Discusses the paradox of the current education without schools movement"--the focus being on the institutional obstacles to implementing the non-school educational concept. Argues that the idea is growing while the reality is diminishing. (DM)

The large universities and colleges must give up their bureaucratized rules in favor of a system based on trust of, and respect for, the individual. Only by doing this can they become once again the crucibles in which great ideas and human involvement meet. (CK)

Adapted from an address given at the CEA Short Course, Banff, May 1969.

Surveyed teachers, school board members, superintendents, and elementary school principals to determine if there is congruence in their perceptions of the normative role of the principal. Results differed from Foskett's (1967) study in concluding that elementary school principals and the other groups perceive principals more as administrators than…

Examined the relationshp between the degree of support obtained from building principals (N=9) and the effectiveness of the counselor-consultant in facilitating a program to reduce vandalism. Results showed that schools with the highest principal support were most involved in the program and most successful in reducing vandalism. (JAC)

Surveys the literature on treatment-custody conflict in institutions that derives from administrative needs to maintain organizational stability and control. Suggests correctional institutions should be restructured to recognize guards as influential role models as well as authority figures, and to reduce role conflict among correctional officers.…

Superintendents say that managers of decline are unafraid to take risks, make cuts, or face up to conflicts; and that managers of growth identify needs, set objectives, remain flexible but maintain a strong sense of direction, and prevent unwise innovations. (Author/MLF)

A model that emphasizes the effective use of feedback on performance can influence the job-related behaviors of subordinates. Feedback to employees requires specificity, consistency, credibility, accuracy, and a combination of positive with negative information. Feedback is essential for maintaining the job satisfaction of women in nontraditional…

Educational administrators need to become sufficiently computer literate to ask programers the necessary questions, to know and use the full range of computer capabilities, and to increase the computing capabilities of their schools. (MLF)

Argues that to improve a reading program, administrators need to hire teachers who know what's involved in good reading instruction. Provides a sample interview of a prospective teacher and a list of useful interview questions, all based on research into what makes reading instruction effective. (FL)

Many educators have been too quick to use traditional statistical data as measures of school effectiveness. Instead, educators should develop means of understanding and communicating to the public measures of social variables that operate in effective schools. (JW)

There are two keys to effective student recruitment: creativity in seeking applicants and mobilization of institutional support for the admissions program. To survive the 1980s unscathed, the small college must have a talented admissions director and a president who can marshall the college's resources behind the admissions program. (MSE)

An administrator considers local dilemmas, such as transportation, rising costs, and unanticipated placements involved in private school placement of handicapped children. He asserts that the local special services director should assume major responsibility in resolving the problems, but that state officials should devote more attention to…

A school principal argues that a strong student press is the epitome of a great education and that it stimulates the overall atmosphere of a school. (FL)