Presents child care center directors with a variety of relevant management ideas from business and the child care field. They include translating employee body language; leadership myths; on-the-job teacher training; undesirable bosses; wasting employee talent; voicing disagreement; employee anger; encouraging creativity; and coping with late…

Some advice on attracting good people for a college administrative team, including the toughest positions to fill, searching outside academe, improving confidentiality, and how to find the best candidates is presented. (MLW)

Studies the leadership behavior characteristics among occupationally mobile and nonmobile superintendents to find consistent qualities of the mobile group. (JW)

A sample of 225 secondary level public school principals completed a questionnaire assessing manipulativeness, job satisfaction, and locus of control. Results showed external locus of control positively associated with manipulativeness and low job satisfaction. Internal locus of control was positively related to nonmanipulativeness and high job…

Presents a selection of literature on the subject of women in management, emphasizing the most noted authors and studies of the 1970s and 1980s. This article looks at the characteristics of these women, their successes, and their future as managers. (CT)

Questions relative to unit strengths and weaknesses, mission, resource allocation, and desired leadership characteristics should be addressed prior to beginning a dean selection process. Responses to these questions may help instititions find a dean who can provide the desired type of leadership. (DF)

Higher education is seen as an industry. The roles of a faculty member who manages a department or a division in an institution are discussed including: planner, evaluator, recruiter, innovator, motivator, and entrepreneur. Faculty members need to increase productivity. (MLW)

A profile of the modern French executive, in terms of educational background, lifestyle, salary, and preoccupations. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Contends that effective teamwork on the part of school staff will result in an effective program. The principal's role as team organizer and coordinator, say the authors, is crucial. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the type of person who becomes principal, the authority-responsibility of the principal, and the nonteaching resocialization of the principal and then offers a six-step model for eliminating the principalship. (Author/IRT)

Specific recommendations are offered to institutional search committees for identifying candidates, determining their leadership abilities, and selecting first-rate academic administrators. The author's guidelines are based in part on his experience with the ACE Fellows Program in Academic Administration. (Author/LBH)

A review of school-reform literature reveals that the school principal is the key player in all successful reforms. The effective-schools movement recognized the importance of quality leadership by consistently identifying strong instructional leadership as instrumental in creating a school climate conducive to student success. This descriptive…

This booklet is one in a series of "hot topics" reports produced twice a year by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. These reports briefly address current educational concerns and issues as indicated by requests for information that come to the Laboratory from the Northwest region and beyond. Each booklet contains a discussion…

Recent data show a gradual increase in the number of women in administrative positions; however, women continue to be underrepresented in leadership. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the attitudes of superintendents and school board presidents toward women in educational leadership. The 1996 national survey repeated a similar…

During the last 20 years, the number of women enrolled in educational-administration graduate programs increased; however, the number of men employed in positions of educational administration continue to outnumber women. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the attitudes of school board presidents and district superintendents…