Schools, school districts, and school clientele have a pervasive influence upon their principal's behavior through a network of rewards, sanctions and inducements. (Author)

The author describes and discusses the principal's public relations responsibilities. (AN)

The author suggests qualities that a professional must strive for in order to be an actual "professional." These qualities include actively seeking knowledge; being able to accept responsibility; renewing personal vitality; and managing effectively. (CT)

The Z factor is the administrator's self-esteem, a factor that the administrator must work with and understand in order to be successful. (Author/IRT)

Describes the backgrounds of in-house lobbyists in higher education, and explores the perceptions of in-house lobbyists and presidents on the attributes necessary for success as an in-house lobbyist. In-house lobbyists and presidents were interviewed at 20 universities, and a national survey of in-house lobbyists was conducted. (EV)

Developing leadership skills is fundamental to the success of superintendents, technology directors, principals, and classroom teachers. Educational technologists have been spending far too much time, energy, and money on bits and bytes. The focus needs to be shifted from systems to people. Embodied Leadership does not mean having a position of…

In recent years, there has been an explosion of books about leaders and leadership. These range from autobiographical, personal accounts of corporate executives to self-help applications of leadership skills in everyday life handbooks. Regardless of the genre, rarely do more than a few pages in any book about leadership go by before the reader…

This research was carried out in Ceuta, Spain, with the aim of understanding leader's perceptions of multicultural education, their role as leaders and the educative environment of their centres. The city of Ceuta is exceptional: four major cultures coexist in this city (Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu), along with a fifth negligible minority…

The purpose of this study was to investigate Pakistani Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) practitioners' perceptions of the importance of WLP competencies at the present time and in the next five years. The goals were to: (1) identify and characterize a profile of Pakistani WLP practitioners; (2) analyze perceptions of the current and future…

Programs for adults learning English vary widely in size and scope. Some are large, multilevel programs, such as the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP) in Virginia, which has more than 45 staff members, over 100 volunteers, and an array of student services for the 7,500 learners served annually at the program's 7 locations. Others…

A lot is expected of Slovenian principals, yet very little is known about aspiring principals' own expectations of principalship. Currently there is no Slovenian study of aspiring principals, although they represent the majority of those enrolled on the "certification programme" of the National School for Leadership in Education. The…

At professional meetings and conferences, the scarcity of women in the ranks of secondary principalships is very apparent. In 1988 the results of a national survey showed approximately 12 percent of high school principals were female. If skill and ability are not the problems standing in the way of women, why are the numbers so meager? From…

This study represents an attempt to identify elements of leadership strategies of academic administrators through the study of one particular role--the deanship. (JA)

Interview with W. H. Cowley.