The Regents of the University of Colorado engaged the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to conduct a review of the reporting relationships and decision-making authority of the Board of Regents, the President of the System, the System Administrative Officers, and the Chancellors and senior officers of the four…

"Creating a Successful Leadership Style" gives practical applications supported by real experiences. It presents the actual situations a principal or assistant principal faces on a day-to-day basis and provides strategies to address them. These strategies derive from a leadership style that is people oriented and designed to elicit positive…

The Articulation Committee Companion is designed to serve as both an introductory resource for new articulation committee members and as an ongoing reference for committees. The Companion includes a brief overview of the province's articulation committees and their essential role in the post-secondary system. In addition, the Companion outlines…

For nearly 40 years, AACRAO has published the Self-Assessment, and this 185-page update will provide a cost effective and simple way to evaluate your office operations by stimulating thought, encouraging self-reflection, and evaluating policies and procedures. The Assessment is arranged by topical area with chapters addressing most basic registrar…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of Alberta's Principal Quality Practice Standard as a framework for the roles and responsibilities of school principals. Methodology: Three principals participated in the study, and each principal had more than 25 years of teaching and school administration experience. Each principal…

Outlines basic management principles intended to aid secondary school principals in dealing with school discipline problems. (JG)

Expectations of trustees have undergone a dramatic change in the wake of the Enron debacle, the new strictures of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and several new state policies, laws, and executive actions. Additionally, well-publicized examples of inadequate trustee oversight have affected the public's and policymakers' perceptions of higher education.…

Available from: The Buckeye Association of School Administrators, 750 Brooksedge Blvd., Westerville, Ohio 43081; $8.00 annually.

Educational managers may benefit greatly from adoption or adaptation of Japanese managerial practices, such as "Theory Z," involving developing staff potential and the creation of new incentives. There are at least 17 things administrators can do to utilize the key tenets of Japanese management. These include allowing teachers to…

This monograph provides guidelines to help principals effectively administer schools under master contracts. The report (1) describes how a principal should prepare for bargaining; (2) discusses day-to-day administration of the contract; (3) examines some problems with administrator-teacher roles under the contract; and (4) makes suggestions about…

This speech discusses the role of the chief personnel administrator, describes challenges that these administrators faced in the 60s, and outlines principles under which the personnel function should operate. Fifteen principles are considered by the author to delineate the responsibilities of chief school administrators and to provide the…

Guidelines are presented for developing and maintaining effective grievance procedures. The discussion is basic to development of procedures for all institutional groups, e.g. students, faculty, service workers. (Editor/JT)

This manual was designed for the administrator who has the responsibility for conducting all or part of an evaluation or is responsible for using evaluation results in program planning. The manual provides step-by-step guidelines to help: identify the purposes and audiences of an evaluation; prepare a basic description of the program or activity;…

This study begins with a look at current systems and practices in educational administration in an effort to identify the influence of certain interpersonal relationships on educational planning. Different types of planning organizations are then surveyed to illustrate that methods in and approaches to administration and planning are numerous. A…