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Khalilah V. Burton – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this research was to investigate the experiences and perceptions of community college administrators who lead campus accreditation initiatives including the accreditation visit. The study investigated administrator perceptions of compulsory or psychological pressure when involved with accreditation activities. The study employs the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
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Hirschy, Amy S.; Wilson, Maureen E.; Braxton, John M. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2015
Housing and residence life (HRL) administrators who lack knowledge about accepted professional behaviors risk violating normative boundaries, likely jeopardizing themselves or their clients (e.g., students, parents, colleagues). The purpose of this survey study was to understand if a normative structure exists for the administrative role…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, College Housing, Administrators, Behavior Standards
Berry, Barnett – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
The problems of public education are not that America's classrooms are filled with too many bad teachers or too few smart ones. Instead, policy makers are paying too little attention to mobilizing the many experts teaching today who could lead in powerful ways. Enter the teacherpreneur, who teaches students for a career and has "the…
Descriptors: School Culture, Social Behavior, Behavior Standards, Teacher Leadership
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Fleming, J. Christopher – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
A presidential code of conduct is needed more today than ever before. College and university presidents are being required to do more without the proper training to succeed. Presidents from outside the academy enter academia with normative patterns and codes of conduct that served them well in their previous occupations but now have the potential…
Descriptors: Ethics, College Presidents, Behavior Standards, Administrator Behavior
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Hoy, Wayne K.; Tarter, C. John – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this article is to examine the empirical literature on irrationality and identify a set of concepts to help administrators cope with irrationality in decision making. Design/methodology/approach: This analysis is a synthesis of the selected research literature on irrationality. Findings: A set of seven concepts and propositions…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Principles, World Views, Educational Administration
Colvin, Geoff – Corwin Press, 2007
Maintaining well-disciplined schools is becoming more difficult in today's educational system, and problem behavior or lack of school discipline is reaching crisis proportions. Nationally recognized author and educator Geoff Colvin provides the "what's," "why's," and "how's" for establishing an effective discipline program while promoting an…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Check Lists, Discipline Policy, Student Behavior