This paper looks at the job of the community college president in light of new trends and developments affecting administrative leadership. American higher education is entering a new era in which the community college president may expect intensified pressures in the areas of finance, governance, public confidence, employees' search for security,…

The study focused on the differences and similarities between present presidents of two-year colleges and those who resigned during 1970-74. The report opens with a discussion of the theoretical question: What makes a successful two-year college president? Survey questionnaires were sent to 326 present presidents (235 responded) and 222 former…

The crucial problem for educational administrators concerned with improving the quality of education is how to build into their systems the capacity to change. Four major factors are necessary for an education system to remain sensitive and adaptable to change: a proper understanding of their own role by administrators, availability of well…

County school administrators and supervisors, school counselors, school psychologists, teachers, Parent Teacher Association members, clergymen (both Protestant and Catholic), a consulting psychiatrist, and members of the County Medical Society of Lewis County, New York all worked together (November 1959-June 1963) "to organize the resources…

Because today's college administrators must find an acceptable balance between educational desirability, economic feasibility, political expediency, social relevancy, and philosophical defensibility, many have turned to Management by Objectives (MBO), which coordinates management activities with institutional goals. MBO is concerned with the…

This booklet contains program description and policy guidelines for the Mercer County Teacher Education Center (Princeton, West Virginia), a cooperative center organized and operated by Bluefield State College, Concord College, Mercer County Public Schools, and the W. Va. State Department of Education. Part 1 sketches the history of the Center…

At a time when schools must adapt to rapid change in the social and economic structure of the community, educational leaders tend to insulate themselves from political reality. The educational leader is responsible for balancing the two forces of politics and change, which pull at the school's resources in opposite directions. He must develop…

This conference report on militancy in education contains papers presented by experts in collective negotiations and seeks to present a balanced point of view of collective negotiations by involving teacher organization representatives, school administrators, school board members, and university faculty members. Topics covered include problems in…

This booklet describes the business and finance functions of managing public school systems. The role and duties of a school business administrator are discussed and qualifications, educational requirements, and certification requirements are suggested for the position. The organizational structure, operation, and duties of administrators in the…

To examine current communication and involvement patterns between municipal and educational governments in urban areas, a questionnaire was mailed to mayors of the nation's 50 largest cities. Responses to the questionnaires indicated that (1) incoming and outgoing communications about local school issues normally flow through the school…

This research study began as an attempt to discover the extent of professionalism and variables (individual, community, school, etc.) related to it among public school teachers. Preliminary analysis of survey data gathered from 3189 undergraduate college students and 9688 public school teachers indicated few relationships of any of the independent…

This study analyzes the content of journal articles and books dealing with the school principalship. The articles were listed in the "Education Index" and published from 1970 through 1973; the books were listed in the 1973 "Books in Print." A content analysis research method is used to determine the principal's functions in professional…

This paper focuses on the process of innovation in school systems. It considers the definition of educational innovation, the desired level of innovation, factors leading to the acceptance or rejection of innovations by school systems, and how the acceptance of innovations in school systems differs from that in other social institutions. The…

The author asserts that school principals are increasingly becoming targets for a number of pressure groups advocating change in the school system, and that foremost among these groups are the faculties which the principals have striven to lead. Teacher militants are challenging administrative procedures and policies, demanding a right to be…

The main thrust of California's Ryan Act (1970) has been to terminate credential qualifications by verification of credit received from an institution of higher education and move towards the competency based professional preparation program where institutions are first authorized to offer such programs and then assigned the responsibility to…