This document reports the results of a study by a special AASA commission on the status of the superintendency in 1969-70. A stratified sample of superintendents was selected and superintendents were categorized according to pupil enrollments in their school districts. Major topics reported are (1) personal dimensions of the superintendent; (2)…

All School Administrators and Nominees for administrative positions enrolled in an Administrative Staff Improvement Program at Green Bay, Wisconsin, completed a battery of psychological tests (Miller Analogies Test, Concept Mastery Test, and Strong Vocational Interest Blank). The enrollees scored above average on the MAT compared with graduate…

Questionnaires were sent to deans of students at 31 selected Christian colleges with enrollments of 600 and over. Information was solicited on: (1) salary scale and additional benefits; (2) educational background; (3) experience in teaching, counseling and administration, and years in present position; (4) age, sex, and marital status; (5)…

This paper reports on an empirical investigation of teacher and administrator attitudes toward negotiation issues and processes. The study sought to determine the relationship between selected demographic and attitudinal variables and teacher and administrator attitudes toward the scope of the negotiations process. A Collective Negotiations Index…

Few junior college educators would deny the important role of student personnel work in achieving the diverse educational goals to which junior colleges are committed. Since the publication of the findings of the 1965 Carnegie Project, which revealed weaknesses in existing student personnel programs, much attention has been given by educators to…

This article is part of a wider study of career patterns within secondary schools in a Midlands local authority. It is concerned with an investigation of the typical career structure of head teachers from non-selective secondary schools as illustrated by movements over the past twenty-three years. (Editor)

Arguing that the most important job of academic leadership is to restore faith and confidence in education while giving administration a humane perspective, the author advocates return of the president to the role of scholar-moralist-educator as opposed to making him an administrator. (Editor/JT)

The development of administrators is examined in the context of both job role and personal development. This development should proceed in the next few years to acquire some of the sophistication of the faculty development movement, both in terms of technical development and in the application of adult development literature to the higher…

The philosophy of education is presented in seven areas as an everyday guide to action and decision-making. (Author/MLF)

Personal interviews were conducted in 1972 with 22 of the 26 women who were in positions which fall within the first three highest ranking administrative levels of the then 92 community colleges in California. Results of the interviews were combined to provide a profile of the representative top-level women administrator. (Author)

In-house training programs and workshops of "assertive management" have been conducted by the Assertion Training Institute, whose goal is to help managers overcome their self-imposed hesitations and obstacles while teaching them communication skills. (LBH)

Reviews contemporary social psychology research relevant to the relationship between administrators and teachers. Control and collaborative approaches are proposed and their effects on the processes and effectiveness of schools outlined. (Author/IRT)

For more than 55 years Ralph Tyler's energy and intelligence have gone into helping educators do a better job. His accomplishments and outlook for the future are described. (LBH)

Suggests a few critical points for the future assistant principal to check out and some effective discipline strategies for handling discipline problems. (RK)

Describes changes in management structures on college campuses that have led to the emergence of the position of chief information officer (CIO) to improve information services. The merging of new information technologies with traditional resources is discussed, the responsibilities of CIOs are described, and possible future developments are…