The administrator's role in establishing a sound junior college reading program is discussed. He is warned against the unthoughtful adoption of reading innovations, the hiring of unqualified teachers, and an inadequate supply of reading materials. Effective inservice training programs, a concerned reading committee, and adequate library facilities…

A National Institute of Mental Health project was initiated in 1964 at the University of New Mexico to prepare educational administrators to become community change agents. The 10 fellows appointed to the program received training in applications of the social sciences to administration, with concentration on concepts of community organization and…

A study tested the effectiveness of six 2-hour seminars in changing the behavior of elementary school principals in faculty meetings. Eighteen elementary principals from six metropolitan Detroit school districts participated in the study. The subject matter of the seminars included the selection of topics for a staff meeting, demonstration of…

This document contains summaries of and a synthesis of the commentary on papers presented at the Conference on the Frontier in School Leadership. The authors and their papers are (1) John I. Goodlad, "Middle Management in Educational Change: Hope or Despair?" (2) Egon G. Guba, "Missing Roles in School Leadership: Matters Tended and Untended," (3)…

A number of forces are changing the role of the school site administrator. Federal, state, and local requirements, including categorical programs such as those for educationally disadvantaged children, place added administrative burdens on the principal. Increased paperwork, meetings, problems to be solved, and demands to be met from ever-growing…

To obtain a realistic understanding of the supervisory role perception of the elementary principal, a 10-item questionnaire was sent to 400 elementary principals and teachers throughout Texas. They rank ordered both real and ideal role dimensions and agreed that the role is not what it should be. Principals now serve as disciplinarians but do not…

This paper describes a study of managerial behavior in educational organizations that focused on managerial attention as an organizational coupling mechanism. Structured observation was used to collect minute-by-minute time allocation protocols for five first-line education program managers over 20 working days, and these protocols were analyzed…

Described in detail are the governance patterns on 30 campuses, including state, comprehensive, and research universities, independent institutions, and general baccalaureate colleges. The extent to which new forms of governance have realized their objectives is shown, the implications for other institutions are pointed out, and recommendations…

This bibliography lists journal articles and books dealing with the function of principals, both elementary and secondary, in the public schools. The articles listed were drawn from those included in the Education Index from 1970 through November 1977. The books included were drawn from the 1976 edition of Books in Print. The entries deal with a…

A Conference Role Semantic Differential was developed and field-tested as a brief, diagnostic measure of conference role performance of administrators. Principal components analysis of 52 staff member's evaluations of three institutional researchers yielded one task and three interpersonal skill factors which demonstrated the construct validity of…

The document is part of a series that reports the findings and accomplishments of the Models for Career Education in Iowa project which was initiated to research, define, and describe an emerging concept of career education. It discusses administrator roles in implementing career education concepts in the school curriculum through a definition of…

The teacher directed document defines career education and outlines suggestions regarding career education at the community college level. The pamphlet provides outlines for a community college career education model and checklists delineating administrative personnel program responsibilities and the possible roles of staff members, including…

This book contains the final report of the Commission on Education for Health Administration, with its recommendations and observations on health administration education for the next decade. The objectives of the study revolve around the following issues: (a) complexity of the health and medical care system and needs for improved organization and…

Colleges should be administered by educators. An academic administrator insensitive to educational purpose and process is destined for failure. Failure is also the probable destiny for the academic administrator whose performance is not anchored in the concept sense of administration. The mastery and artistic application of major administrative…

One area wherein administrative commitment to innovation can be developed is in the field of career education. Career education is a useful concept that can unite the private, public, and work lives of individuals in a meaningful manner. In order to develop the concept of career education and its meaning, new ideas and procedures as well as…