Considers the trustee's role in guaranteeing personnel quality, establishing institutional values, supporting the president in personnel decisions, and defining personnel standards and processes. Reviews the board's powers in personnel management and legislative and regulative considerations. Discusses the impact of an effective evaluation system.…

Characterizes public school principals' perceptions of effective clinical-supervisory behavior and contrasts these with prior research findings. A Q-sort completed by 65 Quebec principals supplied data on three aspects of supervisors' behavior. (MCG)

Offers superintendents guidelines for resolving personnel disputes, policy disagreements, and communication problems with school boards so that schools run smoothly. (KS)

The repertory grid technique was used in a study of 49 administrators in 11 schools and seven manufacturing units in England and South Wales to explore differences between educational and business administrators' role perceptions related to task management, people management, internal or external orientation, and use of management teams. (PGD)

No activities of the chief academic officer have more important consequences than the hiring of new faculty and the nurturing of faculty leadership. (Author/MLW)

There are three basic factors influencing a president's ability to provide moral direction for an institution: respect for the rights of others, an appreciation of reality, and the idea that education is always a privilege. Education should shape character as well as confer competence. (MSE)

Ideas for maintaining and advancing the K-12 music program during these times of tight money are described. (RM)

The national movement toward a stronger, more effective college presidency could be largely obviated unless the trend toward formal presidential evaluation is reversed. Formal assessment reduces the charismastic potential of the president, further politicizes the president's role, and shortens the CEO's term in office (MLW)

Reviews forces that influence leadership in community colleges (e.g., demographics, resource constraints, mission definition and quality assurance, and technological change and aging staff). Suggests directions that will help community college administrators respond to new challenges. (DMM)

Recommends that, when a meaningful principal's job description is lacking, a cooperative approach involving the principal and superintendent or principal's immediate supervisor should be used to produce a mutually agreed-upon document containing tasks, priority rankings, and strategies. Provides method for determining the priority of each task.…

Provides guidelines for advisers of school publications to follow in order to work well with administrators and produce a successful newspaper, yearbook, or literary magazine. (DF)

The potential roles of department heads, deans, and faculty development directors in guiding and monitoring the effective delivery of faculty incentives are outlined, and key factors in facilitating and inhibiting vitality and signs of increased vitality are listed. (MSE)

Reports on a survey of 177 chief business officers of public community colleges regarding their responsibilities and the importance they assigned to various role functions. Highlights findings concerning the perceived importance of fiscal/financial duties; endowments as a job function; role in shared planning; and personal attention given to…

Describes a contest in which students competed for book prizes. (FL)

Middle-level teachers can avoid passive seatwork and encourage students to think using a "guided thinking" approach, designed to help adolescents develop more sophisticated thinking and reasoning skills. Essential elements of guided thinking are described, along with an implementation strategy and the principal's role in fostering…