The study aimed to identify the theoretical frameworks of administrative empowerment and its level of reality, its faced obstacles and the components of the proposed perception of the reality for the administrators in Secondary schools for males in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the…

The purpose of this research was to survey selected Eastern Kentucky Principals (Elementary, Middle, and High School) to collect data about stress in public schools. A stress survey (Appendix C) was sent to randomly selected elementary, middle, and high school principals located in the Eastern Kentucky region serviced by Morehead State University…

This thesis examines the views of a number of educational actors about the impact of a broad range of educational reforms upon philological Greek Cypriot teachers' professionalism. The empirical component of the study gathers evidence from a variety of educational professionals, and presents data from a series of focus group interviews with…

This qualitative case study endeavored to understand how program managers at one post-secondary Canadian university define, understand and undertake the marketing of their revenue-generating English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. Data were collected through interviews with three managers of distinct English as a Second Language (ESL)…

The purpose of this study was to investigate on the challenges facing heads of public secondary schools in implementing their school development plans in Morogoro Municipality. The study was cross-sectional and employed survey method. Two instruments were developed and used to collect data for the study. They were questionnaire and interviews. The…

The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the need for alternative administrative patterns in elementary schools which receive State and Federal compensatory education funds. Findings show that: (1) compensatory education principals indicated that they spent a significantly greater amount of time than did noncompensatory education…

The purpose of this dissertation was to assess the attitudes of school committee members and administrators toward voluntary collaborative metropolitan education and to determine if a relationship existed between their expressed attitudes and the past performance of their respective school districts in establishing collaborative patterns. A panel…

In response to the rising costs of health care and large increases in insurance premiums, a study was conducted at Lakeshore Technical Institute (LTI) to investigate the feasibility of using a self-funded health insurance plan at the college. Data were obtained through a literature review; telephone and on-site discussions with a personnel…

This dissertation was designed to determine the practices used by selected school districts to cope with the changes stemming from school integration, and to determine the effectiveness of these practices as perceived by central-staff administrators. Selected large city school districts with enrollments of 30,000 students and above, located in the…

This paper reviews the research literature on relationships between the integration of microcomputers and students' learning of mathematics in secondary schools. Following a brief introduction and statement of the problem, annotations are provided for 31 studies in the following subject categories: (1) the extent of computer use in secondary…

The construct of "organizational climate" was explicated and various ways of operationalizing it were reviewed. A survey was made of the literature pertinent to the classical-human relations dimension of environmental quality. As a result, it was hypothesized that the appropriateness of the classical and human-relations master plans is…

The purpose of this study is to show the reactions occurring within public school districts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relative to the objectives sought by the youth of the state. These objectives include the eradication of the alienation which presently exists between adults and young people in order that they may work jointly toward…

In order to measure the effectiveness of an urban community college counseling service, a questionnaire was developed and administered to a random sample of students, faculty, administrators, and the professional staff of counselors from the three campuses of Florida Junior College at Jacksonville. Of 321 subjects, 219 responded (68 percent).…

The Rokeach Value Survey was administered to a randomly selected group of first year students, the faculty and the administration of a private, four-year college located in a semi-rural area in Puerto Rico. The purpose of the test was to determine how congruent were the values held by the members of the college community with those implied by the…

The purposes of this study were to determine the attitudes of administrators and teachers toward the Hawaii English Project's Language Skills Program; to identify reasons for their support or non-support; and to determine whether administrators, through their experiences with the program, prefer the centralized system of curricular control or a…