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Peer reviewedFatzer, Jill B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Explores the cases of two states, Louisiana and Ohio, which found budget problems to be the occasion for concerted statewide efforts to improve academic library services. Both states ultimately established statewide multipurpose resource-sharing academic library consortia, supported by electronic library networks, as the solutions to their very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Case Studies, Change Agents
Direct linkBrady, Marion – School Administrator, 2006
In this article, the author discusses his contention that even the best of the best of American schools are not quality schools. He also observes that the curriculum that has been in place since 1892 was the main reason why schools cannot offer the best in quality education. He cites the ten problems that have plagued the American educational…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Change, Role of Education, Constructivism (Learning)
Braxton, John M.; Luckey, William T., Jr.; Helland, Patricia A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
The authors compare the ideal versus actual academic reward structures at a representative sample of nondoctoral four-year institutions and make recommendations. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Scholarship, Rewards
Download full textAdams, J. Q., Ed.; Welsch, Janice R., Ed. – 1993
This book provides pragmatic ideas and analyses from contributors with multicultural backgrounds and educational experiences, on how to implement multicultural education in college and university courses of study; and presents strategies for transforming both the curricula and the training of effective multicultural educators. Section 1 offer…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Counseling, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Opp, Ronald D. – 1992
A study examined the influence of behavioral activities such as teaching, research, and service on faculty career satisfaction using Astin's theory of involvement. The research tested Astin's theory in predicting variations in career satisfaction by disciplinary category, and the contention that disciplinary differences are critical for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
CSR, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
This handbook is for administrators of programs in higher education settings which deal with alcohol and other drug (AOD) related problems. Chapter 1, "Defining the Problem, Issues, and Trends" examines the problem from various perspectives and presents the latest statistics on the extent of AOD use on campuses, specific problems…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Alcohol Abuse, Campuses
Wolensky, Robert P. – 1977
The socialization of sociology graduate students is examined to determine why graduate students often lack professional confidence, promise, and maturity. A review of professional development literature indicates possible problems. The student who lacks professional and occupational objectives, commitment, and works at less than full potential is…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Degree Requirements, Educational Improvement, Educational Problems
Howard, Harold C. – 1978
The call for accountability in higher education has resulted in a demand for the effective use of scarce resources and institutional survival is affected. Since the vitality of an institution is the true measure of its strength, all decisions, including cost-based ones, should be made in terms of their effect on morale and motivation. Faculty, by…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Administration, College Faculty, Cost Effectiveness
LEIBROCK, JOHN BEECHER – 1967
WRITTEN BY A FORMER HOUSEPARENT WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDOCTRINATING NEW HOUSEPARENT PERSONNEL, THE BOOK EXAMINES WHAT IS REQUIRED OF MATURE, EFFECTIVE HOUSEPARENTS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING WHICH SERVES DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS. TOPICS ON TREATMENT INCLUDE THE TREATMENT TEAM, HOUSEPARENTS AND EMOTIONS, A HOUSEPARENT SPEAKS OUT, SO YOU WANT…
Descriptors: Administration, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency
Clark, David L.; Guba, Egon G. – 1976
This document examines eight factors perceived by the researchers to affect or explain individual and institutional behavior for a substantial number of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs), especially in relation to current or projected knowledge production and utilization (KPU) activity. These "contextual…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Moos, Rudolf, Comp.; Max, Wendy, Comp. – 1977
The Social Climate Scales were designed to assess the dimensions of four types of environments: treatment, total institutions, school, and community settings. This report provides abstracts of recent research projects in which the scales have been used. The projects involved use of the Ward Atmosphere Scale, Community-Oriented Programs Environment…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Correctional Institutions, Elementary Secondary Education, Environment
Oviatt, Boyd E.; And Others – 1973
Summarizing and synthesizing seven research studies which focus on the problem of the Alaska Native school dropout, this report describes each research project, identifies research findings, and presents recommendations. The seven studies are presented via consideration of: (1) the characteristics of the student who has dropped out of school;…
Descriptors: Age, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Boarding Schools
Fantini, Mario D. – 1969
The outdated nature of the school as an institution has victimized, not only the clients but the practitioners--not only those outside seeking ways of getting in but those inside the school trying to make it work. The problem is with the form and shape of the institution in which administrators, supervisors, teachers, students, parents,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
Ramsey, Margaret A. – 1977
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that conflict, change, and deviance in school board behavior can be effectively studied and examined within generalized models of culture. In the first section, problems in studying educational cultures are identified and the biased views of educational anthropologists are discussed. Section II presents…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Interrelationships, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Arnold, Michael L. – 2003
Mathematics education is different in rural schools than in non-rural schools. An explanation for this can be found in an open social systems model of schools, in which schools are comprised of interdependent subsystems that function together to transform inputs into outcomes. These are open systems in that external forces in the environment…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Context Effect, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
