School-level environments differ from the classroom environments. Classroom environments involve students' perceptions of their relationships with teachers and other students in their classrooms; school-level environments involve mainly teachers and school staff's perceptions of their work environment, their relationship with other teachers,…

Global leadership in higher education by American colleges and universities is increasingly at risk, ironically by the very forces the institutions helped to create. Advances in technology and telecommunications and a remaking of the global economy have created a world in which interdisciplinary, cross-border research and discovery are the norm…

A recent study by The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), Principals in the Public: Engaging Community Support (2000) found that communication, marketing, public affairs and public relations and engagement activities are now given more time and importance than ever before. According to the study, public support builds…

This publication is designed to guide presidents of community colleges and their administrative staff as they focus on alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse prevention. The first section reviews the challenges facing community colleges in reducing student substance use and the strengths the colleges draw on in addressing it. The second section…

It is the purpose of this paper to review selected literature related to behavior change processes and to offer a systemized approach toward humanizing the process of change in the schools. (Author/RK)

Article considered the role of the assistant principal and provided guidelines for the professionalization of the assistant principalship. (RK)

With the cooperation of the Universtiy's extension service, Administration of Child Care Centers,'' a course carrying two academic credits is offered by the University of Michigan School of Education. (Author/CB)

Higher education institutions, it is argued, have been forced by legislative means to accept a devolution of decisionmaking authority downwards toward a collegial model, whether or not such a model makes for more effective educational institutions. (Author/WM)

The goals and efforts of a management program should focus on improving the total system of nursing within the organization, increasing organizational effectiveness, working with groups and intergroups and involving as many in the total system as possible. (Author)

This interview with California's teacher licensing chief considers some future changes he thinks will be made in the structure of the teacher preparation process, in certification, tenure, and teacher evaluation. He discusses how top and middle management must evolve to meet the increasingly complex responsibilities of staff development.…

Turn over in the position of university library directors has increased markedly in the past decade. Seventy-eight large university libraries have been investigated to identify problems and make recommendations. Planning, budgeting, and the relationship of the library to the university are discussed. (70 references) (DH)

Describes three broad alternatives for organizing and administering a community education program at the school district level. Offers advice for avoiding common organizational administrative problems associated with community education ventures. (JH)

Author presents the case for effective administration through use of institutional research and lists functions, which can be of assistance to administrators in performing more efficiently. (RK)

Discusses the pros and cons of administrators electing to engage in collective negotiations. Presents five changing conditions that administrators should recognize in developing their negotiation strategies and six courses of action that superintendents and boards of education could take to discourage the formation of administrator negotiating…

Believes that the principalship is the key position for facilitating change, this author provides practical suggestions for the principal as change-agent. (Editor)