Collective bargaining in community colleges has spread throughout the country since 1966 when the first strike occurred in Michigan. Today, around one-third of public community colleges are operating under such agreements. Collective bargaining changes an informal faculty-administration relationship of unequals into a formal one of nearly equal…

Focusing on ways a leader may become more effective in working with other people--especially in helping subordinates do a better job--this volume describes an approach to interpersonal behavior that allows administrators to create a more effective and positive work environment. It provides ideas and methods particularly intended for academic…

The role of the college and university president is examined, including myths, expectations, and realities of the presidency. Data are gathered from research studies, interviews with many presidents, and the author's personal experience as a college president. Among the issues discussed are presidential selection and evaluation, the relationship…

While members of a college's board of trustees expect the president to provide them with accurate and timely information, individual trustees also have a responsibility to help the president do an effective job. The board should understand that the president is the one college administrator with an overview of the enterprise as a whole; his/her…

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, one in a series of 18, is to provide the CDA intern with the knowledge and skills necessary for the administration of early childhood programs. The module stipulates competency-based objectives and provides essential information, suggestions, examples and learning activities on…

Managerial approaches to budget planning for state universities were investigated using an open budgeting model that emphasizes the function of communication, technical analysis, and participative decision making. System-level and central officers in 32 research universities were surveyed to determine whether they used and endorsed technical…

PROBLEMS OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S ROLE AS THE MIDDLEMAN IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL BOARDS AND TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE NEW RELATIONSHIP OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE PRINCIPAL IS VIEWED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBLE DECISIONMAKER ON QUESTIONS OF ADMINISTRATION…

CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT WERE PRESENTED. THE CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION INCLUDED A TOTAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT OF 500 OR LESS, MEETING ACCREDITATION STANDARDS, EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN IMPROVING THEIR SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND BEING WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER PROJECT MEMBERS. OUTLINES OF THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF…

THIS PUBLICATION CONSISTS OF SPEECHES BY DR. DONALD J. MCCARTY, OF CORNELL, AND DR. HENRY M. BRICKELL, OF MANHASSET, NEW YORK, ON SCHOOL BOARD-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WRITTEN SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES. DR. MCCARTY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND DESCRIBES HOW A WORKING…

Events and considerations surrounding the publication of a document specifying the curriculum to be taught in British Columbia's schools are summarized in this paper. The province has moved from a centralized to a decentralized and back to a centralized curriculum. Arthur Wise has called one response that schools have to social criticism…

A number of issues emerge as important to educational administrators in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lanka Education Service now makes it possible for system administrators and certain teaching personnel to exchange positions and thus gain new perspectives and reduce status differences. Also, to prevent the loss of the services of able and enterprising…

Practical Research into Organizational Behavior and Effectiveness (PROBE) surveyed public school district superintendents in 1979 to compare their views on education to the lay opinions expressed in the annual Gallup Poll of the public's attitudes toward public schools. The study utilized a one-page questionnaire and focused on time management,…

This extensive survey pretest utilized in-depth interviews with school superintendents and city managers in selected cities throughout Oregon and in Los Angeles. The purpose of the pilot study was to explore the similarities and differences in conflict management between the two professions. The study reveals that superintendents and city managers…

In response to increasingly vigorous and vocal criticism of American education, the author proposes a new model for curriculum development--a double triad that would combine the traditional cooperative efforts of administrators, teachers, and school board members with involvement of the community, parents, and students. The author suggests…

The manual describes a training program for mainstreaming visually impaired, hearing impaired, educable mentally retarded, learning disabled, and speech impaired preschoolers. Training programs are presented separately for administrators, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and aides. Skills, knowledge, and attitude objectives are…