Before higher education proceeds further with its use of the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach, it should examine TQM mistakes and accomplishments by previous users in the business sector, then create its own model for appropriate and effective TQM application. (MSE)

This article offers six principles of feminist thinking: (1) the power of naming; (2) invisibility of women's work; (3) circular progress; (4) what constitutes knowledge and knowing; (5) feminist values of equality, inclusion, and diffusion of power; and (6) the personal as political. The principles are applied to human resource management in…

After delineating wider context of Coalition of Essential Schools restructuring in Illinois, paper explores principal's changing role in four schools immersed in restructuring process. Factors inhibiting role changes in shared governance system were lack of stability, support, trust, and commitment. Factors promoting change were new conceptions of…

Men's responses to women's demands for educational equality during three peak periods of activism for women's equality (mid-nineteenth century, turn of the century, and contemporary era) are examined for the insight they offer into the different issues and shifting arguments for and against gender equality in this and other arenas. (MSE)

A study created and compared two composite college presidential leadership styles, based on analysis of the effects of new presidents. The impact of one type's leadership was primarily on satisfaction and morale, the other's on structural and physical features of the institution. Results suggest new presidents should integrate the two approaches.…

Describes the results of a needs analysis conducted to determine the requirements of teachers who wish to restructure their classrooms. The development of Strategic Teaching Frameworks, a hypermedia system to aid teachers and administrators in adopting new approaches to teaching, is explained; and tools and resources needed for change are…

Issue management is the tracking of social change and the forecasting of the effect it will have on a school district. Explains seven requirements in setting up an issue-management program in schools and offers tips on communicating with the community. (MLF)

First step toward creating staff interest in and capacity for change is realizing things could be wrong. Second is recognizing growth-inhibiting factors, such as narrow job and role definitions, evasion of responsibility, focus on events instead of long-term patterns, intellectual isolation and quick fixes, and structural fragmentation. True…

Describes guidelines that a rural Minnesota school district followed to implement inclusion of handicapped students in the regular classroom: administrative support, small-group inservice, floating substitute teachers, ongoing follow-up, ongoing communication, documentation of Individualized Education Plans (IEP), and team teaching. (LP)

Unsuccessful at easing teachers into heterogeneous grouping practices, an Indiana principal used a small grant allowing teachers to view thematic instruction, cooperative learning, and flexible-scheduling innovations at sister schools. For a modest cost (substitutes, lunch, and mileage), teachers made greater attitude changes in one year than…

It is argued that modification to a college's promotion and tenure system requires commitment and participation by both faculty and administration. The roles of the president, administration, and committees are examined, a four-step process of change is outlined, and specific issues to address in creating a climate for change are enumerated. (MSE)

Recent (1990-92) college and university task force reports on faculty rewards reveal changing expectations about faculty's role, changing standards and methods for evaluating faculty performance, and a rethinking of the aims and means of rewarding teachers. It is concluded that administrative and faculty leadership and innovative reforms are all…

It is argued that, if elementary/secondary education is in desperate condition, and higher education has been reasonably successful in its survival tactics, it could do more to help the educational reform movement, especially through support of teacher education, direct faculty involvement in K-12 programs, and stronger political support for…

It is argued that the current agenda for improving teacher education only seeks to improve the present system. A new, radically restructured approach would train teachers to learn from their experiences, communicate clearly, know their subject matter, integrate ideas into practice, apply learning theory and child development principles, and…

This paper describes institutional reforms implemented at Kfar Tikvah, an Israeli community for 126 moderately mentally retarded individuals. The process of changing to the organizational structure used in the kibbutz system is examined through descriptions of reforms in everyday life, social life, and work and economic independence. (JDD)