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Person, Ruth J.; Newman, George Charles – 1988
This report on the process by which a university librarian is selected is based on interviews with key participants in searches for library directors at five medium to large universities, each of which had selected a new university librarian within the two years prior to the survey. It was found that the five universities--one private, one…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Employment Qualifications
Chia, Rosina C.; Bolen, Larry M. – 1983
Participants in the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows program and Harvard University's Institute for Educational Management (IEM) were compared on demographic characteristics, locus of control, and degree of satisfaction with the program. Thirty-two participants from the ACE program and 82 IEM participants were studied. Levenson's…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, College Administration, Fellowships
Download full textLawrence, Joyce V.; And Others – 1984
Graduate school deans were surveyed to determine whether their sex caused any significant differences in any aspect of their careers. Attention was directed to their backgrounds, college administrative experience, perceived power within the areas of their job functions; job satisfaction, long-range goals, and the size and function of the graduate…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Deans
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1986
The makeup of college and university governing boards and the characteristics of board members were studied in 1985, as an update of a 1977 survey. A total of 215 single-campus boards and 157 multicampus boards provided information that was statistically adjusted to represent the traits of the 2,200 boards governing of the nation's 3,000 nonprofit…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Educational Background
Potter, Robert E. – 1983
The history of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents (UH BOR) is reviewed and compared to other public university governing boards, and recommendations are offered to increase the board's effectiveness. Based on a review of the literature on public university governing boards, a consensus of opinions is used as a basis to evaluate the UH BOR.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Educational History, Governing Boards
Fillos, Rita M.; Bailey, William J. – 1982
The results of a survey of 400 randomly selected principals from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland appear to validate a newly developed instrument for measuring three factors: the depth of principals' interests in information developed through educational research, the extent to which these principals exhibit rational approaches to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKlopf, Gordon J.; And Others – National Elementary Principal, 1974
Examines some of the leadership competencies and personal characteristics necessary for the creation of an effective learning environment, which is the primary goal of educational leadership. (Author/WM)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Change Agents
Peer reviewedSeawell, William H.; Canady, Robert Lynn – National Elementary Principal, 1974
While women constitute a majority of all professional employees in elementary and secondary education, they are not proportionately represented in administrative positions. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Educational Administration, Elementary Schools
Peer reviewedHills, Jean – Administrator's Notebook, 1975
A professor of educational administration presents seven proposals for the appropriate training of principals. The proposals are based on the experiences the professor had during a year in which he returned to the role of principal. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Decision Making Skills
Peer reviewedGuba, Egon G. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1975
Author continued the debate with a discussion on the problems related to using evaluative data. These problems draw attention to pragmatic judgments that decision makers must keep in mind. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Audiences, Decision Making, Educational Change
Johnson, Dewayne J.; MacBeth, Jon L. – 1979
Based on the view that there is a relationship between faculty and administrator perceptions of administrator role and perceived success of the administrator, this study looked at two correlations: (1) the correlation between faculty perceptions and administrator perceptions of the administrator role and (2) the correlation between faculty…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Griffin, Debra F.; Griffin, William A., Jr. – 1981
As an informational guide for trustees and members of presidential search committees, this paper presents a two-part outline describing the characteristics and responsibilities of the "ideal" community college president. The first part of the outline details presidential qualifications in terms of: (1) personality traits, including leadership…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Knezevich, S. J. – 1976
As well as looking at the historic development of faculty-principal relations, this paper focuses on current changes in and challenges to the principal's role. The paper contends that faculty-principal relations are central to what happens in education. It maintains that dramatic changes in schools demand new value orientations and styles of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education
MADDOX, MARTHA; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE CONFEREES HEARD NINE PAPERS ON TOPICS OF CONCERN TO AN IN-COMING PRESIDENT. THEY COVERED (1) GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP, (2) DUTIES OF THE BOARD AS RELATED TO THE PRESIDENT, (3) SUGGESTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, (4) SELECTION OF THE TEACHING STAFF, (5) DEVELOPMENT OF THE IN-SERVICE TEACHER PROGRAMS, (6) THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship
Bosman, Robert; Sloan, Charles A. – 1979
The basic research problem was to ascertain the relationship between the concerns of the elementary school principal administering a mainstreaming program and the concerns of teachers teaching in one. The following questions were examined: (1) What specific stages of concern about the innovation were perceived by principals? (2) What specific…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Elementary Education, Individual Characteristics
