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Download full textGayle, Dennis John; Tewarie, Bhoendradatt; White, A. Quinton, Jr. – 2003
This volume explores approaches to effective leadership and strategic management in the 21st century university by considering the perceptions and attitudes of university leaders toward the institutional structures and organizational cultures from which universities are led and managed. The differences between treating universities as businesses…
Descriptors: Colleges, Futures (of Society), Governance, Higher Education
Gayle, Dennis John; Tewarie, Bhoendradatt; White, A. Quinton, Jr. – 2003
University governance refers to the structure and process of authoritative decision making across issues that are significant for external and internal stakeholders within a university. A number of fundamental challenges to effective governance occur within the typical university environment, including too many constituencies, conflicting agendas,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Futures (of Society), Governance, Higher Education
Oswald, 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
Taylor, Barbara E. – 1988
A discussion of college governance by lay boards of trustees focuses on the sources and nature of trustees' authority and, by extension, of faculty and administrators' influence on boards. It chronicles briefly the history of the lay board and the reasons for its continued use in modern institutions. Criticisms and defenses of lay trusteeship are…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, Governance, Governing Boards
Click, J. William – 1980
This publication analyzes governing and policy documents for student publications from various types of colleges and universities and discusses organizational arrangements and strengths and weaknesses of the documents' various approaches. The eight chapters deal with (1) governance and varied approaches to student publications, (2) legal and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Governance, Governing Boards, Governmental Structure
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
Lindelow, John; Heynderickx, James – 1989
Chapter 5 of a revised volume on school leadership, this chapter presents the case for school-based management, stressing the principal's central role. In site management, the school is the primary decision-making unit. Decisions concerning expenditures, curricula, and personnel are made by school site staff, with help from parents, students, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Peer reviewedBensimon, Estela M. – Community College Review, 1984
Reviews ERIC literature on selected topics related to community college governance, including bureaucratic, collegium, and political models of governance; organizational roots of community colleges; faculty participation in governance; and legislative shared authority. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Governance
Lashway, Larry – Research Roundup, 1997
In shared decision making (SDM), principals collaborate with teachers and sometimes parents to take actions aimed at improving instruction and school climate. While research on SDM outcomes is still inconclusive, the literature shows that SDM brings both benefits and problems, and that the principal is a key figure. This brief offers a sampling of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Taylor, Barbara E. – 1987
Characteristics and practices of governing boards of colleges or systems and ways that administrators and faculty can work more effectively with trustees are considered. Attention is directed to: the history and evolution of lay trusteeship; the composition of the board and selection of trustees; responsibilities of the board; board structures and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration
Lindelow, John – 1981
Chapter 4 of a volume on school leadership, this chapter is a revised version of the issue of "School Management Digest" entitled "School Based Management." It draws from the work of many authorities to define, explain, and make a case for school-based management, a system of educational administration in which the school is…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Role, Centralization, Community Involvement
Zirkel, Perry A. – Administrator's Update, 1986
The body of rhetorical writing and research studies about the interrelationship of faculty bargaining and campus governance are compared and synthesized. The research is emphasized so that the findings can inform and advance the ongoing debate and operational decision about this issue. Qualified, but not complete, support is found for the belief…
Descriptors: Centralization, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
Banks, Debra; Mabry, Theo – 1988
Not for profit community college foundations play a major role in overall resource development. Because foundations are legally and organizationally independent of the college, they are able to promote the well-being of the college without the statutory limits imposed by the governing board and staff. Foundation money is not restricted to basic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Donors, Educational Finance, Educational Resources
Townsend, Barbara K.; And Others – 1992
Distinctive colleges and universities, as opposed to the great majority which fit into a more or less standardized mold, possess a unifying theme or vision which is expressed in all their activities. They often respond to newly emerging societal or community needs unmet by existing colleges and universities; they challenge conventional ideas about…
Descriptors: Colleges, Differences, Educational Innovation, Governance
