This report evaluates the value and success of an Institute Program in human relations for educators and administrators in Los Angeles, California. Specific objectives include: (1) determining the overall value of the Institute to participant administrators; (2) determining the specific strengths and weaknesses of the Summer Institute Program;…

Women who wish to advance in higher education need expertise both in managing its administrative and governance structures and in managing their own careers. The Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration is described. (Author/MLW)

This paper describes a leadership model based on assumptions about connections between human development and organizational development, and the application of the model in leadership training for New Hampshire special education directors. The model assumes that four critical factors of human development outlined by Piaget and Meisels can be…

Major elements of this cooperative training project by the University of Wyoming will be a Federally funded 1969 summer institute (the third in a series) for 35 administrators of adult basic education (ABE) in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Idaho; a year-round demonstration library and center for ABE materials and equipment; a regional…

To update and improve the skills and competencies of vocational and technical education administrators in Oklahoma and provide preservice education for those aspiring to administrative responsibilities, a series of activities in a flexible inservice training program for 53 persons were conducted during the year, including a 4-week summer institute…

Stemming from the Society for Values in Higher Education's project designed to examine the problems of management ethics, the following five syllabi focus on improving the teaching of ethics to persons preparing for careers in corporate and public management. Designed for use in public and private institutions, the syllabi are modeled to be…

This report on an Institute for school administrators in Buffalo, New York, focuses on the problems of urban school administration. The Institute was held during the summer of 1967 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The State University, the Buffalo Public Schools, and several suburban schools came together in order to enhance the…

A project to improve the leadership competency of personnel responsible for program development and implementation in ABE is presented. The intent of the program planners was to help the ABE administrator discover new patterns of need, to search for new teaching formats and content, and to reassess the relationships which exist in the world of…

A study of demonstration as a technique in disseminating new materials and methods for educating gifted youth, the project was begun in April of 1963 and terminated December 31, 1966. Demonstration centers were established in nine Illinois school districts: seven in mathematics, five in social studies, three in English, and two in science. The…