This book discusses issues, ideas, themes and practices for marketing higher education based on personal experience. Chapter 1 discusses the kind and character of people found in higher education by describing the best and worst individuals as perceived through first-hand encounters. Chapter 2 looks at an approach to planning and building on every…

A descriptive-correlational study was conducted to explore and describe interpersonal conflict management styles, identify psychological type preferences, and examine the relationships between conflict management styles and psychological type preferences as well as selected demographic characteristics of the Cooperative Extension Service's North…

School-based management (SBM) varies from school to school but generally involves giving educators, parents, and community members increased responsibility over educational decision making. The "Schools and Staffing Survey" provides information on where decisions are made for three SBM areas: establishing curriculum, hiring new full-time…

Site-based management, decentralization of decision making to the school level, is a major component of restructuring the American educational system. However, despite the attention site-based management has received, many states and school districts have been slow to implement it. One reason for this failure could be the ability and willingness…

Findings of a study that identified the kinds of problems faced by new principals who had participated in innovative principal-preparation programs are presented in this paper. Data were collected through a series of interviews conducted with eight individuals who had assumed their first principalships during the 1991-92 school year. All had…

Findings of a study that examined the perceptions held by principals about their levels of self-efficacy are presented in this paper. Self-efficacy refers to the belief that one can successfully execute a behavior to achieve a given outcome. Data were collected from a questionnaire that was mailed to 375 principals (125 elementary, middle, and…

Focusing on what quality "is" in technical and scientific communication programs, the papers in this proceedings are divided into five sections: Quality in Programs; Quality in Administrators; Quality in Teachers; Quality in Students; and Quality in Graduates. Papers in the proceedings are: "The Proof Is in the Pudding: Evaluating…

Teacher participation in school decision making, often called participative or collaborative decision making, continues to be of significant interest in education research. Much of the discussion of collaborative decision making has centered on its claimed advantages. Research also has examined the economic, political, social, and cultural…

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the role principals play as schools institute democratic governance structures. During 2.5 years, data were collected through interviews, observations, and document analysis at six schools engaged in a shared decision-making (SDM) project. Findings suggest that for principals to foster SDM in…

This book argues for a comprehensive approach to planning for and managing the use of technology in schools. In the first four chapters, emphasis is placed on the importance of: (1) anticipating the future; (2) creating stakeholders' planning committees; (3) providing staff development and training for teachers and administrators; (4) winning…

Findings of a dissertation study that examined the effect of multitrack year-round education on elementary principals' instructional-leadership performances and perceptions are presented in this paper. Data were obtained from indepth interviews with 11 elementary principals--5 from schools with traditional calendars and 6 from multitrack…

This packet of information was developed to be distributed as an informational referral tool for a workplace literacy project following an oral presentation by project staff. It includes the following sections: a managers' checklist; questions managers ask; manager's survey; information about workplace literacy; characteristics of work-based…

This study examined who deans of education were, where they worked, how they defined roles and responsibilities, what unique challenges faced female deans, how deans characterized their leadership style, what stressors impacted their ability to be effective, and how they maintained balance between scholarship and leadership and between…

This discussion of changes in administrative roles and responsibilities within institutions of higher education suggests that these roles may change substantially in the first decade of the 21st century as the constituencies of American colleges and universities change. Analysis of a variety of trends in organizational structure suggests that…

This paper explores whether potential school leaders can be identified and encouraged earlier in their lives. The story of Judy, a teacher who became the leader of an innovative technology project, provides clues to her development as a professional and her creation of the vision that inspired the project. The numerous markers in Judy's life that…