Describes how counselors and principals each view the school world differently and how together they can contribute to a fuller perspective of school life. Offers strategies for successful student learning. Counselors can strengthen their roles, enhance their counseling, and increase their effectiveness by understanding their principals' points of…

Colleges can use institutionally-sponsored internships, in-house opportunities to participate in the daily activities of leadership, to let employees learn the culture of leadership and interact with staff currently in such positions. Administrative internships at Pennsylvania State University, Eastern Illinois University, and Arizona State…

Examines the current state of the Boston University/Chelsea (Massachusetts) public school collaboration and its accomplishments. It also highlights the ongoing work and day-to-day management taking place in the Chelsea schools and at the university. (GR)

This commentary offers authors' reflections on their case-study approach to examining the application of categorical and noncategorical special education (EC 612 095). The reflections address why the authors decided to study this issue, how case study methodology assisted in the study, and implications of the study. (SW)

Presents a personal narrative concerning migrant health and health care delivery within the United States, discusses the financing of migrant health care, ranks states according to numbers of farmworkers and money for health care per farmworker, and examines the necessary organizational factors. Administrative considerations and health care reform…

Reviews institutional policy and case law regarding sexual harassment and consensual sexual relations between college faculty and college students. Advises colleges to strengthen sexual-harassment policies and educate students and faculty about harassment, and to adopt a policy on consensual sexual relations between students and faculty members.…

Because of a fundamental shift in the way decisions are being made in colleges and universities, institutional researchers in the twenty-first century will no longer merely collect, analyze, and disseminate information to support decision making. They must also become information architects, change agents, and consultants of choice within their…

A process of planned change is proposed for redefining college faculty work. Legitimate faculty work is defined in broad terms, and information sources and methods for collecting information to support redefinition are identified. The final step in the redefinition process is the development of new mission statements for the institution and its…

Reports how the Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Library migrated to the Horizon integrated library system. Discusses migration processes including project planning and implementation, client/server issues, data migration, and staff/end-user training. Reviews system modules including acquisitions, cataloging, serials control, public access, and…

Three major areas of new technology appropriate for distance education are briefly described: satellite delivery, video teleconferencing, and computers and networking. Important considerations are offered to college and university trustees for media selection and policy formation. (MSE)

A survey of 43 research universities examined funding patterns for programs to train international students as teaching assistants. Program components paid for by most institutions and those paid for by a minority of institutions were identified, and costs for preterm and concurrent training programs were estimated and compared. Sources of funding…

Twenty-one sites that have integrated informal departmental collections with library systems were surveyed. Respondents offered recommendations on assessing feasibility, identifying collections, establishing work roles, and choosing centralized versus decentralized approaches for sharing information about departmental collections. Political and…

Aspects of graduate students unionization are discussed both in general and in the context of the experiences of the State University of New York. Considered are the responsibilities of graduate and teaching assistants, the nature of the employment relationship, financial considerations, and the special case of interns and residents in teaching…

A survey of 1,127 college-bound African-American high school juniors investigated what help they had in the college choice process, how they described their preferred kind of college, their most important college choice criteria, their life goals, their perceptions of minority recruitment strategies, and their most desired college academic and…

Arizona State University has developed a model for managing declining resources in administrative service functions. A variant of Total Quality Management, it involves clarification of administrative unit functions, unit self-examination, establishment of program priorities, environmental scanning, creation of an infrastructure to manage change,…