The team management approach can work in educational administration if school personnel share a common philosophical commitment. (MLF)

Reviews a study of the formal organizational charts of 104 community colleges conducted to determine if a preferred organization structure exists in medium-sized community colleges and if organizational patterns are related to any definable characteristics or operating dynamics. (DMM)

Discusses the role of the United Federation of Teachers in the New York City public schools. Analyzes union activity from a perspective that views the union as a conservative, moderating force which seeks to preserve and strengthen the present bureaucratic government of schools. (Author/GC)

Cites school facility, organizational policy, and curricular practices which reinforce sexism. (SJL)

Using a perspective that emphasizes schools' internal structure and external context, the author examines theory and research on loose coupling in schools, society's institutionalization and legitimation of schools, and structured observations of educational administrators' work. (Author/RW)

Proposes a method for creating a student-centered middle school that involves research, reexamining of traditional organization plans, and retraining of staff. (FL)

Outlines briefly the organization and social role of the university in Europe during the Middle Ages. The author describes the evolution of the institutional structure from exclusively church-linked schools to self-administering educational bodies. (AM)