Effective departmental chairmen may exhibit characteristics such as ability to recruit promising faculty, a capacity for decisive thinking and action, and support of good teaching; less desirable characteristics were being first among equals, fund raising, and being highly identified with one's own discipline. (Editor)

Co-director of the NASSP study dealing with the work of assistant principals discusses various aspects of the study, including the crisis orientation" of most assistant principals. (SP)

Describes a comprehensive plan of procedure for the selection of a school superintendent. (MF)

A reexamination of the significant research done in the decade from 1956-1966 and a revision of this list to include work up to 1971. Human characteristics, equality of educational opportunity, development of the individual, nature of intelligence, methodology of educational research, and principles of learning are some of the areas covered. (RB)

A history of Finley's tenure of office. (MF)

With demonstrations, strikes and protest widespread on the campus, many colleges have turned to men who score high on administrative ability but low on charisma, whose managerial style may provide peace in our time but prevent needed institutional change. (Editor)

Describes and compares findings of two studies made a decade apart and in different parts of the country covering role perceptions of elementary school principals -- what they thought their roles actually were and what they thought they should be. (Author)

An analysis of the philosophy, administrative procedures, and personal style of new administrators as an example of what may become a general trend in schools. (JF)

Interactions between three styles of supervisory and three styles of subordinate behavior were studied. Cross cultural similarities in the relationships due to supervisory-subordinate interactions were found, but there were differences when each style was considered separately. (DB)

Educators in Vermont are making a determined effort to relate the education of their students to their needs and desires. Courses in photography, special programs, and relaxed restrictions are some of the techniques employed to achieve this goal. (CK)

Presents an outline for a course designed to acquaint the school principal with the reading process, since he has the primary responsibility for the school reading program and the great potential to improve reading on a school-wide basis. (MB)

Surveyed 212 chief student affairs officers to study career paths, individual characteristics, and the influence of school size on responsibilities. Results showed few changes in responsibilities in recent years. Those administrators from small colleges tended to have more experience in and preparation for student affairs work. (JAC)

Presents a tongue-in-cheek system for classifying educational administrators into four categories (Artful Dodger, Commander in Chief, Leader of the Pack, and Facilitating Master) according to leadership style and administrator characteristics. A brief sampler survey is included. (JAC)