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Williams, Martha – 1982
The way that socialization, via role modeling, can be enhanced in professional education is discussed, and 10 class assignments are used to illustrate teaching methods for enhancing role modeling, based on a course on women in administration at The University of Texas at Austin. Among the objectives of the course assignments are the following: to…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Business Administration Education, Careers, Case Studies
Hoffnung, Robert J. – 1982
The view of education as a liberating, enlightening, individuating process and educational approaches to support this goal are examined. According to Ivan Illich (1970), the social relations within the educational encounter have corresponded closely to the social relations of dominance, subordination, and motivation in the economic sphere. He…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Environment, College Faculty, College Instruction
Washington State Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education, Olympia. – 1969
Washington State's Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education was established in 1965 to advise the legislature and the governor on the need for additional institutions to meet higher education demand. In this report, the council's history and actions are outlined and its recommendations are summarized for eight areas: establishment of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), College Planning
Zoglin, Mary Lou – 1976
This book systematically considers governance in the community college, focusing on how decisions are actually made and describing the roles and interactions of all participant groups in the governance process. Community college governance today is an amalgam of procedures borrowed from colleges, universities and high schools, but there are signs…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges
Berlowitz, Marvin J. – 1977
A critical analysis and interpretation of "The Sorting Machine" by Joel H. Spring is presented. The book, which uses a historical revisionist approach to trace the development and impact of the corporate-government-foundation network on the ideological orientation of the American educational system, makes its greatest contribution by…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Bias, Book Reviews, Educational History
Morris, Van Cleve – 1981
The inner structure of campus management is examined to reveal the human side of personnel management, public and student relations, budget planning, affirmative action, faculty politics, salary disputes, and tenure decisions. The analysis depicts the special situation that results from a dean's management of people who not only are the dean's…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Affirmative Action
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1979
One of a series of pre-apprenticeship phase 1 training modules, this self-paced student training module deals with the influence and importance of an individual's relations with groups, organizations, and individuals beyond his or her immediate working environment and their effect on adjustment to a new job. Included in the module are the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Employee Responsibility
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. – 1976
Proceedings of a 10-state 1976 regional conference on the relationship of the state coordinating agency with the executive and legislative divisions of state government in meeting budget needs for higher education systems are presented as part of an inservice education program. The participating states were Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting, Decision Making
Hanneman, Robert A.; Hollingsworth, J. Rogers – 1978
The paper compares aspects of decision making in health and education in the United States and Great Britain from 1890-1970. The major purpose is to demonstrate variety in the degree of centralization within the two policy areas during this period. Centralization is defined as the degree to which all resources of a given type are controlled by one…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
BARAKAT, HALIM I. – 1966
TEACHER ALIENATION FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS VIEWED AS A THREE-STAGE PROCESS--(1) ALIENATION AT THE SOCIAL AND NORMATIVE STRUCTURE LEVELS, (2) ALIENATION AS AN ATTITUDINAL TENDENCY, AND (3) ALIENATION AS REFLECTED IN BEHAVIOR. RESPONSE DATA WERE ANALYZED FROM A SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL TEACHERS IN THREE SENIOR HIGH…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Classroom Environment, Community Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
MORPHET, EDGAR L.; RYAN, CHARLES O. – 1967
NINETEEN POSITION PAPERS AND ACCOMPANYING SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENTS FOCUS ON ASPECTS OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING STUDIED AT THE THIRD CONFERENCE OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATE PROJECT, "DESIGNING EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE," HELD APRIL 3-5, 1967, IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO IDENTIFY CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Change Agents, Economic Factors, Educational Change
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Perspectives on leadership, the workplace, and changing values are presented in three papers. In "Changing the Shape of Work: Reform in Academe," Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses the structure of academic career paths and ways to improve the quality of worklife for individuals employed in academe, applying theories she developed in her study on work…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Business, College Administration
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Dept. of Postsecondary Education. – 1980
The impact of changing conditions in higher education on state higher or postsecondary education agencies, and the issues facing such boards were examined in a project that also reviewed systems of coordination, governance, and structure. Existing structures were analyzed, especially their strengths and weaknesses in addressing stresses and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role
Glaser, Kurt – 1978
Although the American political system is characterized by commitment to democracy and self-determination, the American government has traditionally taken an interest in the political development of other countries. The recent intervention of the U.S. in the political development of Southwest Africa/Namibia is an example. In the body of this paper…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Developing Nations, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
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Rash, James O., Jr.; And Others – 1979
From 1950 to 1970, the shift from agriculture to industry dominated Ashe County, North Carolina, isolated on the Blue Ridge by rugged terrain and severe weather. Rural farm population declined by 2/3 but rural non-farm population tripled. Many new industries helped shift the bulk of the work force to industry. In 1950, 45% of the work force farmed…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Area Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders
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