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Flinspach, Susan Leigh; Ryan, Susan P. – 1992
The ongoing planning of school improvement in the Chicago Public Schools is examined in this paper. The Chicago School Reform Act required that principals consult with their local school councils (LSCs), staff, parents, and community members to develop a three-year school improvement plan (SIP). Data were derived from two studies: the first…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board Administrator Relationship, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Frantzreb, Arthur C. – 1976
The development function of the 1970's is seen as a test of the management skills of policy-making trustees, decision-making administrators and sales management development officers to plan for and secure financial resources from constituents buffeted by new issues and new forces in American society, in the economy, and in the educational system.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Capital, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Arizona Board of Regents, Phoenix. – 1988
As part of the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, the Council of Presidents discusses academic degree program duplication. Current board policies are explained in regard to mission and scope statements (each university shall have a distinctive mission and scope, and no university…
Descriptors: College Programs, Competition, Degrees (Academic), Educational Quality
Mertens, Sally K.; Yarger, Sam J. – 1981
This report provides an information base about federally funded teacher center projects. The information was collected between January 1 and August 31, 1980 from 37 federally funded teacher center projects. During this eight month period, 247 structured telephone interviews were conducted. Three major categories of questions provided the focus for…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Resources
Matteucci, Sherry – 1976
In July 1973, Montana adopted a new constitution that gave the Board of Regents greater autonomy in directing the Montana University System. The purposes of the move were: (1) to remove as much as possible the governance of higher education from the sometimes capricious influence of politics, and (2) to attempt to insure the development of a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Armbruster, Robert J., Ed. – 1976
In 1976, the Board of Foreign Scholarships brought together Fulbright-Hays alumni of the last 30 years (students, scholars, and teachers who had studied in a foreign country under the auspices of the program established in the Fulbright-Hays Act of 1946. Their purpose was a comprehensive review and assessment of international exchange efforts…
Descriptors: Alumni, Conferences, Cultural Awareness, Culture Contact
Bracco, Kathy Reeves – 1997
This case study, part of the State Structures for the Governance of Higher Education study, focuses on governance and related issues in Michigan's higher education system. The study's overall purpose was to examine differences among states in their governance structures, and to determine if differences in performance were related to governing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, College Presidents
Callan, Patrick M.; Bowen, Frank M. – 1997
This case study part of the State Structures for the Governance of Higher Education study, focuses on governance and related issues in New York's higher education system. The study's overall purpose was to examine differences among states in their governance structures, and to determine if differences in performance were related to governing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Bracco, Kathy Reeves – 1997
This case study, part of the State Structures for the Governance of Higher Education study, focuses on governance and related issues in Texas's higher education system. The study's overall purpose was to examine differences among states in their governance structures, and to determine if differences in performance were related to governing…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration
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Barocci, Thomas A.; Myers, Charles A. – 1977
A study regarding the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in four eastern Massachusetts prime sponsor areas (Cambridge, Lowell, New Bedford, and the Balance of State) was done to (1) examine the impact of the decisions made during the implementation of CETA on manpower services and institutions, program…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, City Government, Community Change