Reports on a national survey of the 918 female community college trustees, highlighting personal characteristics, problems faced by women on community college boards, ways of overcoming barriers to effective participation, training needs, and perceptions of personal input and impact on decision making. (AYC)

Interviews with 19 elementary and secondary school principals provided information about the principals' most difficult administrative decisions. Analysis of the factors affecting their decisions revealed three types of values underlying the decisions--personalistic, organizational, and transcendant--with distinctly different potentials for…

The president of CASE explains the 12 characteristics of a competent presidential assistant including: an other-person centered orientation toward life, identity with people individually, identity with humanity, efficient and accepting view of reality, deep interpersonal relations with others. (MLW)

The key to the successful college level music administrator is the ability to deal with people. S/he listens, is accessible, and can make decisions. Both autocratic and democratic personality types can succeed, and their levels of experience may vary, but good administrators must have vision. (CS)

Offers guidelines for appropriate male administrator dress and reports findings of a survey of teacher perceptions of male secondary school administrators' dress. (FL)

Focuses on the role of the department chairperson in helping achieve curriculum and instructional improvement. Provides a general profile of the chairperson; examines roles and responsibilities, job frustrations, faculty expectations, and lack of performance data; offers recommendations for improving performance. (DMM)

This article sketches the background of current problems facing urban secondary school principals and cites a profile of the effective urban principal derived from recent research. Outstanding problems concerning the conditions and role of the urban principalship are discussed. (MJL)

The role of the assistant principal is of crucial importance in secondary education. Despite the limitations and frustrations, many assistant principals have come to view their job as a career goal. (Editor)

Addressing himself to the needs of the black school administrator, the author describes what an administrator must do to be effective. He discusses two specific dimensions of leader behavior: initiating structure and consideration. (Editor)

Here's how one school district selects and trains its potential administrators. (Editor)

Successfully implementing a vibrant school improvement plan requires a thorough knowledge of the program and the savoir-faire of an enthusiastic, experienced leader. Though you may have a deep understanding of the components and implementation procedures of The Schoolwide Enrichment Model, don't you wish you could get some personal advice from…

This book, published by the American Association of Community Colleges, contains valuable information about the nation's community college presidents. The authors provide a comprehensive profile of these leaders, highlighting different characteristics most presidents hold in common as well as important differences that emerge when data are…

The author believes the role of instructional leader is vital to the success of teachers and the students. Knowing your leadership style and the traits or qualities that you possess will lead you to a more successful career in educational leadership. This article focuses on the qualities and traits that principals are seeking when interviewing…

Article considered the relationship between assistant principals and the organizational climate of schools. (RK)

The principal is the key to change and effectiveness, and hence to the health of schools and the educational system in general. (WM)