Professional educators, practitioners, and educational researchers should reflect upon and be self-critical of their professional attitudes and activities. Success in achieving educational goals depends upon a change in predominating attitudes and recognition of interdependency. (Author/CJ)

Data from national surveys by the American Sociological Association contrast what deans say about their support of teaching and what department chairs and faculty members perceive to be the level of administrative support for teaching in their institutions. It is argued that deans miscommunicate their feelings. (MSE)

The president of Notre Dame University offers some advice for college presidents. Included are developing courage to make unpopular decisions, learning to live without praise, sharing leadership with others, and giving credit where it is due. Relationships with trustees, faculty, and students are also discussed. (JMD)

In the Israeli educational system, the use of school management information systems has required the creation of a new position: school computer administrator (SCA). This article examines the SCA's responsibilities and interrelations with the principal, subject coordinators, homeroom teachers, and teachers. Also, assesses the SCA's impact on…

Questionnaires were sent to the 22 American Art Therapy Association approved graduate programs to survey the conditions of art therapy educators. With few exceptions, the data from the 16 respondents indicate that salaries are lower than national university faculty salary averages, that few are tenured, and that course loads are high. (Author/LSR)

The process of designing the Yale University (Connecticut) World Wide Web page "front door" is described, including its conceptualization, evolution through technological advances and attitudinal change, achievement of consensus through an interdepartmental advisory team, constituency response, and expectations about future change. (MSE)

The Boston (Massachusetts) Institute for Health Improvement formed an Interdisciplinary Professional Education Cooperative linking four local interdisciplinary teams (in Cleveland; Washington, DC; Pennsylvania; and South Carolina) and a coordinating committee. The organization offers health professions students opportunities to work on…

This paper responds to the Institute of Medicine's 1995 report concerning the present status and future needs of dental education in the United States. It stresses that the dental profession does not want dentistry integrated into medicine though it recognizes the need for a closer association, for changes in the accreditation process, and for a…

Presents a Latina professional's observations of the world of meanings and circumstances that Latina academicians and researchers face in higher education. Identifies public policy implications for higher education, including the need to incorporate ethnographic research studies with institutional analyses, as well as the development of new…

Describes how the common guiding principles of environment, representation, and collaboration in the disciplines of environmental education, early childhood education, and landscape architecture provided the foundation for a school-based garden project. Shows how the gardening activities and integration of the three philosophies helped to enhance…

This directed qualitative research project concentrated on an instructional designer's expert qualities and their interrelatedness to interpersonal dynamics with faculty in terms of the role the instructional designer plays. The designer's personal practical theories and their relationships to his/her effectiveness as an instructional designer are…

Delineates the role of mentors for first year science teachers in assisting with policies and procedures, the community, and implementing model strategies. (DDR)

This article discusses the need to incorporate research findings in developmental psychopathology, psychiatric comorbidity, and psychopharmacology in school mental health programs to enable early detection and primary prevention of emotional and behavioral disorders in students. A response stresses the need for a multidisciplinary approach.…

The Lowell, Massachusetts, district technology administrator and team have assumed responsibility for determining the requirements for technology and establishing the specifications and selection of equipment. Joint discussions with the architect are held to develop appropriate infrastructure and educational spaces. (MLF)

A professor and dean emeritus at a school of social services describes a typical day, highlighting the variety of constituencies served (administrative services, academic vice president, faculty, student association, donors, city administration, public service organizations, local hospital, alumni), tasks to be accomplished, issues to be…