The four trends chosen for discussion in this paper represent the impressions of the observer and are selected because of their perceived relevance for persons having a major interest in educational administrator preparation programs. The author observes that (1) educational administration and governance in the public sector are becoming increasingly entwined with general government and public administration; (2) the school board-superintendent team, which has been viewed by the laity as soverign and in fact has exercised considerable power, is becoming increasingly powerless; (3) the decisionmaking process in local school districts is becoming increasingly more open, conflict-laden, and time-consuming; and (4) the traditional relationship between practitioners and professors wherein professors solved real-world problems for practitioners is changing to a relationship wherein practitioners and professors work as equals in problem solving. (Author/WM)