The board's and superintendent's task in policy development should be clear: to recognize all members of the education community and to obtain their views before policies are set in concrete. (Author/JM)

Presents reasons for objecting to a clinical component in the graduate nursing administration curriculum and suggests some curriculum content, while stating that only a nurse with clinical experience should be a nursing administrator. Describes how a nurse manager administers the program while staff nurses provide the patient care. (MF)

Rather than seeing America as a mosaic of cooperating cultures, Americans may have set the stage for developing a separatism. An Anti-Defamation League report suggests that there may be a fragmentation of American society from the growing emphasis on ethnic and cultural differences. Incidents of bigotry on college campuses are discussed. (MLW)

Discusses a "debate" model using role-playing to develop a workable and compatible educational philosophy in which board members, administrators, and teachers can arrive at a statement of mutual agreement on educational goals, performance standards, and evaluation systems which are related to learning expectations. (JD)

A survey of CASE members in December 1979 reveals information about college public relations, alumni, and institutional advancement professionals: average salary, factors affecting salary, faculty status, staff size, length of service, and training and continuing professional education. (MSE)

Clinicans promoted to middle management positions have a good deal of difficulty coping with the use of power and with a variety of other unfamiliar and uncomfortable dilemmas. Among the most difficult of these is their responsibility for supervising the work of the professional staff. (Author)

Since libraries make obvious targets for economizing, their existence is threatened. Librarians have plans to save them, but strong support is needed from trustees and administrators. Library-faculty partnerships, resource sharing, and the applications of communications and computer technology to bibliographic processes are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Describes the major characteristics associated with "good" schools, presents examples, and tries to derive some prescriptive principles. "Coherence" was the characteristic most commonly associated with the good schools in the study. (Author/IRT)

Differences among elementary, junior high, and senior high school principals' perceptions of their administrative task competence, involvement with the central office, autonomy, job satisfaction, and length of work week were investigated in relation to social forces confronting the principalship and characteristics of traditional principal…

Data from a study of the organization and governance of academic health centers is highlighted. Top administrators in academic health centers were surveyed to assemble information on the structural components and hierarchial relationships, the processes by which decisions are made, the way conflicts are resolved, and the future of institutions.…

Analyzes a form of decision making called "creative management," a method of university governance centering on administrative leadership, consultation, and allocation. The relation of responsibility to authority, sharing of decision making with campus-wide councils, and the need for the top executive to exercise authority are discussed. (MF)

Presidents of community and junior colleges face some critical issues and questions regarding their athletics programs, including program financing, recruitment, women's programs, and concerns about the National Junior College Athletic Association. Leadership and involvement by presidents in addressing these issues is the key to quality athletics…

A survey showing how presidents and board chairpersons agree and differ in their interpretations of what is policy (board's responsibility) and what is administration (President's responsibility) is discussed. Significantly different responses regarded: (1) appointment of dean over faculty objections, (2) budget process, and (3) dispensing of…

This paper presents the basic nature of the career education effort as currently viewed by USOE's Office of Career Education. The "career education treatment" is defined through role descriptions of several "actor" groups. Nine student outcomes are posited. Part of a theme issue on career education evaluation. (Author/SJL)

The role of middle-management in college administration is addressed. Focus is on financial aid officers who are good representatives of the major dilemmas faced by middle-managers. For example: their contact with students is limited by paperwork duties; they must look off-campus for training and recognition; and federal regulations greatly affect…