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Peer reviewedLutz, Frank W.; Lynch, Patrick D. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1973
This research replicated earlier research done in nonpartisan school district elections, concerning the effect of school board member incumbent defeat on nonvoluntary superintendent turnover. (Author)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Educational Research, Elections
Lutz, Frank W. – 1977
This chapter discusses the importance of political power in educational decision-making and examines in turn methods of gathering data for political analyses and types of conceptual models that are useful in studying the politics of education. Five methods for gathering political data are reviewed, including survey analysis, reputational analysis,…
Descriptors: Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
Download full textLutz, Frank W.; And Others – 1972
This speech presents the results of a study that examined whether a phenomenon previously observed in nonpartisan school board elections is also true of partisan school board elections. Previous studies had shown that school board incumbent defeat in nonpartisan elections is related to involuntary superintendent turnover. The study investigated…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Data Analysis
Leonard, William F., Jr.; Lutz, Frank W. – 1974
Formal organizations or social subsystems are defined in this anthropological field study as the municipal government and the urban school district. The school district is fiscally dependent on the municipal government for the financial resources essential for its operations. Within the realm of educational finance, policy decisions of either of…
Descriptors: City Government, Decision Making, Educational Anthropology, Educational Finance
Lutz, Frank W. – 1977
This paper examines some of the factors involved in the dissatisfaction theory of local school governance. This theory holds that change in school board policy comes about through voter dissatisfaction expressed at the polls, since there is no other way for citizens to express their desires. School board "culture" dictates that the board…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Lutz, Frank W. – 1979
The dean selection process and its relationship to the political process of governance in higher education institutions are discussed. Data were collected from 31 institutions that were in the process of selecting a dean. Questionnaires were sent to selection committee chairpersons and members, and to the deans who were eventually selected. A…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, College Governing Councils, Committees
Lutz, Frank W. – 1975
School districts are cultural systems that may be classified along a continuum from homogeneous to heterogeneous according to the diversity represented in their cultural composition. School boards are the decision-making system that, given the competitive federal, state, and local demands, decides on the particular educational policies and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
