducing tensions, establishing staff requirements early, enhancing the academic establishment, resuscitating lagging departments, beginning a public relations campaign, examining the curriculum, reallocating the budget, strengthening management, supporting imaginative leadership, and providing financing, imagination, and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Planning, Conflict Resolution
Alvey, Donald T.; Underwood, Kenneth E. – American School Board Journal, 1985
Outlines results from a nationwide survey of school board members and superintendents attempting to identify board member and superintendent agreements and disagreements about their roles in school leadership. Includes a chart outlining the responses and a list of the four areas identified as likely to cause conflict. (MD)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Conflict, Curriculum Development
Yalouris, Nicolaos – Humanities, 1996
Provides a brief but concise overview of the historical development of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Originally conceived as a one day, single-race event, the Games grew to the point where they represented an apotheosis of Greek culture. Discusses the role played by conflict within the city-states. (MJP)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Athletics, Competition, Conflict

Vang, Johannes – Higher Education Management, 1991
A discussion of management issues at teaching hospitals reviews their history and examines specific challenges in this context, including the ill-defined middle management level, the relative roles of the manager and department heads, separation and integration of managerial, academic, and medical responsibilities, and financing from more than one…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Role, Educational History

Kirby, William S. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1990
Misunderstanding of basic principles of the government-university relationship is discussed, and a method for developing a model policy for administering federally funded research is presented. The model policy would help funding agencies and institutions cope with regulations, issues of authority and accountability, communication, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Communications

Hope, Samuel – Arts Education Policy Review, 1994
Contends that questions about power and who has it dominated U.S. political and social discourse. Discusses five aspects of power and art: (1) three power/art relationships; (2) the struggle between individuals and systems; (3) power applications; (4) current power contexts; and (5) major futures issues. (CFR)
Descriptors: Art Education, Culture Conflict, Educational Change, Educational Objectives

Zontek, Kenneth S. – Social Studies, 1996
Presents a teaching model that allows students to recognize, synthesize, and analyze characteristics and components of colonialism. Identifies and provides examples for five main types of colonial interaction: subjugation, coexistence, extermination, reservation, and combination. Applies this model to the case study of the Spanish in New Mexico.…
Descriptors: American Indian History, Colonialism, Conflict, Cultural Interrelationships

Ward, Janie Victoria – Journal of Moral Education, 1991
Analyzes African-Americans narratives of interracial conflict. Concludes that issues of power and authority are imbedded in interracial interpersonal relationships. Explores themes of justice and care in the psychological development of African Americans and in the transmission of race-related morals and values in African-American culture. (DK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Attitudes, Black Family, Blacks
Creighton, Allan; Kivel, Paul – 1992
This guide provides information and teaching strategies for adults to support young people who want to make choices and resolve conflicts using alternatives to violence. Although the material is primarily designed for teachers and counselors, the guide is designed to help assist all adults, especially parents. The premise of the book is that…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Conflict Resolution
Nelson, Linda, Ed.; Williams, Judith, Ed. – 1990
The seven narratives in this document were drawn from the reflective writings of administrators of color involved in the Nevada Project LEAD. Six school principals and one district administrator describe experiences they have encountered in managing ethnically and racially diverse elementary and secondary schools in Nevada. The first and last…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Blacks, Conflict Resolution
Zeigler, Harmon; And Others – 1983
A 3-year research project was conducted to compare the conflict management behavior of school superintendents and city managers, both of whom are professionally trained experts held accountable to lay legislatures. Chapter 1, "Professionalism and Responsiveness," addresses the inherent tension, in a democracy, between elected officials'…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection

della Porta, Donatella – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Argues that the development of political corruption brings about important changes in the political system and in the characteristics of the political class. Describes the emergence and activities of a group of "business politicians" in Italy who have transformed political parties into socializing agencies for illicit activities. (MJP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Civics, Conflict of Interest, Crime

Rose-Ackerman, Susan – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Defines "grand" corruption as that occurring at the higher levels of a political system and involving large sums of money. Discusses the impact and incentives for this level of corruption as well as various government responses. Identifies multinational corporations as the major malefactors. (MJP)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Business Responsibility, Civics, Conflict of Interest