An interview with Asa Hilliard discusses: how he would ensure competent teachers for all; the importance of having faith in teachers' ability to grow; how administrators can affect attitudes; how to create the will to produce schools where all students learn at high levels; how to prevent marginalization of master teachers; and how to make master…

Examined the role of governors in shaping educational policy in nine states from 1995 to 1997. Findings show that contemporary governors are committed to market-based solutions for education, supporting religious groups and suburban interests, and reducing benefits for the needy. They are not generally focusing on urban educational needs. (SLD)

The director of a new professional-development center describes living and surviving a year of rapid change in Quebec. Four important management strategies are identifying and understanding reform goals to communicate them effectively, translating reform goals into specific institutional objectives and an action plan to mobilize staff, inviting…

How educators think about and use time is woven into school cultures. School leaders must learn to read the culture and focus staff development on cultural issues affecting how people use time. This paper discusses cultures that nurture and wound and describes how to shape more nurturing cultures (read the school's culture, assess views of time,…

A study examined principals' working conditions to identify key areas of job-related stress. Documentation of stressful incidents reported by five rural principals indicated that external- and internal-management sources of stress were equally frequent. The cycle of stressful experiences was more intense than a decade ago. Leadership…

Explored principals' role in building teacher capacity, identifying 134 Texas principals' perceptions of teachers' capacities, assessment methods, and capacity-building strategies. Most respondents perceived that traditionally certified teachers in their second year of teaching had greater capacity and working knowledge than second-year…

This study examined the role of senior public relations administrators in institutional decision making through a survey of presidents and senior public relations officers at the 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (SSHE). Findings indicated that SSHE senior public relations administrators are often not included in…

Reflects on school practitioners providing their own accounts of educational practice. Describes conditions necessary for school practitioners to engage in transformative learning through a process of inquiry, and discusses how the women principals' writing group illustrates the practical application of these conditions. (MMU)

Considers how Phil Smith has given much thought in his own department, and in the national deliberations, to the staffing crisis in English departments, and he has done so with attention to the highest values and to the needs of all, from undergraduate students in the general education courses to part-timers to tenure-track and tenured faculty…

Identifies broad areas that will affect all department chairs when they deal with academic personnel matters. Discusses such issues as hiring and reappointment, faculty evaluation, sexual harassment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, email and Internet messages, And the Age Discrimination Employment Act. (Author/VWL)

Destabilizes the current construction of writing program administration by both questioning the theoretical constructs inherent in the traditional language writing program administrators use to represent themselves and suggesting a more ethically sound conceptual frame. Suggests an expanded way for understanding the remarkable opportunity…

Using data for 428 individual campuses in 50 states, this article shows that state government funding and tuition and fees at state universities depend on both political and economic factors. State aid varies according to interest group size and universities' ability to confront state government. (Contains 36 references.) (MLH)

Interviews with five male Mexican American elementary school principals and five male Anglo counterparts showed many similarities, but also revealed differences between these ethnic groups in terms of tasks, role relationships, changes, and values statements. Mexican American principals felt particular pressure to be role models. (SLD)

A positive climate is characterized by a comfortable, orderly, and safe environment. A healthy culture exists when all stakeholders understand an organization's goals and purposes and work productively to achieve them. This article contrasts the "McSchool" (efficiency-celebrating) cultural model with the spaceship-discovery model,…

Provides a historical overview of bibliographic instruction in academic libraries from the 1800s to the present. Highlights include convincing administrators and faculty of the need for library instruction, various types of instruction, methods of improvement, the need for faculty and staff cooperation, and examples of successful and unsuccessful…