This paper analyzes the collaboration between the University of Texas Research and Development Center for Teacher Education and two school systems. The researchers ranked each school district according to seven Stages of Concern. School System A was inner-oriented, with strong personal and management concerns, while School System B was…

Selected issues in educational research and development are discussed as they relate to local educational agencies and institutions of higher education. Local education agencies are defined as public supported schools (elementary, middle/jr. high and high schools) and institutions of higher education as state supported colleges and universities…

Administrative isolation involves the absence of colleagues to share problems, seek advice, offer and receive feedback, and obtain valid information regarding one's professional effectiveness. This condition of administrative isolation is exacerbated for women in administrative roles who are further isolated by their minority status. This paper…

The theories of several contemporary management theorists are examined in order to demonstrate that their administrative stance is that of a person-intensive approach to management. After exploring leadership theory and the positions of Douglas McGregor, John J. Morse, Jay W. Lorsch, Rensis Likert, Bernard M. Bass, William Reddin, George H. Rice,…

To examine the durability of educational changes, researchers studied the school-related factors that promote or hinder the maintenance of classroom instructional changes beyond the initial period of change implementation. A brief review of the literature on change durability also reveals a paucity of research on the subject. The researchers…

The rationale and philosophy for multidisciplinary activities by school psychologists and educators are presented with an emphasis on the acquisition of information on the social context of children's behavior and needs. Multidisciplinary training teams (MDTT) established over an eight-year period in elementary schools in Nashville, Kentucky, are…

Studies on the identification of power bases within five Canadian universities were designed to develop a utility function for each sub-unit that will generate a series of power rankings. The unit of study is the faculty, and the tool is designed to identify the relative power of separate faculties and various combinations of faculties. Two power…

During the twentieth century a movement may be seen toward the delegation of control in college and university governance by governing boards to faculties. By the 1960's, joint effort or shared authority had been achieved on a limited number of campuses, and sought increasingly on others. However, several concomitant developments occurred. The…

A study was conducted to isolate academic, financial, and social policy areas on which there was agreement/disagreement on the appropriate division of authority between college trustees and college presidents. Additional objectives were to examine the views of trustees and presidents concerning the policy and administrative aspects of these…

The role and responsibilities of department heads, and the effects of changing conditions in higher education, are considered, and reference is made to the nursing education department. The department represents an organizational unit as well as an intellectual discipline, and the department head is expected to serve in four roles: leader,…

Finding himself in the midst of a stressful and ambiguous evaluation process, one evaluator reviewed how he played a variety of professional and interpersonal roles while evaluating problem-oriented, team-taught courses at the Center for International Studies, Cornell University. Attention was given to how various interpersonal factors facilitated…

Lectures are concerned with the nurturing of intellect by Maurice Freehill, a new concept in rehabilitation by Bert MacLeech, principles of residential therapy as a tool of rehabilitation by Edward L. French, the progress of special education by Romaine P. Mackie, and behavior principles by Norris G. Haring. The priorities and territories of…

Problems of an interdisciplinary program in university environments where traditional departments have top-billing are the focus of this paper. General conditions that exert a drag and positive factors facilitating the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary international studies program are outlined. The status of undergraduate…

The author discusses the implications of the administrative team concept in three dimensions. The first dimension is the local school level, where concern over middle management involvement in educational policy decisions becomes more significant as employee groups organize to negotiate school policies with the board of education. In the second…

Academic alliances among educators who share ideas about teaching are flourishing in almost every state. First started in foreign languages, they are now being set up in other disciplines, primarily English, geography, history, mathematics, and science. (MSE)