This report is based on interviews of 18 school superintendents who demonstrate the quality know as resilience. The 14 men and 4 women averaged 17 years as superintendent, serving 3 rural, 13 suburban, and 2 urban school districts. It was found that resilient superintendents deal with challenges in positive ways. They do not dwell on the negative…

This book is for administrators, aspiring administrators, and those who are interested in how schools operate on a day-to-day basis. Many principals will recognize the stressors that are described and that typify a shared-leadership school. Chapter 1 focuses on communication as the foundational skill for all principals, a skill that entails as…

The participant's manual contains training materials for a national conference on mobilizing resources and fund raising in agencies concerned with promoting independent living for people with disabilities. Preliminary materials include the conference agenda, background information about the trainers, organizational information on Independent…

Author exemplified why management by objectives shouldn't be the basis for salary administration. (Editor)

Adapted from an address to the faculty, September 14, 1970, on the concerns of a college presidential selection committee. (IR)

Explored the relationship of professionalization and rational corporate management. Subjects were 320 engineers in a merged manufacturing firm. Results indicated a relationship between graduate degree activity and organization membership, and confirmed that engineers exhibit greater professionalization in a rationally managed organization. (WAS)

Offers ten tips intended to help administrators make decisions and resolve conflicts. (Author/JM)

The American Association of University Professors has since its inception assumed responsibility not only for promulgating principles and standards in academic relationships but also for implementing them in specific situations. The organization deals with over 2,000 inquiries a year, some leading to processing of formal complaints. (Author/MSE)

The role of school administrators can be analyzed according to motivation of employees, encouragement of employees to reach their potential, and two-way communication with employees. (MLF)

Change and continuity in university administration is discussed in the British university context. It is argued that while there is no ideal form of university management, change should be accompanied by a degree of continuity, particularly because the nature of university activity relies heavily on individuals of high academic quality functioning…

Education is a fundamentally moral enterprise. Educational administration must change to reflect ethics at its core. Traditional educational administration is informed by constructs of power and leadership and has developed knowledge bases on modest theoretical grounds. Together these elements dominate discourse and inhibit the dialog necessary…

Kindergarten programs in public schools generally have an academic/ formal orientation or an intellectual/experiential orientation. This article highlights the fundamental differences between the two approaches by examining current curriculum, policy and staffing, and administrative practice regarding kindergarten. (IAH)

For beginning principals, delegation is an important skill and an effective way to learn about staff members. After defining the school's strengths and weaknesses, a principal can set concise, realistic goals and communicate them to the school community. A general blueprint for action (including communication, assessment, planning, and…

This paper explores the nature of the contribution that can be made to administrative theory by recent developments in the philosophy of science and the emerging new views of science: notably, the arguments of Richard Bates and Thomas Greenfield. These emerging views of science can sustain a science of administration that escapes their major…