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Grenzke, Janet – NEA Higher Education Research Center Update, 1998
A survey of National Education Association (NEA) higher education members examined opinions about governance issues, factors that affect quality education, and attitudes about the "new unionism." Characteristics of respondents are summarized and illustrated by characteristics such as median faculty income, length of time in higher…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Administration, College Faculty, Decision Making
Download full textStetson, Nancy E. – 1990
The College of Marin has adopted a model of collegial governance that involves the entire campus community in recommending policies and procedures that determine the rules by which employees and students live. The model, which was designed by a task force representing faculty, staff, and students, is based on the U.S. Government model of…
Descriptors: Administration, College Administration, College Governing Councils, Community Colleges
Moore, Laurence J.; Greenwood, Allen G. – Association for Institutional Research, 1984
The history and features of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and use of the approach by academic administrators are discussed. The objective of DSS is to involve the manager/decision maker in the decision-analysis process while simultaneously relieving that person of the burden of developing and performing detailed analysis. DSS represents a…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Jenkins, Robin E.; Nord, Roy – Business Officer, 1982
The major steps a college should undertake in contracting for services, including the initial determination as to whether or not contracting is the best way to provide a particular service, are described. Three general activities that apply to decisions about contracting in most circumstances are: investigating service characteristics; identifying…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Bids, Campus Planning, College Administration
Doucette, Don, Ed. – 1988
This series of abstracts from the League for Innovation in the Community College and the Community College Leadership Program addresses a variety of topics of interest to community college administrators. Topics include: (1) revitalizing leadership for community colleges; (2) improving relations with board members; (3) presidential succession; (4)…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, College Faculty
Johnson, Betty M.; George, Shirley A. – Administrator's Update, 1987
Characteristics in the college academic setting and the external environment that affect the decision-making structure and that the dean should consider before reorganization are examined. Concepts and theories about governance, decision-making, organizational structure, and characteristics of effective decision makers are also briefly reviewed. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, Deans
Grosz, Karen Sue, Ed. – Forum, 1989
This issue of Forum, a journal designed to permit California community college faculty to share ideas, contains six articles focusing on issues related to the enactment of Assembly Bill 1725 (AB 1725). The first article, "Your Father's Oldsmobile: The Uses of Tradition in Core Programs," by John McFarland, analyzes the development of…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Affirmative Action, College Administration, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedLosak, John, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
This collection of essays by current or former directors of institutional research represents the broad spectrum of size, function, and geography within institutional research in the two-year college. The volume contains: (1) "The Role of Institutional Research in Evaluation of Nontraditional Programs: College Preparatory Analysis at Miami-Dade…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Fincher, Cameron – IHE Newsletter, 1982
The differences between academic administration and business management and the distinctions between academic administration and public administration are addressed. Attention is directed to differences in purpose and internal organization; decisions and conflict resolution; environmental relations and internal affairs; and recruitment, selection,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, College Administration, College Role
Brown, Kenneth C. – Administrator's Update, 1983
The use of microcomputers by college administrators to increase productivity is discussed. Microcomputers can help increase productivity in the following administrative office tasks: decision support, communication, personal assistance, and task management. One of the most promising developments to emerge from the decision sciences over the past…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs
Lewis, Merrilee, Ed.; Barr, Robert, Ed. – Community College Issues, 1988
In light of growing concern for the measurement of educational effectiveness, this paper advocates institutional research at the community college level in California's community colleges to answer crucial questions concerning students, programs, and communities and urges trustees and administrators to use research results to inform decision…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter, 1981
In four sections, this newsletter issue presents: (1) a view of the problem of confidentiality and due process in relation to the Dinnan case; (2) a report of events occurring at colleges that are related to the Yeshiva University decision; (3) updates to June 1981 bibliographic citations concerning the Yeshiva University decision; and (4) a…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty, Confidentiality
Brahney, James H. – Administrator's Update, 1981
Changes that higher education is experiencing and forecasting and approaches to improve higher education management are considered. In addition to declining enrollment, rising costs, and diminishing financial resources, colleges are faced with the task of managing these changes under the pressures of new constraints and new constituencies.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Collective Bargaining
Backman, Char, Ed.; Small, LaVeta, Ed. – Carolina View, 1985
Ways to promote student development and the undergraduate student experience are considered in a collection of 13 articles. Research findings and innovative approaches to college administration and advancement are also addressed. Article titles and authors are as follows: "Gaining International Understanding" (James B. Holderman);…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Black Students, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs
Doucette, Don, Ed. – Leadership Abstracts, 1991
"Leadership Abstracts" is published bimonthly and distributed to the chief executive officer of every two-year college in the United States and Canada. This document consists of the 15 one-page abstracts published in 1991. Addressing a variety of topics of interest to the community college administrators, this volume includes: (1) "Delivering the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
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