Explores the relationship between libraries and archives, given that archives frequently are located administratively and physically in libraries. The reasons for this organizational cohabitation, and the need to recognize archives as a unit distinct from the library, are discussed. (CLB)

The purpose of this study was to determine the levels at which decisions are generally made in the public schools of North Carolina and the amount of autonomy vested in the principalship. A questionnaire mailed randomly to 128 principals resulted in 89 usable replies. Results are presented. (MT)

This article investigates male domination of coaching using a model which assumes that the structure of the workplace shapes the worker. The effects of three structural determinants on the number of females who enter and leave coaching are explored. Suggestions to improve the workplace for women coaches are made. (Author/MT)

Explores the concepts of authority, patriarchy, and professionalization as they relate to professions in which women predominate--teaching, nursing, librarianship, and social work. Sex-typing of jobs and qualitative differences between male- and female-dominated professions are considered. Sixteen references are listed. (MES)

Principals' goals of a highly motivated faculty and and effective school are not mutually exclusive. Evidence from an organizational study indicates that adherence to agreed-upon values accompanied by encouragement of individual autonomy promotes high morale among employees. (14 references) (CJH)

The question of who should train teachers and control teacher education is not new, but first it is necessary to determine what a teacher should be. Then goals should be to find the best models of teacher education, provide alternative career paths for teachers, and develop a new national teacher examination. (MT)

Argues that a private-practice model, in which a teacher or groups of teachers would sign a fee-for-service contract for instructional services in a public school, offers both an incentive for performance (which the school district seeks) and an opportunity for innovation (which the teachers seek). (CMG)

Examines how literature is defined in a nonintellectual way and calls for a redefinition of "teaching literature" and of the teaching profession. (CRH)

Although self-employment is a growing career option in Canada, many career practitioners find it personally difficult to make the leap from being an employee to starting a business. E-mail surveys completed by 13 self-employed career practitioners and counselors revealed six key factors that contributed to their business success: vision and…

High quality teaching is hard to obtain without giving teachers greater independence. Meaningful school reform will be stalled until teachers emerge from their marginal positions in the research community and become full partners in the conception and conduct of educational inquiry. Includes 12 references. (MLH)

Reared in a hierarchical environment, teachers in Germany have had difficulty working with team structures despite the benefit of increased professional autonomy. The Holweide Gesamitschule in Cologne, a large comprehensive high school begun in 1975, developed a plan to diminish big-school anonymity and emphasize cooperation among children of…

Describes a Kansas public school district's efforts to develop a synergistic curriculum plan combining the most positive elements of a standardized curriculum with those of a school-based curriculum. Encouraging staff commitment demands mutuality of expectations, dependence, trust, respect, communication, and vision. (MLH)

Uses the Job Characteristics Model and Job Diagnostic Survey instrument to study the effects of 73 San Diego teachers' motivation and satisfaction on participatory management. Teachers are generally dissatisfied by the absence of feedback, autonomy, and task-related interaction. Participatory management opportunities must be differentiated…

Presents issues related to counseling psychologists' role in health care settings in response to previous articles by Alcorn and Altmaier. Discusses psychologists' contributions in the measurement area, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary treatment, lack of social influence of counseling psychologists, and loss of independence of counseling…

A study applying anomie theory to behavior of college faculty, especially as alienation from the academic reward system results in deviation from professional norms of communality, disinterestedness, universalism, and organized skepticism, is reported. Implications for use of norms as interpretive devices, ambivalence of academics toward norms,…