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Brandenburg, Richard K.; Simpson, William A. – Association for Institutional Research, 1984
The use of computational diagrams and nomographs for the calculations that frequently occur in college administration is examined. Steps in constructing a nomograph and a four-dimensional computational diagram are detailed, and uses of three- and four-dimensional diagrams are covered. Diagrams and nomographs are useful in the following cases: (1)…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computation, Diagrams
Download full textZemsky, Robert, Ed. – Policy Perspectives, 2001
This essay explores the questions that women faculty in institutions of all kinds have been pondering. What would be the attributes of a higher education system that provides opportunities for growth and advancement to women that are equal to those provided for men? What aspects of academic culture would have to change to create a more equitable…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Faculty, Females
Midwestern Higher Education Commission Risk Management Institute Research Bulletin, 1994
This publication presents the results of a survey of over 200 midwestern colleges and universities on their property insurance programs and establishes benchmarks to help these institutions evaluate their insurance programs. Findings included the following: (1) 51 percent of respondents currently purchase their property insurance as part of a…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Administration, Colleges, Educational Facilities
Zemsky, Robert, Ed. – Policy Perspectives, 2001
This essay explores the need for higher education institutions to broaden their conceptions of the talent and experience required of those who assume managerial responsibilities. Colleges and universities are clinging to a parochial set of notions about the job descriptions and skills needed by those who would manage the enterprise of higher…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Administrators, College Administration
Lindt, Gillian – Communicator, 1990
The paper outlines the advantages of fixed term appointments for graduate school deans, discusses the character of decanal leadership, and explores the place of power and authority within leadership. Decanal leadership is described as the process by which deans induce faculty, students, university administrators, and alumni to further the…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, College Administration, Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Study
Prewitt, Sidney A. – 1978
A study was conducted to measure management styles in higher education doctoral institutions accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as perceived by administrative employees. The survey population was the administrative employees, excluding the chief executive officer, of the 61 institutions listed by the SACS Commission on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrators
Kee, Arnold M., Ed. – Removing Vestiges, 2000
This document contains four articles that provide research-based strategies to promote diversity in the higher education community. Diversity programming at many community colleges tends to be event-centered, whether those events are annual, such as Native American Awareness Month, or incidental, like responses to high-profile hate crimes.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Environment, Community Colleges
Wenniger, Mary Dee Ed. – Women in Higher Education, 1998
This document consists of the twelve consecutive numbers of the newsletter "Women in Education", published during 1998. This newsletter focus on issues concerned with women students, women faculty, and women administrators in higher education. Each issue includes feature articles, news items, and profiles of significant people. Feature…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Students, Females
North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees Review, 1993
"North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees (NCACCT) Review" is designed to educate and inform trustees serving on the 68 boards of North Carolina's community colleges. The four issues of volume 1 contain the following major articles: (1) "Critical Legislative Session Ahead: A Report from the Department of Community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges, Governing Boards
Laughlin, J. Stanley – Administrator's Update, 1984
The literature on administrative style is reviewed. Attention is directed to four basic concepts of administrative style: (1) the structured, classical, traditional model; (2) the participatory or employee-involved operation; (3) a more behavioral scientific style; and (4) the situational or environmental style. These ideas are more fully…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Administration, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMiller, Richard I., Ed.; Holzapfel, Edward W., Jr., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1988
This collection of essays provides an overview of personnel policies and practices in two-year colleges. The volume includes: (1) "The Personnel Function in Two-Year Colleges," by Priscilla Haag-Mutter and C. Wayne Jones, which considers historical antecedents, human resource development, future trends, and the role of planning; (2) "Organization…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Faculty Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation
Hutchins, Sally, Ed. – ACCT Trustee Quarterly, 1987
These four issues of "ACCT Trustee Quarterly" contain articles on topics of current concern to community college trustees. Articles in the Winter 1986-87 issue focus on current economic challenges, personal liability, filling trustee vacancies on community college boards, cooperative ventures, foundation-building, a "quality first" program, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, College Role
Hutchins, Sally, Ed. – ACCT Trustee Quarterly, 1985
These four issues of "ACCT Trustee Quarterly" contain articles on topics of current concern to community college trustees. The first issue contains the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Excellence in Education of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association, and articles on merit pay in higher education, underrepresentation of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, College Role
Midwestern Higher Education Commission Academic Software Committee Research Bulletin, 1995
This bulletin summarizes the chief quantitative findings of a survey of 264 small and medium sized colleges and universities in the midwest concerning their use of and interest in academic scheduling software. This type of software assists in planning course offerings, assigning instructors and course functions to facilities and time slots, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Computer Software, Computer Software Selection
Massy, William F. – Capital Ideas, 1991
Among the many reasons why college and university costs are rising are factors internal to the institutions which hold down productivity. Most efforts to improve productivity usually fail because they do not introduce new energy or information from the outside. In order to improve productivity, formal, non-quantitative evaluation should include a…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, College Administration, Costs, Evaluation Methods
