Discusses evaluation problems of child care staff. Reviews the use of performance statements as an objective and concrete evaluation system. (RJC)

Forty-five principals were interviewed concerning their experiences with and perceptions about serious incidents of teacher misconduct. The principals protected the image of the school by heading off, dampening, and containing the incidents. They preferred to resolve incidents in-house, but resorted to formal sanctions when necessary. (Author/DC)

The author explores the arena of decision making peculiar to school administrators. Dilemmas confronting school principals are discussed: (1) conflicting expectations and demands; (2) adversary position of the principal; (3) simultaneous dual interpretations of the school systems; and (4) duality of goals of the educational organization. Modes of…

Value is the benefit derived from an enterprise's assets by its stakeholders. For colleges and universities, value is derived by students, faculty, staff, other knowledge seekers, alumni, donors, suppliers, and stakeholders. They derive value through experiencing the institution's programs, services, knowledge assets, and other resources. This…

In an attempt to better understand the values that Korean educational administrators associate with leadership, researchers surveyed a random sample of 292 subjects in South Korea in the spring of 2000. Using several well-tested instruments, the researchers were able to report findings of relevance to scholars interested in cultural influences on…

The distinctive circumstances, requirements, and attitudes of the federal bureaucracy are contrasted with the culture of other elements of American society and disadvantages of this cultural conflict are discussed. Suggestions are made for policies that might result in more effective and more generally acceptable government programs. (CTM)

Advocates the use of the Total Quality Management (TQM) model for libraries to survive financially and to retain their customers. An award for library quality based on the Malcolm Baldridge Award is proposed to enable institutions to use an evaluation procedure that rewards a commitment to continuous improvement. (Contains five references.) (EAM)

Compares a successful childcare director to an effective coach and adapts the following suggestions for administrators: (1) be a good scout; (2) warm up; (3) offer training camp; (4) get signals straight; (5) use visible scoreboard; (6) consult the team; (7) stay focused; (8) remember the seventh inning stretch; (9) be a model; and (10) create…

Presents the roundtable discussion held in the Moscow Oblast (region) Department of Education with department administrators, heads of city and raion (district) departments and administrators, and directors of educational institutions in the Moscow area. Includes topics such as the problems of administration, innovative endeavors in the schools,…

Change is a feature of life in all communities and results in heightened demands being made of individuals and organizations alike. In the school setting administrators and classroom teachers have to respond to a great variety of demands that change has brought. Accountability, in various guises, is one area where changes in societal attitudes…

This study addresses several common shortcomings of current university campus sustainability initiatives, including a lack of attention to integrative issues such as land use, housing, and transportation, and a generally reactive rather than proactive approach to sustainability. To engage these concerns, we develop a model for assessing the…

Every public university is engaged now in serious and ongoing accountability appraisal with significant time and resources dedicated to the task. The academy's commitment to accountability is real. Focusing on accountability for undergraduate education, one of several important functions of public universities satisfies a need, but it should not…

The Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration proposed a business model for universities in 2003. Pressure to change university governance to make it match the business model remains strong, and it is being most actively applied to Oxford and Cambridge. The Oxford and Cambridge governance debates (which began in the 1990s) open up the…

In 1997 a new governance act, based on the principles of New Public Management (NPM) was introduced at Dutch universities. The aims were to realise integrated management, to strengthen the position of executives at the central (executive board) and faculty (dean) levels, to introduce a Supervisory Board at the institution's central level, and to…

This lesson on managing a business, the 11th in a series of 18 units, is part of the first level of a comprehensive entrepreneurship curriculum entitled: A Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). (Designed for use with secondary students, the first level of PACE introduces students to the concepts involved in entrepreneurship…