This brief pamphlet describes the administrative structure of education in New Zealand. A listing of the administrative functions of the Department of Education and of the general responsibilities of the officers and descriptions of the divisions and sections of the Department are included. Brief accounts of various professional and lay governing…

To determine the perceived effectiveness of faculty representation on the governing boards of 53 fairly representative colleges and universities in the United States, a questionnaire was sent to college presidents, lay trustees, faculty representatives, faculty members and student representatives. Responses from 326 respondents indicated 81%…

Compiled in this document are nine articles addressed to trustees on collective bargaining in two-year colleges. Titles include: (1) Alternatives to Collective Bargaining; (2) Are There Alternatives to Collective Bargaining?; (3) Trustee Involvement in Preparation for Community College Collective Bargaining With Faculty--A Case Study; (4) The…

With the growing concern for the development of good mathematical education planning models, few states have developed the type of enrollment projection systems that they would consider to be ideal. The primary objectives of this research project were to develop, construct, and document an enrollment forecasting system for use by the Ohio Board of…

A survey of land-grant colleges shows that 29 percent have student trustees, and 53 percent more get student input by other means. Conclusion: student trusteeship is spreading. (Editor)

Since a competent Governing Board cannot be recruited from persons entirely free of potential conflict of interest, disclosure is imperative and a formal institutional statement is desireable. A statement is presented that was adopted by the AGB Board of Directors in October, 1978, and is commended to the attention of the membership for discussion…

Efforts of the Association of Governing Boards to keep trustees abreast of issues through publications, national meetings, and a new AGB board mentor service are described. The association's growth and successes are discussed. (LBH)

Describes a 1974 study of the relationships between state coordinating boards for community colleges and local governing boards in Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, and Wyoming; the legislative authority assigned to each board; and the degrees of authority in making policy decisions. (MB)

Maintains that the consent and support of the community college governing board is necessary for a successful effort towards becoming community-based. Suggests a program of trustee education through readings about innovations in the field, visitations to other community colleges, continuous study of the home college and feedback. (AYC)

Trustees, student trustees, and presidents voice a variety of reactions after experience with the 1975 New York law mandating student trusteeship. One theme was that in cases where board members were satisfied with the student presence, so were the president and the student. (Author/LBH)

The Taylor Committee has this week proposed fundamental changes in the way schools are run. In this official shortened version of the full report the chairman, Tom Taylor, spells out in detail the conclusions and recommendations of the committee, as well as the reasons on which they were based. (Editor)

Collective bargaining, coming amid other external influences and protected by legislation, imposes restraints on trustee flexibility, but it also promises certain advantages in faculty relations such as a clarification of procedures. This article is taken from an AGB-supported study of collective bargaining's impact on governance. (LBH)

Proposes new economic and political philosophies to turn the college-graduate surplus into a trained manpower shortage and calls for a new partnership in policy making between educators, employers, and the community at large for interrelating education and work. (JT)

While many basic fund-raising principles have been retained, some of the practices of former decades have been revised or replaced as conditions changed and new concepts evolved. Some lessons learned from previous capital campaigns are described. (MLW)

Professors and administrators are vowing to fight what they call the "fundamentalist takeover" of Mercer University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. The "takeovers" are seen as assaults on academic freedom. (MLW)