A study testing the theory of leadership effectiveness contains a description and discussion of an investigation of the relationship between principal-teacher-student interaction and school effectiveness. From the results, it is suggested that leadership in the school has an effect on organizational effectiveness. (Author/TLJ)

Discusses the complex nature of college leadership especially in terms of community colleges. Claims that the central feature of leadership problems is a deep mismatch between the conceptions of individual leaders and key features of the organizations they lead. Concludes that civilization will not survive without civil leaders. (JS)

Discusses results of a 2001 survey of 128 community college instructional leaders, in which respondents identified skills necessary to effective community college leadership. Reports that communication skills were noted as most important, especially the ability to listen and offer feedback; leadership skills, such as developing a vision, were also…

Instructional leadership is a thoughtful journey that builds and sustains learning cultures. School leaders must confront negative norms and values head-on and recognize and celebrate a learning environment. Offers ideas for shaping and reinforcing a positive learning culture and lists brief case studies. (MLF)

Thomas Gordon's "Leadership Effectiveness Training" text states that for successful relationships to develop and persist in the workplace, mutual needs satisfaction must occur. A college instructor used the overall theme of Gordon's book to convey her own needs as a teacher to an organizational behavior class and ascertain her students'…

The effectiveness of an academic leader in higher education may depend less on getting the community to follow the leader's vision and more on his/her influencing the community to face its problems. Effective leadership is informed more by judgment and experience than by science; if higher education persists in using business techniques, it will…

Offers five suggestions to college presidents for enhancing the college-community relationship: attending most community or neighborhood meetings to which invited; having the public affairs staff build a mailing list of community representatives; being prepared to do special favors; building an institutional tradition of community service; and…

Summarizes a study probing the relationship among leadership, effective planning, and resource management in four British secondary schools, highlighting environmental and school culture influences. Headteachers work along a continuum balanced between systems organization and an integrative culture. Schools with rational planning approaches are…

Describes a study of 180 full-time college employees that examined how various job groups in the community college used different kinds of conflict communication behaviors, and if those behaviors were related to institutional climate. Finds that years of experience and satisfaction with leadership were associated with job satisfaction and the use…

The role of secondary administrators, including but not limited to principals, guidance directors, curriculum supervisors, department chairs, and special education directors, is important to the success of students with disabilities. Administrators equipped with the knowledge and skills to support the implementation of evidence-based practices of…

Purpose: To deepen the understanding and to encourage further research on leadership best practices for sustaining quality improvement in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: The literature on leadership provides the theoretical context for the survey of quality managers from 42 UK HEIs. A mix of questionnaires,…

This article considers the relationship between distributed leadership and school improvement. Drawing upon empirical evidence from two contemporary studies of successful school leadership and recent studies of school improvement, it explores the extent to which distributed forms of leadership can contribute to school improvement. The article…

The author reviews the evolution of the Circulation Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Library and Information Center from 2001 to the present. It is shown how a traditional circulation department with poor customer relations transformed itself by adopting innovative policies and services leading to improved customer…

Sustainable educational leadership--leadership which leaves a legacy that lasts beyond the leader's professional lifetime--is very much in fashion nowadays. A recent edition of this journal was devoted entirely to the topic (Hargreaves 2005a). However, it is important to ensure that, together with leadership itself, the impact of leadership is…

A group of top suburban Chicago districts banded together to learn what it takes to truly be "world-class."