The Management Assessment Center (MAC) of the Dade County (Florida) Public Schools is a unique project, employing multiple techniques to evaluate behavior for school-level administrator personnel selection. This final report of an evaluation deals primarily with issues of the validity and the utility of the MAC. To ascertain validity of the MAC,…

The workshop concentrated on Hawaii, the first State to establish an ombudsman office. This paper discusses the selection of ombudsmen, the relationship of the Hawaiian Ombudsman Office to other agencies of appeal available to the people of Hawaii, the steps to be taken in setting up an office, and relationships with complementary grievance…

In this monograph, the authors provide a general overview of recent literature on administrator preparation programs. Ten chapters parallel the major interrelated components of an administrator preparation program: Program content, program structure, recruitment and selection, instructional approaches, field-related experiences, student research,…

A survey was undertaken in 1976 to follow an American Civil Liberties Union survey of 1970-71 on policies and practices relating to academic freedom and university governance. A questionnaire was used to determine what, if any, changes had occurred in the intervening years. Responses were received from 109 schools. Sharp increases were noted in…

This report presents the Austin Independent School District's (AISD) Affirmative Faculty/Staff Recruitment Plan 1983 evaluation findings. The plan has two long range goals: (1) to have male and female representation at all employment levels whenever possible; and (2) to attain ethnic percentages for all levels of the professional personnel…

Attempting to integrate the papers in this series on the preparation of educational administrators, this paper first reviews the conditions and critical issues that were presented in each paper. The author then proposes four models to describe the way school administrators are selected and trained, and applies these models to the countries and…

Harlan Cleveland's book concerning the benefits and costs of open governing board meetings is reviewed and critiqued, especially in its suggestions for modification of statutes in the cases of presidential searches and program and board evaluations. (MSE)

Arising from the first 2 years of a 5-year project studying Chicago school reform, this report analyzes local school council meetings, principal evaluation and selection, and school improvement plans in 14 sample schools. Findings are based on observing 177 council meetings during 1990-91, interviewing principals and Professional Personnel…

Evaluation findings concerning six Austin Independent School District (AISD) Assessment Centers are presented. The report describes the AISD assessment center, summarizes the evaluation findings, and provides conclusions and recommendations. The AISD assessment center is one of seven components which make up the District's Administrative…

This paper reports on (1) the results of a 1984-85 national survey of the status of school administrator preparation, (2) recent literature in the field, and (3) where the field appears to (and should) be going. Participants in the survey included state certification officials, large public school district officials, and directors of doctoral…

The Sex Equity in Educational Leadership Project (SEEL) was funded by the Office of Education in 1976 to change the processes that typically deter the entrance and advancement of women in educational administration in Oregon. The effectiveness of the SEEL Project is evaluated by presenting data about progress in the last three years in (1) the…

The development and design of a Michigan State University program providing research training to graduate medical students are described. The program addresses topics of critical reading skills, computer database searching skills, basic research methodology, and scientific communication skills. Since its inception, student scholarly activity has…