The three approaches to bring about organizational change and meet the Los Angeles school district crisis are: administrative reorganization, curriculum and instructional improvements, and staff development. (JF)

Job change patterns of academic administrators were studied, focusing on trends for different groups of administrators. The prevalent pattern was for persons to assume their current positions from within institutions. Job changes within and across colleges and universities differed based on personal and career characteristics including gender and…

Interviewed 21 women executives who entered the job market in the 1960s and achieved success in corporate management. Compared profiles with an earlier study. Results indicated that being an only or first child and having a college education are still important, but not crucial, factors for success. (Author/RC)

Describes a study which identified and compared the sex-role attitudes of Missouri secondary school vocational administrators, counselors, and teachers classified by selected personal and educational characteristics. Research methodology, data analysis, study findings, and recommendations are included. (CT)

Analyzes the findings of a survey of faculty and administrators at l06 high schools in Indiana to determine the role and function of the assistant principal. Examines the educational and professional background, aspirations, and job responsibilities of assistant principals. (CAM)

A paradigm is presented on administrative decision-making processes. The paradigm includes the possibility of developing a new policy as part of the problem- solving process. (JN)

Considers questions of educational administration from an organization theory perspective, focusing on managerial attention as a coupling mechanism. Structured observations of minute-by-minute attention protocols for five first-line education program managers reveal relationships between an education program and its larger bureaucracy and the…

Explains how affective education for students, teachers, and administrators can save schools money on such items as substitute pay, student retention, vandalism, and teacher transfers. (Author/JM)

Summarizes results of a national survey of the concerns and characteristics of school board members. Presents board members' concerns by school system size and compares these concerns with those of the general public. (JM)

A school administrator describes her experience in developing her administrative skills at the National Association of Secondary School Principals Assessment Center. (JM)

The successful college alumni director is one who can meet the professional challenge of providing opportunities for alumni to serve their alma mater and initiating programs and functions that serve alumni. Qualifications are identified: people skills, dedication, enthusiasm, honesty, good communicator, humility, and good money management. (MLW)

The California Psychological Inventory was administered to male engineers, engineering-trained managers, and non-engineering-trained managers. Engineering managers share with other managers a preference for leadership roles but their elevation on psychological mindedness shows a more pragmatic analytical and less intuitive approach to management…

Creating the climate in which fund raising takes place is a key presidential responsibility. Trustee relations, staff supervision, budget control, program objectives and development, and effective influence are other tasks. (Author/MSE)

We need school leaders who are sincere, credible, and compassionate. They must be able to stand by difficult decisions, to place quality education above everything else, and to attain objectives while still preserving the democratic principles of equity, justice, and fairness. (Author/IRT)