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Staff Development and Leadership Roles Related to Response to Intervention Levels of Implementation in Rural Schools
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Strohmyer, Karin A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The concepts of professional learning communities and organizational disciplines support staff development and leadership that lead to sustainable systems. Little research has examined the ability of rural schools to achieve sustainable systems. This quantitative design study considered the relationships between predictor variables of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Intervention, Staff Development, Leadership
The President and the Professionals: A Vital Partnership.
Fisher, James L. – New Directions for Institutional Advancement, 1980
Some optimistic views about the future are presented, on the presumption that institutions will honestly face their problems and shortcomings and set about the process of self-renewal and self-regulation. Important to this process is a mutual acceptance of responsibility by the president and the advancement professionals. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Presidents, Competence
Computer Center-Library Relations at Smaller Institutions: A Look from Both Sides.
Hardesty, Larry – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
Interviews with 51 librarians and 40 computer-center administrators at smaller colleges found that they face similar challenges in providing services and seeking economies but are uneasy about formal structural changes that bring their operations closer together. Reasons for their concern and implications for college administration are discussed,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, College Administration, College Libraries
Deep Rifts Divide Faculty in Temple U.'s Afrocentric Ph.D. Program.
Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Molefi Kete Asante, chairman of the Temple University (Pennsylvania) African American studies department, the first doctoral program in the discipline in the country, is stepping down amidst controversy over his leadership. An avowed Afrocentrist, his administration is viewed by some as creating rancor and instability among faculty, and has led…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Afrocentrism, Black Studies, College Administration
Ready or Not?
Wise, Charles B. – Currents, 1994
Issues college fundraisers must address before beginning a campaign include organizational readiness, administrator and trustee readiness, administrator willingness to lead, availability of volunteers, development staff readiness, information systems capacities, firmness of policy and procedures, use of consultants, funding sources, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Alumni
Paid To Teach and...Internal Contradictions of Studio Art at a Research University.
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Sommer, Robert – Change, 1999
The head of a research university studio art program outlines the potential benefits and challenges associated with maintaining a first-rate program. Problems include high costs, a faculty merit review system, lack of faculty socialization to university norms or participation in campus affairs, lack of leadership incentives, a patronage mentality,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Art History, Change Strategies, Department Heads