This publication is part of a series that addresses the distinguishing characteristics of academic trusteeship and is intended to strengthen the effectiveness of governing boards and trustees of higher education institutions. The introductory section outlines the characteristics of a good set of bylaws and the assumptions behind the illustrative…

Author discusses both favorable and adverse pressures which confront continuing education. (GB)

The expanding role for personnel administration is following two patterns: the evolution of the traditional staff personnel function and the administrative implementation of a new system of personnel administration. (Editor)

Academic personnel administration, characterized by a decentralized decisionmaking structure based on professional standards and judgments of academic peers, would be seriously deminished if a bureaucratic pattern of centralized and coordinated personnel administration was to occur in universities. (Editor)

Rigid college entrance requirements screen out the majority of Soviet youths. (Editor)

Outlines strengths and weaknesses of public upper-division institutions. (IR)

Examples of retrenchment at colleges and universities are given as are five principles such as the need to reconsider institutional mission. Both strategic and tactical perspectives are applied to retrenchment decisions of college leadership. (DB)

Presents findings of a process evaluation of the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility. Measures from the evaluation suggest that the presence of a therapeutic community within a prison is associated with significant advantages for management of the institution-including lower rates of infractions, reduced absenteeism among correctional…

Major changes in government policy and institutional management have impacted adversely on Australian university academics who tend to be highly critical of the new directions and their effects on the academic profession. Academics strongly oppose reduced government funding per student unit, higher workloads and new styles of corporatist…

This study examined the status of a State University of New York (SUNY) plan to standardize administrative computer systems and the success of the implementation in light of the intention to proceed using cooperative leadership rather than an executive order or policy mandate. The Comprehensive Computer Upgrade Program (CCUP) aimed to modernize…

Claims that many problems in higher chemical education are institutional in nature, and should be treated as such. For example, each institution should define its goals clearly, then devise a structure and curriculum to achieve them. (MLH)