Considers case-study data from four English further-education colleges. Responses from a total of 16 senior managers, 45 middle managers, and 288 team members were analyzed to assess key features of the middle-manager role, and to identify factors that enable or impede them. (Contains 1 table and 16 references.) (MLF)

Discussion of library media specialists evaluation focuses on factors that compromise the utility of evaluations by the principal: increased demands on principals as instruments of accountability; the tendency to use an evaluation designed for teachers, not media specialists; and changes that have occurred in the work of library media specialists.…

An elementary school principal describes successful Foxfire projects in his school; suggests that the Foxfire approach is a tool that teachers can use to improve preinstructional decisions, structure the learning environment, and integrate the curriculum; and discusses the principal's role in supporting effective alternative approaches to…

Presents major conclusions from a 1990 report "Unusually Effective Schools: A Review and Analysis of Research and Practice." Guidelines for multischool improvement projects include providing substantial staff development time and technical assistance, focusing on instructional improvement, avoiding faculty overload and overreliance on bureaucratic…

The successes and failures of a private school's three-year computer integration program for secondary students with learning disabilities are examined. Problems ranged from lack of direction, support, and leadership from the administration to the lack of funds for maintenance and development. (Author/JDD)

Based on 135 empirical studies conducted since 1974, research is needed on the principal's impact on student outcomes, characteristics of teachers' practices generated from theories of teacher development, and school culture. Further research should also explore the relative cost effectiveness of further efforts to increase administrator…

Home-school-community collaborative programs often fail because of lack of administrative support and the difficulty of involving many lower income parents. Recommends supervision at the district level and care in choosing programs and personnel appropriate to the site. (DM)

The college president is involved with fundraising, institutional promotion, public image efforts, and community support programs. The evolutionary process of presidential involvement in these areas was discovered in a study of private colleges (N=126) that had successfully weathered severe financial hardships. (MLW)

Examines the managerial perspectives and skills that public relations practitioners identified as essential to the managerial role, the extent to which those perspectives and skills are present or lacking in practitioners who make the shift from technician to manager, and which areas deserve special attention in the public relations classroom. (MS)

A survey of 174 deans revealed that budget management, communication skills, encouragement of faculty development, communication with the dean, and rewarding faculty achievement are high priority skills for English department heads. Regardless of discipline, chairs must have a range of sophisticated managerial skills for which they may need…

Survey responses of 55 of the 70 teaching principals in Nebraska described job characteristics and responsibilities, advantages and disadvantages of the position, necessary skills and training, and the origin and future of the position. Contains 13 references. (SV)

Four steering (leadership) functions that appear to be critical for innovation success were identified and delineated in case studies of Dutch primary schools. The relationship between these functions and three implementation outcomes (classroom practices, schoolwide practices, use of materials) was examined. Implications for inservice principal…

Recounts the development and implementation of a new language and literature program into the kindergarten curriculum at the Lincoln-Eliot School in Newton, Massachusetts. (BB)

A reflection on the contributions of college presidents John Dewey and Alexander Meiklejohn to higher education highlights the 1950's progressive movement which encouraged social and educational reform and sought divergent ideas and opinions. (CB)

Explores the implications of faculty status for librarians for the administration of academic libraries. Topics discussed include the role of library administrators in providing leadership, setting library objectives, and developing library programs and services within an organization that accords librarians the responsibilities of faculty status.…