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Peer reviewedKonrad, Abram G. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1977
Provides a profile of governing-board members in Canadian postsecondary institutions, specifically listing seven generalizations useful in identifying trustee characteristics. The intention was to determine how trustees may affect governing board effectiveness. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Community Colleges, Governing Boards
Direct linkKonrad, Abram G. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1975
Community college boards of trustees in three provinces in Canada are actively involved in institutional governance. Although government appointees alone can adequately perform the trustee function as agents of society, student and faculty representatives are invaluable assets to the board and to the constituencies and institutions they represent.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Decision Making, Governance
Download full textKonrad, Abram G.; McNeal, Joanne – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1984
A study of goals as perceived by the presidents and board chairpersons compares their perceptions of existing and preferred goals and compares perceptions according to respondents' positions and the region, age, and size of the institutions. Perceptions were found to be similar, with process goals higher than traditional outcome goals. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Presidents, College Role, Comparative Analysis
Konrad, Abram G. – 1982
In the 1980's, branch campuses, which may be extension centers of universities or colleges, semi-autonomous residential institutions, two-year public colleges, or parts of multi-campus institutions, will need to develop governance structures and processes to enhance their status and improve the quality of education in the communities they serve.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, College Faculty, College Role
Konrad, Abram G.; And Others – 1975
Institutional governance in Canada is legislatively apportioned to the individual provinces. Each of the provincial legislatures has established government departments to direct the operation of post secondary education. Boards of Trustees, a well-established tradition in the United States, do not exist uniformly for all types of post secondary…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, College Administration, Governance, Governing Boards
Konrad, Abram G. – 1993
This paper examines the college board governance system of the 23 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario, Canada, with an assessment of specific issues related to the system's effectiveness and suggestions for improvement. Contextual factors currently affecting the role of governing boards are discussed including a decline of…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, College Administration, Colleges
Konrad, Abram G. – 1974
The governance of community colleges in western Canada is increasingly influenced by the activities of federal and regional agencies, provincial legislatures, professional and trade associations, and advisory committees. Decision-making is increasingly centralized so that programs are standardized, procedures are routinized, and colleges lack…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Centralization, Collective Bargaining, Decision Making
