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Selection of School Leadership Candidates for UIC's EdD Urban Education Leadership Program. Continuous Improvement Brief (Part II)
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Walker, Lisa; Parkinson, Kathleen K.; Tozer, Steve; Webb, Katonja; Whalen, Samuel P. – Online Submission, 2018
In the second of two continuous improvement briefs on selection, UIC Center for Urban Education Leadership researchers and UIC Ed.D. program administrators describe how they build program capacity to assess & measure the characteristics they associate with school leader success. [For Part I, see ED622510.]
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Capacity Building, Urban Education, Instructional Leadership
The NCAA's New Hammer
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Wolverton, Brad – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
A series of unprecedented scandals has eroded confidence in big-time sports, increasing the appetite for change. Some critics have a tough time seeing the NCAA as a savior; they say the real problem is the NCAA structure itself, which allows athletes to generate billions of dollars for colleges while earning no compensation themselves. Mark A.…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Program Administration, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Promoting Effective Program Leadership in Psychology: A Benchmarking Strategy
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Halonen, Jane S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2013
Although scholars have scrutinized many aspects of academic life in psychology, the topic of leadership for psychology programs has remained elusive. This article describes the importance of high-quality leadership in the development of thriving psychology programs. The author offers a strategy for evaluating leaders to help provide developmental…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Leadership Effectiveness, Psychology, Benchmarking
Planning in Reverse: A Viable Approach to Organizational Leadership
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Ballantyne, Scott; Berret, Beth; Wells, Mary Ellen – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
Planning in Reverse is an innovative concept designed to make organizations more successful by altering the perspective utilized in the strategy process. What is needed for organizations to thrive in this new environment of change and uncertainty is a short-term approach for long-term viability. In this book, tools and concepts regarding Planning…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Private Sector, Public Sector, Organizational Development
Management in Training
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Babick, Christine – CURRENTS, 2009
Advancement offices have their share of management issues. Do any of these situations sound familiar? An underachieving alumni director should have been let go long ago, but without a single bad performance review, he can't be fired. A development officer hires the wrong person and now spends too much time supervising her. A high-performing…
Descriptors: Expertise, Job Satisfaction, Leadership Training, Leadership Effectiveness
Management Development at the University of Tennessee.
Fly, Emerson H.; High, Katherine N. – Business Officer, 1984
The University of Tennessee's management training and development efforts are described. The program is designed to improve the performance of academic and nonacademic department heads (middle managers) and includes an 8-day workshop called the Institute for Leadership Effectiveness. In addition to the attention given to the formation of networks,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Department Heads, Higher Education