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Download full textOlson, Gary A.; Moxley, Joseph M. – 1988
To determine how English department chairmen perceive the role of the freshman English director, a study surveyed English department chairmen from 250 randomly selected medium/small to large universities nationwide, representing every state (with a 54% response rate). The questionnaire solicited data about the tasks and responsibilities of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College English
Nelson, Glenn M.; Hughes, Sean – 1991
Interviews with university and college department chairs or persons responsible for existing educational administration and higher education programs evaluated the effects of a merged structure (combining the two programs) on the study of administration. Sixteen universities were visited and program heads were interviewed. Identified advantages of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, Curriculum Development, Department Heads
Bowker, Lee H.; Lynch, David M. – 1985
Ten management problems for chairs of small departments in small colleges are discussed, along with problem-solving strategies for these administrators. Serious disagreements within a small and intimate department may create a country club culture in which differences are smoothed over and the personal idiosyncrasies of individual members are…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Decision Making, Department Heads, Departments
Toombs, William; Lindsay, Carl A. – 1986
The value of developing continuing professional education (CPE) programs at the department or program level was assessed at Pennsylvania State University. Four issues were explored: (1) the relationships between departments and traditional and emerging professions; (2) the degree of correspondence between the values and behaviors of department…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Decision Making, Department Heads
Lynch, David M.; Bowker, Lee H. – 1985
Resources available to department chairs from the following sources are described: the department's discipline; the national higher education community; the local institution; and the chair's own skills, background, roles, and structural placement within the organization. The use of these resources to deal with common problems faced by chairs is…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Consultation Programs, Department Heads, Departments
Perkins, Terry M. – 1983
David Clavier advances four arguments for placing administrative control of public relations education programs in the hands of journalism departments: (1) tradition, (2) professional associations, (3) essential skills, and (4) resources. However, there is a trend away from teaching public relations in journalism departments because such curricula…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design, Departments
Severns, George W., Jr.; Sains, Leonard I. – 1981
Intended for administrators, the paper reviews the current inadequacy of most state education agency monitoring of private special education programs and considers necessary elements in comprehensive monitoring. Basic challenges related to establishing a fiscal monitoring system are described, including the ability to differentiate quality from…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools, Program Administration
Bolton, John K. – 1987
A review of prevailing patterns of sponsorship of college and university English as a second language (ESL) programs indicates that in community colleges, they tend to be housed in English departments. In four-year institutions they are generally in semi-autonomous units or institutes. The argument for departmental sponsorship is based on data…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Faculty, Departments, English (Second Language)
Derryberry, Bob R. – 1996
Department chairmanship responsibilities are becoming heavier in the face of the demands associated with issues that challenge academic communities at the close of the 20th century. A director of forensics is occupied with decisions about the forensics program's philosophy, to provide understanding and impetus for team and individual goals, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration, Cooperative Planning
Williams, James D. – 1992
Administering a writing program has never been easy, and the issue of political correctness has added a new dimension to this difficult task. At the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), a controversy began when a cluster of statues, presented to the school by the graduating class, was attacked as being sexist and racist. According to the…
Descriptors: College English, Educational Administration, English Departments, Higher Education
Young, Art – 1988
Because the structure of a writing program establishes its content and values, a writing program should be integrated with other aspects of English studies to avoid being merely an add-on to the college English department. Several planning strategies can assist in promoting this integration. A writing program should involve all related campus…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Programs, English Departments
Halgin, Richard P. – 1983
A model for coordinating an internship program in a large psychology department is presented. The most successful components of the program involve a personalized advising system and a departmentally-defined contract between the student and faculty sponsor. An integral part of the program is an advising and consultation procedure. Each prospective…
Descriptors: College Students, Contracts, Coordination, Departments
Gradin, Sherrie – 1996
Sweeping reforms within general education have brought radical changes to traditional writing requirements at many institutions around the country, in some cases extending to the elimination of those requirements. At Portland State University (Oregon), writing is now to be the province of those teaching in the new general education program. Many…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Educational Change, English Curriculum
Ingham, Zita – 1994
A new director of composition at Arkansas State University explains how she has had to mentor herself, write and revise herself, read herself into her new bewildering environment, and in short, make her job as easy as possible. Reading the new environment and understanding how faculty members fit into it may be one of the hardest aspects of a new…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility, Cultural Context, Department Heads
Brightwell, D. Shelby; George, Anita P. – 1989
The organizational model was designed to allow faculty members in a large academic department to participate in decisions concerning courses, curriculum, and programs. Rather than encouraging faculty to work independently on teaching and committee assignments, the model promotes the sharing of information, teamwork, and interdepartmental…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Committees, Decision Making, Departments
