The university research administrator, whose position and role cut across all levels of administration, is responsible for the administration of millions of federal/nonfederal dollars. A profile of university research administrators taken from the Society of Research Administrators membership is provided and professionalization is discussed. (MLW)

Declining enrollments and a changing student population in the 1980s will require the admissions officer to achieve new and more varied skills, including those related to research orientation, information management, and financial aid understanding. New campus power may result. (MLW)

Discusses the managerial skills necessary for community college administrators in a time of collective bargaining, declining enrollments, and scarcity of public funds. Analyses three community college cases that exemplify successful planning processes developed by education leaders to promote staff development. Stresses the importance of…

Suggests that organizations, instead of forcing women into the common mold, ought to institute policies recognizing that each person contributes uniqueness that can enhance the corporation. (Author/JM)

If schools rush into Back-to-Basics the way they once rushed into open education, educational quality will not improve and the positive, humanistic attributes of progressive education may be lost. Change must be slowly and carefully planned and provide adequate support to the teachers who must implement it. (SJL)

The author proposes changes in preservice training and school administration practices that would end traditional school hierarchies and make the teacher/administrator relationship one of equal professionals functioning in separate spheres. (SJL)

Tells how an Austin, Texas, high school principal fought and won a battle to permit media students to videotape varsity athletic events. (GT)

A primary rule for implementing the collective bargaining grievance process in higher education is to settle early and at the lowest possible level. To achieve this or to prevent grievances, clear contract language, a contract administrator, and a "two-one-one" grievance structure should be adopted. (Author/JMD)

Reviews the current roles and responsibilities of college presidents and board members in maintaining good relationships, and proposes a new board structure along with a mechanism for joint review. (RC)

Firm planning objectives, clearly stated relationships to overall institutional objectives, faculty involvement, and active leadership are advocated for successful academic planning. Faculty involvement is dependent on the strength of the technical, marketing, and budgeting staffs, and involvement in the planning process may kindle faculty…

The role of the administrator as helper is discussed in terms of two processes involved in a helpful supervisory relationship--individual goal-setting conferences, and positive communication. (JMF)

The role of the cooperative education program coordinator, vital to the success of the program, is shown to include student advising, job placement, and liaison with employers and with teaching faculty and administrators. Guidelines are suggested. (Author/LBH)

This paper argues that program evaluation research should be broadened to deal systematically with the economics of resource use at the level of the individual social service delivery agency. The argument is strengthened by the recognition that input use can be established by the same methods used to measure service delivery. (Author/MV)

Reports results of a study of high school industrial arts department chairpersons in Indiana to determine their duties and functions and the relationship of these duties to certain personal and situational factors. (TA)

College and universities urgently need presidents who can reinvent higher education and who have courage, patience, humanity, and vision. Presidents who are currently leading their institutions through fundamental changes have found they must win the hearts and minds of constituents, change some aspects of institutional culture, prepare for a…