This is a preliminary and tentative exploration of the significance of state authority for the governing of state universities. My limited purpose is to describe the nature of that authority and its apparent impact on university responses to the changing expectations of a new generation of students and faculty."

In an address to Association of American Colleges (Houston, Texas, January 1970), Bloustein outlines the new academic order needed to stop the current erosion of traditional authority on college campuses. (IR)

Four bases of power and three types of peer groups are assessed on the behavioral or attitudinal conformity that each is likely to elicit. (Author)

This article is based on an address at the Department of Elementary School Principals (NEA) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

An investigation of the effect of social power (defined in terms of instructors' manipulation of resources and students' dependence) revealed that the instructors' style of resource manipulation was significantly correlated with graduate students' mood and morale. Findings demonstrate the importance of social power for understanding classroom…

It is proposed that racial policy and practice only "manage" racism and are based on a fear of alternative policy that might undermine the values or power of dominant groups. Principles suggested to demanage racism include removing practices that only ameliorate, legitimate, or institutionalize the conditions supporting racism. (MSE)

Outstanding administrators tend to require less formal structure and depend more on interpersonal relationships. Leadership is as much a personal quality as a skill learned and based as much on life experience as on academic training. (Author/MSE)