The team approach is described in this report as a useful mechanism, at both college-wide and divisional levels, for effective administration of academic affairs. An institutional academic team would include the leadership core for academic affairs, the academic dean, the division chairman, and the librarian, and would have the primary…

In 1968, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) initiated a 5-year management information systems project to encourage systematic data collection and utilization for the effective allocation of resources at institutions of higher education. This report describes Phase II of the project, a developmental phase scheduled for…

A questionnaire was sent to music administrators at 275 institutions of higher education that are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and responses have revealed an inconsistency in music admission practices. The predominant policy combines music and academic requirements, but some institutions have separate music --or only…

The major purpose of this convention is to examine how community resources and the modeling of correctional programs after realistic community patterns can be used as the vital element in restoring the offender to productive citizenship. This report includes the major presentations of guest speakers. Also included are sections dealing with the…

This report was prepared to improve trustee understanding of duties and discharge of responsibilities. The manual deals with their (1) role in facets of higher education, such as business management, finance, long-range planning, fund-raising, public relations, public service, establishment of educational objectives; (2) general, financial and…

This paper discusses three major statements on shared authority and points out that there appear to be three types: joint participation in decisionmaking, separate jurisdictions, and collective bargaining. Academic senates and campus councils are the major manifestations of the first two types and a brief discussion of the state and their…

The author describes the operations of the Manchester Teachers' Centre which serves a city-wide clientele of all types of educators. He discusses the advantages of this larger type of center. (SJL)

Residential institutions for the mentally retarded have historically had problems attracting and retaining reliable unskilled personnel to fill technician-level positions. (Author)

Surveyed were 575 institutions of higher education to test the common public conception that disproportionately large administrations are more likely government controlled organizations than in privately controlled organizations. The findings contradicted this common assumption. (NQ)

This case study of academic deans was undertaken to investigate the organizational socialization process of deans and draw practical implications for institutions and academic leaders. Four researchers conducted in-depth interviews of 24 deans at different stages ("seasons") of the deanship using an open-ended interview guide developed…

This book reports on a study that examined the reasons colleges are making commitments to distance learning, reasons that range from the philosophical to the purely commercial. The chapters are: (1) "Review of Surveys on Technology and Distance Learning in Higher Education"; (2) "Review of Literature on Administration of Distance Learning in…

The success of an institution in recruiting students is directly related to how well it projects its own uniqueness. (GB)

Examines some trends and problems of governance in relation to collegial, bureaucratic, corporate and political models. (Author)

The 1972 report of the Commission on Institutional Affairs of the Association of American Colleges covers college teaching, academic tenure, collective bargaining, salaries, status of women, accreditation, status of 18 year-olds, and intercollegiate athletics. (PG)