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Ingram, Richard T. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1985
The structure and functions of the college executive committee are discussed. This committee is pivotal to the effective functioning of the board and to the support of the chairperson and the chief executive in their leadership roles. The committee can act on its own provided it does not assume powers specifically reserved for the board. The…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Committees, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMartin, Harold C. – Planning for Higher Education, 1974
An informed perspective is the key to the role trustees should play in college and university affairs. It is especially important in academic matters, where the authority of trustees is most likely to be challenged. (Author/DN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Board of Education Role, Governing Boards, Higher Education
Calhoun, Lillian A. – Integrated Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Influence, Decentralization, Demonstration Programs
Adult Education Association of U.S.A., Washington, DC. – 1957
This pamphlet on boards and committees is the fourteenth of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to give practical help to board members and executives on applying democratic principles in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Committees, Democracy, Democratic Values
Levin, Benjy – 1977
This study is divided into two parts. The first part is an overview of the literature on boards. This includes consideration of boards of directors of business corporations, of school boards, and of social service boards. The review assesses this literature in terms of its relevance for improving social service boards. Also included is a detailed…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Foreign Countries, Governing Boards
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1979
This collection of excerpts contains New York State educational legislation, Board of Regents regulations, and the Commissioner of Education's rules related to public libraries, library networks, boards of trustees, and library professionals. It includes all pertinent changes in educational law enacted through the October 1979 legislative session…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Governing Boards, Librarians, Library Networks
Colorado Library Association, Denver. – 1980
This basic reference on the responsibilities and opportunities of library trustees provides information on the public libraries of Colorado and how they are established, operated, and funded, as well as clues to needed information--i.e., some philosophy, many facts, opinions, recommended practices, and suggestions. Chapters focus on the types of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Governance, Governing Boards, Library Role
Nebraska Library Trustee Association. – 1977
This manual provides basic information for Nebraska library trustees concerning a good library, qualifications of trustees, duties of trustees, the library policy, book selection policy, the business of the board, Nebraska library networks, statewide library development, the Nebraska Library Commission, friends of the library, organizations and…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Guides, Laws, Library Networks
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. Community Action Program. – 1968
IN THIS HANDBOOK PROCEDURES FOR THE DESIGNATION, RECOGNITION, AND STRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES UNDER SECTIONS 210 AND 211 OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT, AS AMENDED BY THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENTS OF 1967 ARE OUTLINED. ADDITIONAL POLICIES REQUIRED BY THE 1967 AMENDMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE FUTURE. DETAILED TIMETABLES FOR…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Agencies, Community Action
Download full textBeasley, Kenneth E. – 1967
This report is an interpretative review of the state laws and aspects of the general governing structure of Ohio public libraries that are important for development of a statewide library program in accordance with accepted professional standards. Library and municipal laws were analyzed, questionnaires were submitted to public libraries, and…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Governing Boards, Governmental Structure, Laws
Grafe, Gale – 1976
The intent of this study was to determine the characteristics of trustees in Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) member institutions in 1976. The most recent inventory of college boards of trustees was conducted in l967 by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), but only 20% of the two-year public and private institutions were included…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Governing Boards
Meardy, William H. – 1976
The first of these speeches, "The Trustee: An Endangered Species," recounts current challenges facing community college trusteeship, including enrollment ceilings, faculty unionism, state super-boards, and financial disclosure laws. The traditional role of the trustee was not designed to meet these and other current threats to the community…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges, Community Control, Federal Legislation
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1974
The recent U.S. District Court decision calling for the replacement of segregated and dualistic systems of public higher education with unitary systems may become as important to higher education as the Supreme Court's Brown decision, according to this report, which focuses on the 10 states named in the Adams vs Richardson litigation: Arkansas,…
Descriptors: Black Education, Blacks, Court Litigation, Governing Boards
Stuckman, Jeffrey Alan – 1969
The implementation of selected coordinating functions by the professional staffs of state Junior College Boards in Florida and Illinois, and effects of the implementation practices on individual community-junior college integrity were investigated in this study. A survey of the literature revealed the generally recognized functions for which state…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Coordination, Educational Research
Brooks, James E.; And Others – 1968
The first of these 4 statements suggests that faculty and student involvement in institutional governance is a learning experience which, to be effective, needs the leadership of the administration. This leadership is lacking because of administrators' concern with and protection of their authority and their attitudes, among other things. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Objectives, Faculty, Governing Boards
