A case study of graduate education in hospital administration is presented. (12 references) (SJ)

Professional staff at an institute for juvenile delinquents report an approach which encouraged houseparents to participate in program planning and to use their creative potentiality. This resulted in houseparents encouraging boys in their charge to do the same. (NH)

Decisions affecting individual lives and commitments should be made in the smallest units, while logistics and support services should be tapped into regional and nationwide networks. (Editor)

Administrators wishing to consult for institutional change must be able to negotiate political and ethical quagmires or risk seeing their goals (and themselves) slowly sinking. This article presents the ecological perspective, professional and ethical issues in environmental change, and the participatory perspective of the student services…

The authors describe a recent strategic planning process at Kent State University which sought broad participation at every step. The strategic relationships developed as a result of this process resulted in a unified vision of the institution. This translates into a better educational product for Kent State, which enhances student recruitment and…

IMHE-Info is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme. This issue includes: (1) Regional Engagement: The Future for Higher Education?; and (2) Notes from Australia. IMHE News, publications of interest and upcoming events are included.

Reports on a study conducted to distinguish practices in collective bargaining between the faculty and the institution from practices at institutions operating without collective bargaining. (Editor)

Inquires into the causes of failure of accountability, reviews demands currently being made on systems of higher education, and makes concluding remarks about the faults in the structure of higher education, such as loss of community. (Author/PG)

Since the complete understanding of an institution is impossible, an administrator must base his decisions on models of institutional structure. State and federal trends towards accountability and detailed cost accounting restrict the administrator's ability to cope with the problems of the institution. Similarly, efforts to make each component of…

This paper discusses the development and design of an analysis model for governance of teacher centers organized in consortium form. A consortium is descirbed as "an organization of autonomous bodies or individuals which bond together by some relatively formal agreement to secure some benefit." The consortium generally functions in a collaborative…

Public higher education in Kentucky has expanded in the last decade from 1 doctoral level university and 5 colleges serving 28,224 students into a system of 2 doctoral level universities, 4 regional universities, 2 4-year colleges and 14 community college campuses serving 80,000 students. This document provides data related to institutional growth…