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American Association of University Professors, 2013
The report documents a major breakdown in governance at UVA, focusing on the role of the board of visitors and its rector, Helen Dragas, who initiated the effort to force the president's resignation. It finds that the events at the university resulted from "a failure by those charged with institutional oversight to understand the institution…
Descriptors: Governance, Governing Boards, Administrative Change, College Presidents
Oboegbulem, Angie; Alfa, Idoko Alphonusu – Online Submission, 2013
This study investigated perceived CRSs (conflict resolution strategies) for the resolution of conflicts in non-government secondary schools in Benue State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided this study. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in drawing 15% of the population which gave a total of 500…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Private Schools, Conflict Resolution
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Steck, Andy K.; Perry, David R. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2016
The U.S. secondary school environment often is hostile and exclusionary toward LGBTQ students. Queer theoretical perspectives have served as the conceptual foundation for a phenomenographic study exploring seven high school administrators' perceptions of their experiences with Gay-Straight Alliances. The study results support prior research that…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Educational Environment
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Rudo, Zena H.; Partridge, Mark A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
Charter school stakeholders in South Carolina, including officials at the South Carolina Department of Education, personnel at the Public Charter School Alliance of South Carolina, and leaders of South Carolina charter schools, expressed interest in understanding the leadership characteristics and practices of charter school leaders across the…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Charter Schools, Educational Practices, Educational Innovation
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Diem, Sarah; Frankenberg, Erica; Cleary, Colleen – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2015
Purpose: This article examines factors that affect school board policy making about student diversity within two southern urban-suburban school districts experiencing changing demographics: Jefferson County Public Schools and the Wake County Public School System. Both districts have a history of voluntary integration efforts, and research shows…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Policy Formation, Student Diversity, Urban Schools
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Hendricks, Stacy – Education Leadership Review, 2013
A collaborative superintendent/board relationship is essential to the successful and efficient oversight of a school district. The relationship between the superintendent and the school board lies at the heart of school governance (Callan & Levinson, 2011; Eadie, 2003; McCurdy & Hymes, 1992). To illustrate the importance of a collaborative…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Superintendents, Administrator Evaluation, Board Administrator Relationship
MacTaggart, Terrence – Trusteeship, 2012
As boards and presidents are increasingly in the vanguard of change that disturbs the status quo, they may also find themselves the targets of expressions of concern, censure, and no confidence from faculty members who may be averse to a new order of things or to the manner of bringing it about. Since presidents or other chief executives are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Leadership Styles, Employment Qualifications, College Presidents
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Benson, John – Journal of Research in International Education, 2011
This article explores chief administrator turnover in international schools. Quantitative and qualitative data from the 83 chief administrators who participated in the study suggests that the average tenure of an international school chief administrator is 3.7 years and that the main reason chief administrators leave international schools is…
Descriptors: International Schools, Administrators, Labor Turnover, Tenure
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Earley, Peter; Bubb, Sara – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
It is known that the work of headteachers is demanding. Observation, diaries and logs completed by headteachers show a relentless, complex and emotionally demanding workload. What can be learned about headship from how new headteachers spend their time, and perhaps as importantly, what can new headteachers themselves learn? This article draws upon…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Phenomenology, Observation, Barriers
Domene, Doug – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Despite a vast amount of national research on superintendent tenure, a paucity of research exists as to the degree in which specific factors influence a superintendent's decision to leave a district. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors or combination of factors that may influence a superintendent's decision to leave a school…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Boards of Education, Surveys, Administrator Attitudes
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Urick, Angela; Bowers, Alex J. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2011
Using a nationally representative sample of public high schools (N = 439), we examined the extent to which the principal's perception of their influence over instruction, the evaluation of nonacademic related tasks as well as academic related tasks, and their relationship with the school district relates to their perception of academic climate…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, High Schools, School Districts, Educational Environment
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Naik, B. M. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
The paper presents in brief the need and importance of effective, imaginative and responsible governing boards in colleges and universities, so as to ensure educational quality. BOG should engage fruitfully with the principal and activities in college/ university. UGC, AICTE have now prescribed creation of effective boards for both government and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Administrator Role, Administrator Responsibility
Goff, Susan L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The appointment of interim community college presidents, the topic of this study, is a little understood phenomenon. A growing shortage of community college presidents coupled with a lack of replacements suggests the appointment of interims will continue well into the future. This study, with a purpose of looking at the factors related to the…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Temporary Employment, Community Colleges, Administrator Characteristics
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2012
The selection of a president is a governing board's most important responsibility, and the search process is the board's best opportunity to help guide its institution into a successful new era. This guide outlines the leadership roles during a search (those of the board, the board chair, the search committee, and others), briefs board…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Higher Education, Administrators, Personnel Selection
Smith, Morgan Wilder – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study focuses on how superintendents who have experienced success, as measured by having a school district achieve and consistently achieve in the face of many challenges today. Several key strategies and leadership frameworks that superintendents use are examined through a review of current research and are validated by reviewing the results…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Trust (Psychology), Boards of Education, Board Administrator Relationship
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