This 50-State Comparison provides data on states' early care and education governance systems, with a focus on the agencies that oversee these programs, the level of alignment of these programs and the advisory entities for early care and education in the state. This data point shows how members are appointed or selected to each state's advisory…

This 50-State Comparison provides data on states' early care and education governance systems, with a focus on the agencies that oversee these programs, the level of alignment of these programs and the advisory entities for early care and education in the state. This data point shows the states' primary entities and the specific divisions,…

Forced into an uneasy balancing act between their members and the president they helped elect, the national teachers' unions are responding to the Obama administration's teacher-effectiveness agenda in notably different ways. Publicly at least, National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel has hewed closely to the union's internal…

Choice schools provide a unique laboratory where variation in governance and management structure is predicted. We examine the results from principal surveys from traditional and choice public schools, and compare challenges faced by principals and their leadership practice. Analyses show that while differences across school types are small, there…

Previous studies have attested to leaders "coup-proofing" their regimes by reducing the ability or disposition of their armies to seek their removal. The following article tests the utility of these efforts. "Structural" coup-proofing such as counterbalancing is expected to reduce the ability to organize a coup plot by creating substantial…

Because Indiana places a premium on providing quality public education to its students, as reflected by the state constitution and budget, assuring quality candidates are appointed or elected for state educational leadership positions must also be a priority. This policy brief examines educational leadership roles at the state level. The position…

The Charter and Bylaws outline the purposes, functions and powers of the new Spring Hill College Senate, which is composed of 13 faculty members and 4 students. The Senate is intended to function as a deliberative body and board of appeals in the areas of: academic policies and goals; student personnel policies and goals; policies and goals…

This proposed constitution was approved by the faculty of Morehead State University in May 1969, and by the Board of Regents in June 1969. The Senate's duties are to act: as an advisory body in developing institutional policies; as a liaison among various elements in the University and between those elements and the Board of Regents; as a…

These proposals for the reformation of Dickinson College's governmental structure are the result of 3 years of study and debate by a single committee of students and faculty, with shifting membership. Part I reproduces the initial recommendations for a bicameral legislature combined with a strong College Cabinet. Flow charts illustrate the text.…

Arguing that it is difficult to discuss the student's role in faculty selection, evaluation and retention outside the broader context of the student's role in decision making (see Jenks, HE 001 251), the author describes the new unicameral system at the University of New Hampshire and some of the processes the institution went through in achieving…

According to the preamble to its new constitution, the Yeshiva College Senate will "share responsibility for the operations and improvement of the College among the groups that constitute the College." The Senate is to be composed of 5 administrators, 8 faculty members, 6 students and 1 nonvoting alumnus. Article I details their…

This "Governance Report," attacking "fundamental and important campus issues," grew out of the work of a committee of students, faculty and administration. It recommends creation of an Academic Senate to replace the Faculty Senate as the supreme legislative body of Queens College. It is to be composed of 54 tenured faculty, 18…

Originally established to consider expanded faculty and student involvement in the governance of Cleveland State University, the Committee decided to recommend changes within the existing governmental structure rather than encourage the establishment of a new system. Background material was studied, meetings were held and 2 questionnaires were…

Political governance and quality management are often contested concepts, meaning different things to different people; and often their meanings have shifted historically. The collapse of the governance system behind the iron curtain countries triggered an avalanche in international politics and instituted new governance and management system to…