Suggests that the advocated goals for reform and renewal which evolve from a spirit of black consciousness will remain in the rhetorical stage unless the professional expertise and social discipline are developed to effect the desired programmatic changes. (Author/AM)

The role of the instructional leader is to facilitate good instruction, which necessitates characteristics and skills of a personal, professional, and managerial nature. The authors list these characteristics and skills and suggest that the real instructional leader will try to determine how his teachers perceive him in relation to these skills.…

If admissions officers are to meet the challenge of creatively and professionally managing the problems associated with the admissions field in times of stable or declining enrollments, admissions directors will need to identify, seek, and attain competencies characteristic of professionals. (Author)

Future public managers should be proactive by creating management processes before problems arise. Planning prevents reactive or crisis managing. Future managers should also be prepared to meet dilemmas and paradoxes such as centralization versus decentralization of decision-making and work processes, politics versus administration dichotomy, and…

Studies and issues of administrative effectiveness are reviewed and discussed, which are synthesized into the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO) theory of interpersonal behavior for educational administrators. Journal available from University Associates, Inc., 7596 Eads Avenue, La Jolla, California 92037. (ND)

Law school deans, associate deans, and assistant deans were surveyed to gather personal background information attitudes about their positions. Data reported deal with personal background, educational and work experience, attitudes toward decanal credentials, and motivations for becoming deans. (LBH)

Chairpersons receive only nominal preservice and inservice training. A nationwide study of 1,100 public community college chairpersons revealed their developmental needs and the most convenient times and conditions for inservice training. Recommendations are included. (DC)

For over 50 years Catherine Hammett has dedicated her life to the development of organized camping. She started at the ground level as a Girl Scout camper, became a counselor, joined the Girl Scout National Staff, became a camp director, author, and an American Camping Association president. (JHZ)

A case study delineating the instructional leadership role undertaken by a principal of an urban elementary school considers the administrator's social and academic goals for her students, social climate and instructional organization of the school, the principal's contribution to their creation and maintenance, and direct and indirect…

Describes a typology of communication dimensions used by academic chairpersons in the early stages of the socialization process. Four new chairpersons were interviewed, and four functions of communication (informative, integrative, regulative, and innovative) guided data gathering in researching the link between communicator and role…

Ten vital attributes of an effective director based on observation and "expert" business management advice are presented as an annotated checklist. Items include discussion and quotable quotes. (BB)

A two-year study of the characteristics of effective college presidents resulted in a profile that shows significant differences between effective and representative administrative styles. (MSE)

Summarizes the results of a 1987 school executive survey highlighting administrator demographics, attitudes, and political beliefs. Describes school administration as an "old boys club"--overwhelmingly male, over 45, and nearly all white. Administrators have a more sanguine view of school success and improvement efforts than the general public…

Identifies characteristics and competencies that define the right kind of person for rural mental health center administration. In order of importance, characteristics defined are leadership ability, appreciation of rural community, program development, professional background and training, political savvy, personnel management, budget and fiscal…

Discussion of five issues selected from National Association of Secondary School Principals' national study of middle level education and principalship. (DCS)