A statewide questionnaire survey of 180 Tennessee public school principals examined their perceived degree of participation in decision-making in six policy areas and compared it with their degree of satisfaction with the decisions made in those areas. The principals were selected from three sets of school systems: those which had had formal…

Studies consistently indicate that the characteristics required of administrators in the performance of their duties are not the characteristics required of students seeking advanced degrees in administration. Consideration of research into the characteristics of administrators, their work, and their training leads to several important…

Dominant theories of educational administration have viewed the field as a rational and technical science concerned with the bureaucratic control of education. These theories have recently come under attack for ideological and empirical reasons. More current theories characterize educational administration as less rational objective, and…

Prepared for the 1981 Spring Institute of the Library Association of City University of New York (LACUNY), this bibliography lists sources on academic library management techniques. Its three sections encompass the following areas: (1) the individual's relationship to the library organization, (2) effective management of time, and (3) human…

The process by which managers come and go in large organizations is thought to have significant effects on organizational performance. To investigate the effects of managerial succession on organizational performance, measures of organizational performance were collected from 60 Army battalions and analyzed according to how closely each…

The paper reports the development of a set of planning materials (a series of eight booklets) to assist local special and vocational education administrators to overcome barriers to program and facility accessibility for handicapped students in vocational, occupational, and technical education. The project was conducted in three phases: (1)…

Using team management in school district administration requires compromises on the part of the board, the superintendent, and the other team members, but advantages can result. Better quality decisions, higher staff morale, greater support for decisions, and more efficient management are among the potential benefits. The first step in development…

Excerpted from the final report for a pilot study on conflict management, this paper gives a theoretical overview of the role of conflict in educational and municipal governance and offers two in-depth analyses that illustrate the theories presented. The authors' comparative study of the behavior of superintendents and city managers suggested that…

As community colleges face increasing fiscal scrutiny and constraints, board members have a responsibility to promote an understanding and acceptance of cost-efficiency measures. To do so, trustees themselves should first understand the following fiscal characteristics of community colleges: they are the least expensive of higher education…

A study of thirteen exemplary compensatory education projects in Elementary Education (nine in reading, four in mathematics) in the State of New York is described in this report. The study, which was designed to investigate and describe specific educational practices so that they could be replicated in other schools, found ten major factors which…

The authority of a school principal over teachers, student teachers, teacher aides, and other employees is the subject of this chapter. In order to discharge duties properly, a principal must have the power to enforce prompt obedience to commands. He or she has the inherent authority to curtail any disruptions in the functioning of the school, the…

Because teacher evaluation is an ongoing process, school principals must have knowledge of the employment contract, the legal implications regarding tenure, and the applicability of due process. This chapter discusses each of these topics in detail. Since the contract is one of the most important documents acted on by the school board each year,…

This chapter provides a synopsis of the regulations of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and its effect on school recordkeeping policies and procedures. Two basic principles underlie the federal law regarding access to and control over the release of education records, the paper states. They are people's right to know and their…

It is important for special education administrators to recognize the potential disaster that might result from inattention to the mental health needs of their staffs and organizations. Indications of staff "burnout" (rapid turnover of staff due to stress) are already apparent. The phenomenon can only be detrimental to the whole concept…

The focus of this volume is upon the changes that are needed in teacher education programs to address the process of mainstreaming handicapped children. The authors of the papers presented are associated with Deans' Grants Projects. The first section presents an overview of past and present special education services and advances a philosophy for…