This report provides information that will hopefully enable those concerned to determine a course of action conducive to filling public school administrative positions with educators who fulfill the expectations demanded of them. Individual approaches to the selection of both superintendents and principals are offered. Appendixes contain (1)…

The author contends that school administration has been suffering from inbreeding -- the result of the selection by chief school administrators of only those people who could present proven track records for decisionmaking positions. In an effort to learn whether this narrow view of school superintendents regarding the sources of administrative…

One of the enduring questions in health administration concerns the transferability of management expertise from industry to the health enterprise. Some observers hold that the efficiencies associated with industry reflect methods and skills that are widely applicable and somehow lacking in the health field. Thus, the task force responsible for…

Seeing that male coaches often move to administration, this study compared the leadership characteristics of coaches with those of male teachers. Coaches attained a higher mean score than male teachers on all five characteristics tested and also ranked higher than middle management in three areas. (KR)

The professional sanitarian with appropriate interpersonal skills is very qualified to be administrator of a sanitation program or general public health program or to function at all administrative levels of public health. His/her particular training and professional orientation prepare him/her for this role. (RE)

An examination of characteristics of mass media directors lends partial support to suggestions that the nature of leaderships of the print and broadcast media differ, with the broadcast heads considerably more educated and more experienced in fields other than the mass media. (Author/GW)

Provides a profile of governing-board members in Canadian postsecondary institutions, specifically listing seven generalizations useful in identifying trustee characteristics. The intention was to determine how trustees may affect governing board effectiveness. (Author/RK)

Outlines the design requirements for the NASSP assessment center, lists the final behavior dimensions examined, and notes the guidelines the pilot school districts evolved for use of the assessment reports. (IRT)

What are the special skills and attitudes that will be required of a successful principal under collective bargaining? Extends an earlier discussion of this topic (EJ 159 821) and describes four prototype principal leaders and their leadership characteristics relating them to the demands of leading a school under collective bargaining. (Author/RK)

Administrators in higher education disclosed life style patterns for the "retirement period" from ages 65 to 75. Two contrasting patterns are described-Transformers and Maintainers. These groups reported differences in boyhood experiences, attitudes toward retirement, and choices of activity after age 65. (Author)

This paper considers one system of careers, Wisconsin school superintendents from 1940 through 1972, and examines the extent to which statistical characteristics of that system are consistent with a simple Markov model that assumes both individuals and jobs to be indistinguishable and careers at that level to be essentially random. (Author)

Although the findings of this study of elementary principals stand in some contrast to those of a study of secondary principals, it remains true that change is more likely to occur from administrators hired from outside the district than from those hired from within. (Author/IRT)

Using the Michigan Organizational Assessment Questionnaire, this study examines demographic information and job-related perceptions of school business officials. The survey discloses important insights into administrators' salaries and fringe benefits, decision-making responsibilities, organizational changes, job expectations, and personal…

Interviews with outstanding principals identify the characteristics and skill areas of outstanding administrators. Exceptional administrators are knowledgeable in all areas related to the educational process. (MD)