The Fall River Institute for Leadership was established in 1984 to aid administrators in learning about recent studies, programs, and practices in the field of leadership development and to help Fall River's 102 administrators refine their leadership skills. This article provides an overview of the institute's program. (MT)

To assist educational leaders in understanding the implications of the transformation from an industrial to an information society, this paper cites selected societal changes. Among these are new information technologies that will give birth to new activities, processes, and products; and the existence of masses of data from which leaders must…