A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF 85 ADMINISTRATORS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS BROUGHT 66 RETURNS, WHICH WERE TABULATED, ANALYZED, AND REPORTED. THE TYPICAL ADMINISTRATOR (1) WAS 48 YEARS OLD, MALE, MARRIED, AND WHITE, (2) HAD AN ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, A COLLEGE MAJOR IN INDUSTRIAL ARTS OR INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION, AND A…

A 77 PERCENT RESPONSE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 312 PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS LED TO OBSERVATIONS WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING--(1) ALTHOUGH PRESIDENTS SPENT MOST OF THEIR TIME IN MATTERS OF STAFF, PUBLIC RELATIONS, FINANCES, AND STUDENTS, THEY PREFERRED TO WORK WITH STAFF, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND STUDENTS. (2)…

The primary qualifications of a school superintendent are reviewed as a guide to boards of education in the selection of a new administrator. Topics discussed include the characteristics of a good superintendent, his responsibilities, his relationships with the school system and the school board, procedures for his selection (i.e., announcement of…

These certification standards are based upon the Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Code governing teacher preparation and certification. The requirements are state minimums, which colleges and universities may choose to exceed in preparing candidates to be recommended for licensure. Certification standards are subject to change. (MM)

This study investigates the relationships that exist between the amount of formal athletic experience of recreation administrators and (1) their scores on interpersonal relations questionnaires and (2) their propensity towards risk-taking. The subjects are 545 practicing professional public recreation administrators located throughout the United…

This study was conducted to ascertain the most important personal characteristics of community college presidents. In spring 1973, an inventory of personal characteristics was sent to the presidents of 112 institutions; 92 (83 percent) of those sampled responded. The survey form asked respondents to provide descriptive background data and to place…

This report is a distillation of an extensive analysis of the governance patterns of 50 private, senior, predominantly Negro colleges and universities. At the time of the investigation (1967-68) these institutions had 33 percent of the enrollment of all predominantly Negro colleges. The purpose of the study was to delineate the structures of the…

This study analyzes sources of instability in the formal authority of administrators in large U.S. universities, the perspectives by which campus executives attempt to cope with these problems, and the effects on present and future executives' legitimacy. The findings of a survey of attitudes held by 526 executives in 69 large and prestigious…

This study proposed a graduate curriculum for the preparation of community college chief administrators. The proposal was based on research findings obtained from four major sources: selected educational literature; descriptions of existing programs in selected colleges and universities; queries of board presidents of selected community colleges…

The office of the community college president and the individuals who serve in it are the concern of this monograph. Data were initially obtained through questionnaires answered by 438 community college presidents. Subsequent information was received from the presidents' wives, secretaries, and second-ranking administrators; deans, presidents of…

The purpose of this research was to determine the personal characteristics of board of trustee members in the State of Illinois, their attitudes toward junior college functions, and the relationship between their personal characteristics and attitudes. Pertinent data were collected from 215 (87.8% of the potential 245) board members serving during…

This survey was designed to measure the level of professional development of student financial aid administrators; their academic background, their professional characteristics, and their needs for future development. A questionnaire was mailed to student aid administrators at 600 institutions of higher education located in nine southern states. A…

In this study the correlational relationships among supervisory styles of science department heads, selected affective components of their science programs, and other personal and institutional variables were investigated. The author developed two discriminative, reliable and valid instruments: the Science Supervisory Style Inventory (SSSI) and…

Instructional Management must be carried out so that it is responsive in an accountability sense to the social system; there must be negotiation and communication among a variety of parties; and the work must be understood, accepted, and supported by all key participants. Communication is needed to establish and maintain the system, to resolve…

The research reported is an attempt at construct validation of a proposed measure of administrator authenticity -- Seeman's scale of ambivalence toward leadership ideology. Seeman had implied that leaders who are more ambivalent would be less susceptible to reality distortion. Using Rokeach's dogmatism scale as an indicator of susceptibility to…