Macro-administration refers to the theory and practice in the administration of transinstitutional and trans-societal organizations. These are organizations which extend authority and control over multiple units within society. There are three directions which future research may take in the systematic study of macro-administration in American…

ERIC abstracts on the influence of politics and power structure on education are compiled that were announced in RIE through September 1969. The key terms used to compile this collection are "political power,""power structure," and "political influences." The following information is presented for each document: Author, title, place of…

This report advances several proposals for protecting the educational interests of parents and children. The thrust of these proposals does not begin with a particular idea about how the interests of families might better be served by the schools, but rather seeks to determine whether there are mechanisms which might achieve that end. Consumer…

Improving the economic condition of the Negro was a fundamental concern of both W. E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. It was Washington's view that the Negro should be willing to perform menial tasks as a means for gaining a foothold in the economic structure. He counseled the Negro to start at the bottom. Washington's philosophy centered on…

This document comments on the accuracy of findings extracted from the Equality of Educational Opportunity Report, authored by a federally appointed research team headed by James S. Coleman. According to the authors, dificiencies and inconsistencies in the study center around the method of collecting data, the design and validity of the instruments…

A study of teacher leadership styles and classroom climates in 75 elementary school classrooms showed that teacher task and expressive orientations powerfully influenced classroom morale. Teacher authoritarianism had no effect, calling into question interpretations of previous studies of teacher leadership. Teacher power orientation showed strong…

A college dean surveys possible effects of collective bargaining in terms of administrator role change; faculty evaluation and rewards; use of faculty competition for teaching, research, and community service; transfer of power to younger faculty; rejection of research as advancement criteria; intensification of tenure and fiscal problems. (JT)

Argues that in a society where policy is a function of power, academia is lost unless it has the will to throw off its infatuation with form as against substance and unite under strong leadership to create its own establishment for bartering with the national establishment. (JT)

Historical perspective on the development of collaborative and adversarial models of participatory governance in community college organization. The collaborative model depends on shared values among its participants, while the adversary model operates by power struggle between groups. The decision on which model to adopt requires self-study…

An analysis of instructional leadership in the community college which takes into account several issues in the uses of authority: external and internal influences, the role of the faculty leader, barriers to participatory governance. Recommendations are made toward the survival of instructional leadership. (BB)

The values of professionals and quasi-professionals in school have not been sufficiently consensual to allow change agent strategies to work as they should. The disadvantage of change agents in education lies in applying methods that are largely educational to situations that are fundamentally political. (JD)

Teacher preference may well be the underlying element that determines the association between instructional formats and control activities. (Author)

Patterns in which education and intellectual life are affected by the transactions between industrialized nations and the Third World are analyzed, with a focus on organized educational systems, especially in post-secondary education, and less formal structures such as book publishing, mass media, and serious journals. (MJB)

Solutions to the educational problems of the black community will ultimately require the mobilization of the political strength of the black community on a number of fronts (employment, culture, technology, international relations), and the exercise of effective black decision making authority within each of them. (JD)

Dewey's notion of applying the method of social intelligence to the solution of social problems is critically reviewed with special emphasis on his failure to come to terms with the question of concentrated social power in America. Theoretical ambiguities as well as unclear ideas on the practical agencies of social change are pointed out. (DS)