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Seibert, Charles H. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
Concern for the state of the humanities is a choice, not a necessity, for research administrators, but by fostering the humanities in any way, research administrators can nurture a vital tradition and a resource that contributes to the institution's basic purposes. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, College Role, Higher Education
Blank, William E. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1980
Four practical, easy-to-use management tools are presented which address data management needs and aid in managing things and people in a competency-based vocational education program. They are the task listing, the learning package, the time card, and the student performance agreement. (LRA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Learning Modules, Program Administration
Heterick, Robert C., Jr. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
The winner of the 1994 CAUSE Award for Exemplary Leadership and Information Technology Excellence offers his view of information technology, resources, and management. Engineering principles are applied to information technology issues, such as access versus security and client/server versus mainframe systems. College/university information…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Engineering, Higher Education
Ryland, Jane N. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
An interview with Stephen C. Hall and Constance F. Towler of the Harvard University Office for Information Technology (Massachusetts) addresses issues in implementing management techniques to improve and maintain program quality. Topics include motivation, executive-level knowledge and support, specific changes made, and response and assistance…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Higher Education, Information Technology
Hawkins, Brian L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1992
An award-winning administrator of a college computer system discusses the role of networking and teamwork in successful information management, drawing on experiences during recent political upheavals in eastern Europe for illustration. Other success factors stressed include having and sharing a dream and developing future leaders. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Management Information Systems
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Gabriele, Edward Francis – SRA Journal, 1998
Research administrators must understand who they are and what they do. A metaphor for the research administrator's identity and service mission is proposed: "custodian of the corporate conscience and culture." The role of this administrator is viewed as part of the entire process of learning for the development of generalizable knowledge…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Higher Education, Occupational Information
Merante, Joseph A. – College Board Review, 1987
To manage enrollments, today's colleges and universities must incorporate marketing strategies and organizational changes that until now have generally been used only by business and other private sector professionals. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Hammond, Dennis R. – Business Officer, 1992
Active asset management has not been consistent or cost-effective for college and university endowment funds. Indexing offers higher returns than median active management, provides more investment stability, is available to small institutional endowments across a broad spectrum of investment asset classes, and at lower cost than active management.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Endowment Funds
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Hansen, Stephen L; Shisler, Clifford – Research Management Review, 1992
The role of the university research administrator has evolved from that of "mediator-expeditor" among faculty, university, and sponsor to that of regulator of the grants process. This has had a significant impact on the kinds of research administration jobs available, characteristics of research administrators, and nature and content of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Conferences, Employment Opportunities
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1990
This report analyzes the administration of student financial aid programs in Florida's state universities and community colleges. The analysis was conducted by reviewing documents, receiving public testimony, conferring with state-level agencies and institutions, surveying directors of financial aid offices, and surveying students. An introductory…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Administration, State Colleges, State Government
Deegan, William L. – 1984
Alternatives for revitalizing the programs and management of student services in community colleges are reviewed in this paper. First, alternatives related to student services programs are considered, including: (1) the increased use of computer-assisted counseling to integrate student services more fully with mainstream academic activities; (2)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Administration, Program Development, Program Effectiveness
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Thor, Linda M. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1987
Details strategies used by community colleges to successfully manage the financial risk inherent in performance contracting. Compares the results of training under the Job Training Partnership Act and California's Employment Training Panel from the perspective of a college administrator. (AYC)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Community Colleges, Financial Problems, Performance Contracts
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Chermside, Herbert B. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1985
University research results often lead to patentable inventions with significant possibilities for ethical conflict. University officials must be conscious of these conflicts, examine each situation carefully, and determine actions creating the greatest good for the greatest number. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Ethics, Higher Education, Intellectual Property
Storm, Linnea R. – School Business Affairs, 1983
Contract food management can contain food costs and, with the contractor's team of food service professionals, provide creative programs that teach nutrition and add interest to school meals. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Lunch Programs, Nutrition Instruction
Franceschini, Louis A., III – 2002
The Memphis Restructuring Initiative (MRI) was an attempt at comprehensive school reform in Tennessee that ended with a whimper. Its downfall seems to involve some sort of "schismogenesis" or "inversion," in which many teachers violently reacted against being overworked and overwhelmed, culminating in the easy discarding of 8…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Influences, Program Administration
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