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Download full textOswald, Lori Jo – 1995
This digest summarizes some of the recent research regarding school-based management (SBM). In particular, it addresses two questions: (1) Is SBM working, and (2) What can schools changing to an SBM system do to ensure success? Information is presented on what type of SBM system works best, research on SBM success, the kinds of problems…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Renchler, Ron – 2000
This digest in Spanish explains why public-school governance is receiving increasing scrutiny. It identifies who is held accountable for results in the current governance system and describes recent proposals for transforming governance structures. Since many reforms of the past decade bypassed the school board and district office, reformers are…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Renchler, Ron – 2000
This digest explains why public-school governance is receiving increasing scrutiny. It identifies who is held accountable for results in the current governance system and describes recent proposals for transforming governance structures. Since many reforms of the past decade bypassed the school board and district office, reformers are now…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Schuetz, Pam – 1999
This digest discusses shared governance in community colleges and identifies issues highlighted by recent shared governance experiences. Governance structure in public community colleges tends to have many variations at both the state and local level. Shared governance is a pattern of self-government in which decision-making is shared among…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Change
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1995
Projecting the future for U.S. community colleges into the early 21st century involves projecting the future for the United States in general. Based on trend data, it can be expected that the number of community colleges will not change, except to the extent that public universities organize additional two-year branch campuses or community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Supply
Johnson, Janet R.; Marcus, Laurence R. – 1987
Blue ribbon commissions in the United States from 1965-1983 are discussed with attention to what makes a commission effective, the history of blue ribbon commissions, features of a commission, whether these commissions are useful on campus, and criticisms of blue ribbon commissions. Factors that contribute to the effectiveness of a blue ribbon…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Blue Ribbon Commissions, Campuses, Change Strategies
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2002
New approaches to career and technical education (CTE) create new roles for career educators, including providing career awareness, counseling, guidance, and self-education. Career educators must understand and reflect upon career development theories; teaching and learning strategies; school-to-work practices; school/business linkages; and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Career Academies, Career Counseling, Career Education
