Reports on a study of perceptions about the roles played by community college presidents during the reorganization of administrative structures from the division level through the president's level. Focuses on the perceptions of chancellors, presidents, and key administrators at two Texas community college districts. (DMM)

Counselors and campers at Cape Cod Sea Camps in Brewster, Massachusetts, banded together to combat the problem of drinking and driving by forming the first camp-based chapter of Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD). The chapter's success shows that SADD can be an asset to camp programs. (JHZ)

This study examines teachers' perspectives on ineffective school leadership. Data collected from interviews, questionnaires, and observations of teachers in one urban high school in southeastern United States revealed factors that teachers identified with ineffective school principals and their effects on the teachers and on their relationships…

Includes a checklist of eight items that day care center administrators can use to determine whether their programs are providing the intended types of learning experiences and teacher-student interactions, and whether the staff is satisfied with the working environment. (SKC)

School personnel can prepare themselves for due process hearings (often related to school policy and programs regarding Public Law 94-142) by collecting complete, accurate information regarding the specific case, selecting appropriate materials, briefing and preparing witnesses for testimony, and dealing with post-hearing reactions of staff and…

Research indicates that school organization factors may be as important in explaining and managing school discipline as classroom techniques. The key to developing an environment conducive to good student deportment is a total school effort facilitated by a highly visible principal. Includes 11 references. (MLH)

The article delineates components of a comprehensive guidance/counseling plan for gifted and talented students. Tables provide guidance/counseling objectives for gifted children; functions of the teacher, parent, administrator, and counselor; and intervention strategies in the personal/social, academic, and career/vocational areas. (DB)

It is proposed that Giddens' theory of structuration explains some of the complexities of the actions of principals and teachers in the process of school change, and a specific change occurring in an Australian suburban school is analyzed in this context (MSE)

Argues that culture, ethnicity, and class place the Puerto Rican student in a position subordinate to the majority and that administrators, teachers, and staff, by their tacit transmission of unstated norms, values, and beliefs, reproduce relations of domination and power and provide for differential schooling. (SRT)

To be effective, principals should develop political skills. Techniques include taking the offensive, anticipating problems, developing school guidelines, and building a support network. (CJH)

A study of the relationship of management behavior of the dean, collegial support, and workload to burnout among faculty in collegiate nursing programs found that collegial support, positive feedback from the dean, and a participatory management style are more important for protecting faculty against burnout than attention to workload. (MSE)

The author discusses the four constituent groups that compose a university community: (1) students, (2) faculty, (3) administrators, and (4) those who pay for things that tuition does not cover. Emphasis is placed on the latter two groups and the power they possess. (CH)

Discusses several factors (aside from state immunity statutes) reducing the threat of education malpractice suits in recent years, including improved community attitudes and involvement in schools, more facilitative leadership roles for principals, increased importance of staff development, and expanded options for students through new…

Discriminant functional analysis was used to compare structural variables of department size, institution type, and highest degree awarded with academic discipline to determine which accounts for more variance in biology and English department chairpersons' responses to questions concerning their influence. Generally, structural variables…

Suggests that most administrators accept student test scores as the appropriate goal of reading programs and centralized planning and use of commercial reading materials as the appropriate means for reading instruction, while most teachers seek more effective and communal goals and more autonomy concerning means. (FL)