The article identifies three commonalities between the dean and department chair (e.g., both must create and reinforce an appropriate organizational identity) and offers five strategies for collaboration related to the areas of professional development, communication, motivation, budget, and evaluation. (MLW)

Based on Gustavus Adolphus College's experience with hiring a consultant for student recruitment, suggestions for optimizing the working relationship are provided. Issues include establishing needs, selecting a firm, setting a schedule, using progress reports, and avoiding communication problems. (MSE)

Offers practical guidelines for collaborative professional writing that are based upon current theory, research, and experience. Defines collaborative writing, lists criteria for selecting co-authors, presents a model for the collaborative writing process, discusses advantages and disadvantages, and offers precepts that will enable collaborative…

This definition of mentoring, focusing on its application to the teaching profession, points out the paradoxes and conflicts in the mentoring process, viewed as a transcendental experience for the mentor and a transformational experience for the protege. (CB)

The possibilities of the use of case literature by mentor teachers to convey theoretical knowledge to beginning teachers and to promote reflection and analysis are explored through a review of the advantages for mentor teachers, beginning teachers, and the school, as well as some obstacles and topics for cases that master teachers could develop.…

Mentor teacher programs counter the organizational defects that hinder effective practice and are critical first step in helping all teachers to foster a working environment of collegial assistance in the interest of improved instruction and student achievement. (CB)

Effective school managers need to establish a mutually acceptable mix of teacher autonomy and administrative control. Three types of autonomy distribution (strategic, administrative, and operational) are discussed, along with four strategies to foster professionalism (professional development activities, mentoring, dual career ladders, and project…

Maintains that the humanities get "screwed" in the academy because they are feminized. Explores this process of "feminization," focusing on college English departments. Offers a different view of the relationship between "soft" humanities and "hard" disciplines, reconceived from a feminist perspective. (SR)

Argues that tolerance does not mean avoidance of conflict; rather, disagreement is inherent in the concept. Asserts that students must be taught how to conduct dialog in a climate of tolerance to risk their ideas and beliefs being altered by the reasoning of others. (SK)

Finds that four models of fund raising, conceptualized from public relations theory, describe the typical ways fund raising is practiced. Shows that press agentry is predominately practiced today, although fund raisers tend to move toward the two-way symmetrical model when conducting major gifts programs as compared to annual giving programs. (SR)

Explains the dynamics of the interaction between the English department and Freshman Writing at the University of Southern California (USC). Asserts that the ideal relationship between Freshman Writing and the English department would be an academic partnership that acknowledges their differing priorities but accommodates these differences by…

Discusses the separation of the Freshman Writing and English department at the University of Southern California (USC). Advocates reengaging the English department with first-year students and with writing. Suggests a move from amicable separation toward reunion, but a reunion defined as reengagement, not remarriage. (PRA)

Suggests that women administrators in higher education must work to change administration from within. Asserts that the model of men in control will survive for another one or two generations. Argues that a lack of collegiality among women administrators is part of the problem. Urges women to resist the conventional paradigm. (SG)

Argues that the nature and meaning of collaborative relationships depend upon their particular, practical context. Describes an ongoing collaborative research project, the Students' Intuitions and Science Instruction Group (University of British Columbia), detailing its research agenda, postulates pertaining to teacher development, collaborative…

In one Massachusetts Institute of Technology building, architect I. M. Pei gave up three crucial areas of the project to three other designers for the purpose of artistic experiment: the main public space; the atrium's skin, with its impact on material and color throughout the building; and the site itself. (MSE)