Research indicates that women are better principals than men. Reasons for superiority include greater teaching experience and higher qualifications for the principalship. Women should not be satisfied to view the administrator's position as a "man's job" but should feel that it is also a position appropriate for women. (Author/BEF)

Abstracts of selected 1986 doctoral dissertations in supervision are provided in five categories: clinical supervision, attitudes and perceptions, skill analysis, international applications, and miscellaneous. (TE)

Included in this annotated bibliography of 11 publications are reports asserting that principals primarily are instructional leaders whose training must include a strong mentor relationship and expanded experiential education. Subsequent reports suggest that educational programs should prepare students for the socialization aspects of their future…