The present method of governance of California's public higher education, including the Coordinating Council for Higher Education, has worked well for coordination of the three segments of public higher education--the University of California, the California State University and Colleges, and the 96 California Community Colleges. A combination of…

This exposition of the activities of school administrators and teachers for uniting the school and community presents career education as a new system of public education. Basic changes suggested in the organizational and administrative structure of local education agencies focus on the following requirements: (1) a director of school-community…

This monograph provides guidelines to help principals effectively administer schools under master contracts. The report (1) describes how a principal should prepare for bargaining; (2) discusses day-to-day administration of the contract; (3) examines some problems with administrator-teacher roles under the contract; and (4) makes suggestions about…

A conference on the junior college board of trustees was sponsored by the UCLA Junior College Leadership Program, the AAJC--New Institutions Project, the Regional Education Laboratory for the Carolinas and Virginia, and the Duke University Junior College EPDA Project. The following papers were delivered: (1) "The Role and Responsibilities of…

To clarify the role of new managers of affirmative action programs, a survey was conducted among 58 public institutions in the fall of 1973. These included 38 community colleges, 14 four-year institutions and six agricultural and technical schools throughout New York State. The study focused upon (1) whether the position of affirmative action…

This booklet features the success of New York Public School 129 in conducting its reading program for disadvantaged students. The principal of this Harlem school emphasizes primarily her role as head teacher and assigns a secondary place to her executive functions. Rather than stress such current innovative practices as heterogeneous groupings,…

Examined are the roles of special service personnel (SSP) who provide support services for Iowa public school teachers by three methods: helping a specific child, helping develop instructional program content, and helping develop new instructional skills. The 13 SSPs include counselor, director of special education, educational consultant, hearing…

In this study of the public library administrator the universe was made up of public libraries serving populations of 100,000 or more. A total of 102 administrators responded to the questionnaire. Full details of sample choice and design and an analysis of the returns are contained in the Appendix. A primary concern was to discern where and how…

This document discusses some of the problems in and offers suggestions for the implementation of administrator evaluation. The author believes that a set of criteria for functions defined in behavioral terms is necessary for an evaluation of administrative performance and emphasizes that these criteria should be utilized at the time a potential…

This report describes an administrator training program model in which a district-selected trainee and a practicing school administrator in an extern-intern approach work closely with the university and the local school system. Under this system, a trainee would enter a planned administrator training program at an approved institution of higher…

This collection of selected papers covers a variety of community college topics taken from a series of conferences sponsored by Northern Illinois University. The first describes a systems approach to individualized instruction in which appropriate learning experiences are assigned each student based on the results of a set of diagnostic…

The passage of the Kansas State House Bill 893, in 1965, changed junior colleges from high school extensions to community junior college districts, with their own board of control, faculties, facilities, and administration. This report presents data compiled from the responses of administrators in 14 of the 19 Kansas junior colleges regarding…

Instructional television, an innovation in education, is viewed in its practical aspects by this book, which presents the separate thoughts of eight persons who have had extensive experience with some aspect of instructional television. The role of television in education is considered, with separate chapters providing added detail for both…

In most countries, industrialization is increasingly regarded as one of the principle activities needed to achieve and sustain a high level of development. In order to plan, implement, and operate the many complex programs and projects, a number of development training institutes have come into being. A 1962 survey revealed that the focus of the…

More than 20 alternative curriculum models for early childhood education have been developed. One of the more recently developed is the Enabler Model, which is intended to provide regular on-site support, guidance and assistance to a local community for the implementation of preschool, day care and/or other early childhood programs. The Enabler…