A profile of the modern French executive, in terms of educational background, lifestyle, salary, and preoccupations. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Contends that effective teamwork on the part of school staff will result in an effective program. The principal's role as team organizer and coordinator, say the authors, is crucial. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the type of person who becomes principal, the authority-responsibility of the principal, and the nonteaching resocialization of the principal and then offers a six-step model for eliminating the principalship. (Author/IRT)

Specific recommendations are offered to institutional search committees for identifying candidates, determining their leadership abilities, and selecting first-rate academic administrators. The author's guidelines are based in part on his experience with the ACE Fellows Program in Academic Administration. (Author/LBH)

A review of school-reform literature reveals that the school principal is the key player in all successful reforms. The effective-schools movement recognized the importance of quality leadership by consistently identifying strong instructional leadership as instrumental in creating a school climate conducive to student success. This descriptive…

This booklet is one in a series of "hot topics" reports produced twice a year by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. These reports briefly address current educational concerns and issues as indicated by requests for information that come to the Laboratory from the Northwest region and beyond. Each booklet contains a discussion…

Recent data show a gradual increase in the number of women in administrative positions; however, women continue to be underrepresented in leadership. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the attitudes of superintendents and school board presidents toward women in educational leadership. The 1996 national survey repeated a similar…

During the last 20 years, the number of women enrolled in educational-administration graduate programs increased; however, the number of men employed in positions of educational administration continue to outnumber women. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the attitudes of school board presidents and district superintendents…

This research project explored the manner in which veteran school principals learn of, and become committed to, new perspectives and practices. Personal stories of formative and transformative change from the careers of 23 school principals were collected and analyzed comparatively. Four analytic frameworks emerged from the project and provide a…

A profile of the purchasing agent, determined by a survey, indicates personal, professional and institutional characteristics. (Editor)

This paper orients itself to explore the mission of art institutions in society, analyze the characteristics of art as a "good" (and the business repercussions of those characteristics) and subsequently attempts to highlight the specific challenges art poses for managerial processes. (Author)

Effective debate skills make for good boardmanship. (Author)

Believing that there is substantial need to reappraise much of what's being done under the guise of innovation, the author hopes to stimulate administrators and teachers to evaluate programs in terms of actual contributions made to the teaching-learning experience. (Editor)

Author differentiates and describes flexibility and drift and also unites them with the neutral concept of style flex" in discussing managerial effectiveness; checklists are included. (Editor/SP)