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Direct linkWeingartner, Rudolph H. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Institutions of higher education are unique organizations: They have multiple goals, extending beyond their central aims of teaching and research. They are not always organized in a clear hierarchy. One of their most prevalent populations, the faculty, is a cross between independent contractors and employees; another class, administrators, is a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Administrative Organization, Best Practices
Plewes, Thomas J. – National Academies Press, 2010
The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) collects data on the number and characteristics of individuals receiving research doctoral degrees from all accredited U.S. institutions. The results of this annual survey are used to assess characteristics and trends in doctorate education and degrees. This information is vital for education and labor force…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Workshops, Confidentiality, Labor Force
Astin, Alexander W. – 1976
The book is based in part on an unusual kind of social experiment whose main purpose was to see if a diverse group of 19 colleges and universities could be stimulated to undertake changes in their policies and programs that would be designed primarily to improve the educational environment for students. The stimulus for change was comprehensive…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty, Committees
Dewar, Donald L. – 1979
This booklet contains frequently asked questions--and their answers--about "quality circles," a factory program first introduced in Japan in which workers participate voluntarily in quality control and management decisions through various means of communication. Following an introductory chapter, the remainder of the booklet answers…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Employee Attitudes
Dewar, Donald L. – 1980
This training manual provides information on the operation and function of "quality circles," a factory program introduced in Japan in which workers participate voluntarily in quality control and management decisions through various means of communication. Following an introduction, the manual presents a series of frequently asked…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Employee Attitudes
Galassi, John P.; Gulledge, Suzanne A.; Cox, Nancy D. – 1998
Advisory groups have played an essential role in improving the school climate and conditions for young adolescents in schools. How middle school decision makers go about the process of designing or re-designing an advisory program needs to be considered. A discussion is presented of the background information that helps define advisories. It…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Decision Making
Alvino, Kathleen M., Ed. – 1995
Strategic planning in higher education is seen in this book as an essential element in the life of a successful college or university. This book begins by defining strategic planning and explains how to identify the core problems a college or university wants to address and solve through the planning process. It continues with advice on how to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Centralization
Schrumpf, Fred; And Others – 1993
Teachers of the middle grades are being asked to be advisors as well as instructors to their students. The teacher is expected to teach the whole child, showing awareness of the child's affective self as well as the cognitive self. The teacher as advisor is a new role--and one for which many teachers feel unprepared. This guide is designed to help…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advisory Committees, Brainstorming, Community Resources
Download full textGraham, Hugh Davis – 1983
Archive-based historical analysis brings a perspective to policy studies that is lacking in individual case studies. The recently opened Kennedy and Johnson archives facilitate an internal analysis of the evolution of education policy formulation in the 1960s from the perspective of the executive branch. The central thread of continuity for such…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Advocacy, Archives, Decision Making
Slezak, James – 1984
This resource book, for practicing school administrators and professors of school administration, provides 151 adaptable, flexible processes which have been used effectively in school districts to improve academic achievement and learning climate. The book is organized into three parts. Part 1, "Excellence in Leadership," consists of chapters on…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Advisory Committees, Board Administrator Relationship
