This publication provides an overview of the most recent ideas on psychological stress and ways to reduce it, with particular attention to the impact of stress on administrative personnel. Major sections of the publication focus on the nature of the educational administrator's job, definitions of stress, responses to stress, consequences of…

This publication is meant to be a guide for governing boards, search committees, and presidential aspirants. It describes the main ingredients in the process of selecting the chief executive of a college or university campus. It is meant to be instructive to all the participants. Following a brief comment on higher education in the 1970's, the…

This book is the outcome of a survey of college presidents and other personnel at 42 institutions. The authors draw a composite portrait of the president, his job, and the institution he serves. (MJM)

A study to provide an empirically based conceptualization of the state directors of community junior colleges and their staffs was conducted. A questionnaire to provide information on the administrators was mailed to the state directors of 48 states. Questions concerned the length of time the director had been in office, the place where the…

The schools, bombarded by several forces both externally and internally, have become enmeshed in an accountability syndrome. The school principal, as usual, is right in the middle and is being asked with greater frequency to become accountable for his administrative performance. In order to cope with this situation, the principal must take the…

This speech reports on a study of 62 educational administrators that supplies empirical evidence in support of the contention that there are significantly different profiles associated with different occupational-career groups. Utilizing the Rokeach Value Survey Form D, the authors surveyed and compared the value configurations of 12 distinct…

Verbal interaction with the various segments of school and community is the principal's most time consuming and important activity. This article reports a study of how verbal expression can affect a school's climate. (Editor)

The naivete this superintendent displayed was in not asking his school board to put its directives in writing. (IRT)

Data obtained from the administration of the Charismatic Authority Scale to administrators serving under 182 Kentucky school superintendents indicate that superintendents of long tenure are perceived as possessing greater charismatic authority than are superintendents of shorter tenure. (Author/IRT)

Performance appraisal for administrators in higher education is an absolute, but good appraisal reflects both sensitivity and a knowledge of institutional and individual rights. Common deficiencies of appraisal systems, methods, purposes of administrative appraisal, goal-setting, and guidelines for conducting appraisal interviews are discussed.…

The internship program at Texas A & M University structures a program that blends state certification requirements with the needs and aspirations of the student. (Author/MLF)

Data from a national sample of academic library directors were used to determine their educational attainment, previous professional experience, selection processes through internal or external channels, and whether male or female directors tend to be appointed through internal or external progression. (JAB)

This paper presents baseline data about the incumbency of Australian vice-chancellors who held appointments from 1963 to 1983. Findings are that the average length of the incumbency has declined from 13.6 years to 8.0 years and that the subsequent period will witness even higher rates of turnover. (TE)

Contains the text of the "Quickie Leadership Quiz," designed to help day care administrators evaluate their performance as leaders. Also provides interpretations for answers to the quiz. (SKC)

The "Theory D" executive is a decision planner who loves donors and designs big dreams, who marshals the energies of staff and volunteers systematically toward the long-range goals of the organization. A dozen traits of the "Theory D" executive are described. (Author/MLW)