The research reported in this article found that the behavior of research administrators influenced positively the satisfaction of their researchers. To a lesser extent, their behavior also influenced researcher productivity, especially when the administrators followed a resource person-coordinator role model. (Authors)

Author feels that most of the problems between administration, faculty, and students could be solved easily by a revival of the medieval rector adapted and modified into the role of a modern university ombudsman. (GB)

Although most educational systems are resistant to change, there are some features of the community, of the teachers, of government, and of the system that enable one to predict the likelihood of an innovation being accepted and implemented. (AL)

Explains how being a school board member takes a very special kind of person and how living with a school board member requires some talent, too. (Author)

Proposes a design based on a systematic statement of behavioral objectives for the operation of administrative internships. (Author)

The responsibilities of educational administrators do not extend to the products of the educational institutions. Rather, they end at the point where they maintain satisfactory conditions for leisure activities. In this respect, educational administration may serve as a model for the governance of an increasing number of organizations, both public…

Texas teacher education faculty, department heads, deans, and chief academic officers consider deans of education to be at least moderately effective in making decisions about teacher education. Perceptions of the deans' decision making about instructional programs, research, and student, faculty, and financial affairs were studied. (PP)

Examines various aspects of the selection of library administrators, including the search committee process, time delay in candidate selection, group dynamics within the search committee, the perspectives of different constituencies on the search committee, and the qualities necessary for library management. Recommendations are made and a…

Emerging leadership characteristics need to be examined and legitimized, according to this article beginning on the front cover. A literature review on leadership points out leaders' needs to be more caring and participative, women's and minority groups' search for new models, and the integration of male and female roles. (RW)

Records maintained by the Association of American Medical Colleges were examined to determine the nature and major sources of academic training received by U.S. medical deans who served during the years 1960-1980. Harvard led the list, followed by Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern. (MLW)

Describes an effective administrator as one who acts as a catalyst, consultant, or group resource but who nevertheless accepts risks and expects on occasion to be misunderstood. (Author/JM)

Educational administrators are not adequately prepared for the constituency-building that is required in effective educational management. Management techniques from private enterprise, however, are not the answer to the management needs of the public schools. (Author/GC)

A rejoinder to Smithson's article, "Curriculum Policy-Making at the School Level: Two Approaches" (v15 n2 p215-28 1981). The author stresses that competent philosophical reasoning contributes to better decisions in curriculum policymaking. Such competence is necessary regardless of whether the decisions are made by administrators or…