Defines empowerment based on self-determination, collaboration, and democratic participation, and distributive justice. Identifies possibilities and limitations for applying these principles in child protection practice. Discusses necessary and sufficient conditions for the use of empowerment guidelines, and the dilemma associated with their…

Discussion of longevity in the college presidency considers particular challenges that may contribute to a short tenure, including the limits of the search process, competing constituencies, conflict between constancy and growth, the need for quick and wise decisions, isolation, and burnout. (DB)

Holton, Bates, and Ruona report that factor analysis of data from the Learning Transfer System Inventory for 1,616 trainees identified climate, job utility, and rewards as most important influences on transfer of learning. Noe's reaction critiques the research. (Contains 73 references.) (SK)

Discusses how proper maintenance can help schools eliminate sources contributing to poor air quality. Maintaining heating and air conditioning units, investigating bacterial breeding grounds, fixing leaking boilers, and adhering to ventilation codes and standards are discussed. (GR)

Describes how lawmakers in cash-strapped states--including California, Wisconsin, and Tennessee--are forcing public colleges into hiring freezes, tuition increases, and even cuts in research designed to spur economic development. (EV)

A 1993 survey in a British bank revealed a lack of strategic approaches to career management and a negative psychological contract. A 2000 follow-up showed that employees viewed the new contract as a regression from a relational to a transactional approach. They had increased responsibility for career development, but management failed to provide…

Instead of a cast of characters, not unlike those of the television show "Seinfeld," school boards should be an ensemble. When a board collaborates in a trusting, positive atmosphere of mutual respect, these qualities are ultimately reflected in the classroom. Lists six questions that can help difficult boards find ways to work together. (MLF)

In the 1970s, camps were challenged by economic recession, growing administrative demands, and changing attitudes and interests of campers and staff. An illustrative article from 1972, "Facing the Camping Future with Confidence" (Michael F. Buynak), discusses hidden costs in camp operation and the need for camp administration to shift…

Presents guidelines for designing classroom HVAC systems that will be able to achieve lower background noise levels that conform to the NC-30 background noise rating level. Guidelines for both central and dedicated systems are offered revealing that the use of conventional HVAC system components can be used to achieve sound levels comparable to…

Describes a study of the barriers and enablers to the practice of HPT (human performance technology) that included a research review and interviews with professionals. Highlights communication and language, business environment change, professional relationships and placement of HPT expertise, and the need for a new business model for HPT.…

Argues that college trustees and administrators must move beyond their image as docile and weak followers, and learn how to follow the leader they have chosen. Five follower types are identified, focusing on the characteristics and responsibilities of "exceptional" followers, who work closely with the leader and actively participate in decision…

Research administrators must understand who they are and what they do. A metaphor for the research administrator's identity and service mission is proposed: "custodian of the corporate conscience and culture." The role of this administrator is viewed as part of the entire process of learning for the development of generalizable knowledge…

Reveals how seeking simplicity can help bring indoor air quality (IAQ) solutions to grade schools by balancing IAQ needs, cost, and energy. Issues involving ventilation rate requirements are reexamined, as are compliance with outside-air requirements, dealing with variable-air-volume air distribution regulators, and retrofitting issues involving…

Examines how energy recovery systems can help school districts lower facility heating and cooling costs and improve schools' air quality. Offers ways that schools can evaluate the appropriateness of using energy recovery systems. (GR)

Motorola Inc., research climatologists, preservice teachers taking a science requirement, and students in a Title I middle school explored whether a new major urban lake increases local humidity and decreases quality of life in a community dependent on "dry heat" during summers. Analysis of automated climate data reveals that the urban lake is too…