Examines problems of librarians responsible for both collection development and reference services, including time demands, unclear supervisory lines, and misunderstanding of collection development. The discussion includes suggestions for improving this situation, e.g., formal reporting lines for both areas, increased communication among…

An anthropologist seeking academic employment reflects on the plight of young, underemployed, often temporary faculty in a difficult job market. Conflicts between expectations and the reality of the stratified academic culture are highlighted. (MSE)

Sexual harassment is abuse of power. It should be prohibited in colleges and universities, not through constraints on academic freedom such as speech codes, but through enforcement of standards of ethical professional conduct. Faculty have an ethical obligation not to engage in harassment and to hold colleagues accountable if they do so. (MSE)

This paper discusses empowerment in higher education, suggests a redistribution and equalization of power and calls for increased collegiality through social exchange in the academic community, rather than adhering to the implementation of the typical corporate model. Includes discussion of supporting literature and organizational relationships…

Investigated the power strategies used to resolve conflict by two groups of black South African children. Showed that the use of power strategies was highly influenced by the children's sociometric status: popular children chose more bilateral strategies, while rejected children favored unilateral power strategies. Gender is an important predictor…

This article discusses ethnographic research and its uses in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher preparation programs. It reviews various sociolinguistically orientated studies, as well as studies informed by a concern for power, politics, and elements of poststructuralism. (32 references) (MDM)

The policy of Arabization is examined as an example of language planning used to pursue and maintain power. The Tunisian language situation is analyzed in terms of education, government administration, and media and general use. It is shown that promotion of Arabization is inconsistent but that bilingualism and biculturalism have been promoted.…

Argues that education has an inherent political dimension. Provides illustrations from various historical periods and societies of the ways in which educators can be considered political actors. Focuses on curriculum decision making, classroom techniques, teacher-student relations, student evaluation, research, institutional politics, unions, and…

To test R. E. Callahan's (1962) theory about superintendents' vulnerability to interest groups, the career of E. C. Hartwell is examined. Hartwell's career in three cities (1914-22) demonstrates the power that a superintendent could acquire and wield. (SLD)

This review of literature describes the status of school-university collaboration and analyzes it as a cross-cultural activity. Differences in school and university cultures are related to four themes: focus, tempo, rewards, and power. Approximately 100 references are listed, including 53 sources of school-university project descriptions. (IAH)

Addresses the identity politics of modern communication and information technologies. These technologies embody social relations of domination and dependence, especially in their construction of specific forms of human subjectivity. The political implications of these construction systems are explored. Six recommendations for political work in…

Bennington College (Vermont) president Elizabeth Coleman is pursuing a controversial plan to transform the institution, financially and intellectually. Debate centers on whether her plan is truly innovative and will return the college to a former vitality or constitutes a hasty housecleaning. Faculty dismissals are under investigation. (MSE)

A discussion of management issues at teaching hospitals reviews their history and examines specific challenges in this context, including the ill-defined middle management level, the relative roles of the manager and department heads, separation and integration of managerial, academic, and medical responsibilities, and financing from more than one…

School effectiveness, rather than distribution of power, is the key school reform issue. The structure of shared decision making should be driven by what administrators and teachers believe is important for kids. In a recently restructured San Diego community school, the principal's primary function as chief executive officer is "keeper of…

Studies 25 male and 33 female college undergraduates' perceptions of how good-bad and powerful-powerless men and women feel during hypothetical social interactions. Results reflect beliefs that men are more powerful than women and that individuals are more powerful in interactions consistent with gender role stereotypes. (SLD)