Search committee members can help improve the likelihood that senior vacancies will be filled on time, within budget, and without unpleasant surprises. Methods include creating a job description, position criteria, and an institution profile; setting a timetable; using consultants; clarifying needs for candidate information; maintaining…

Survival on most campuses is bound up with decisions made by elected officials. Suggestions on how trustees can become involved in public policy are provided and activities of New York's Council of Governing Boards (founded to help trustees learn more about public policies affecting their institutions) are described. (MLW)

Discusses economically feasible and sensible methods of school-community relations for implementation in small schools; a multifaceted communication approach should be implemented which includes news releases, newsletters, advisory committees, and internal communication. (Author/LC)

The focus of this paper is on the research/policy linkage, within the complex educational administrative structure and pluralistic informal power structure which characterize Thai research. Thailand has experienced some success in building analytical educational research capacity and ensuring its utilization. Lessons to be learned from this…

The status of student participation in university governance after the pivotal shift from the 1960s to the 1970s is discussed. The University of California serves as a case study in assessing the degree and range of the movement toward student participation in deliberative and legislative academic bodies. (MLW)

Presented are two resolutions adopted by the participants at the plenary session of the National Conference on Nutrition Education. Agencies which will receive these recommendations are also identified. (SA)

Describes an instructional development team approach designed to make secondary reading programs more effective. (Author/JM)

A survey among 140 advisory committee members serving various levels of administration in Florida's seven largest county districts revealed that committees are not involved in budgeting or staff evaluation, and that they seldom succeed in getting other changes made. (Author/MLF)

The survival of Catholic education will require a profound commitment to continuing cooperation between parents and educators on the local level. Suggests the development of a parent advisory group and how it would operate. (Author/RK)

Reports on the pioneering Hammersmith Teenage Project, which attempts to offer delinquents a real alternative to residential care. (Editor)

Doctoral students often select one of four common research methodologies that are popular in the social sciences and education today: positivist; interpretive; ideological; and pragmatic. But choice of methodology also influences the student's choice of course work, membership of dissertation committee, and the form and structure of the…

Guidelines for the process of searching for a new college president are offered, including a number of recommendations concerning the search committee (composition, leadership, selection, size, and responsibility), factors in the search process (use of consultants, confidentiality, institutional analysis, and leadership criteria), sources of…

Presents an interview with Ray Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. As a member of several advisory boards (Business Roundtable, Library of Congress, Committee on Arts and Humanities, and National Information Infrastructure), Smith offers his view on the future of the telecommunications industry,…

Members of an Association of College and Research Libraries committee conducted a telephone survey of 42 academic libraries to investigate the perceived importance of bibliographic instruction skills to employers. Found that skill and experience were considered very important to the position; very important in the library; and very important in…

Discusses the advantages of having an advisory council to provide advice; to draw from the business, industrial, and professional communities; to provide a cohesiveness among programs within an institution; and to provide a link between education and the real world. (JOW)