This report provides information on the supply and demand of school administrators in Wisconsin. It also reports on personal factors that motivate or inhibit administrators; such information can be used to ensure the quantity and quality of school administrators needed for the state's schools. Information was gathered from the state Department of…

A study was conducted during spring 1993 of 29 women educators in New Brunswick, Canada, who had either obtained a position or who were actively seeking a position in educational administration. About 25 percent of administrators in the Anglophone school system are women. The largest percentage of these women administrators are in rural school…

This study investigated the role and scope of institutional research in regionally accredited, private colleges with a headcount enrollment of less than 3000 students located in the southeastern United States. The study queried 252 individuals (155 responses) who were primarily responsible for institutional research about the activities and role…

A study examined the status of women in composition (focusing on writing program administration), how they achieved this status and at what costs. Twenty women who are considered leaders in the field answered questionnaires dealing with training and background, administrative duties, and the effects on their personal and professional lives.…

Report of a professor's observations on returning to a principalship for a year. The observations are of three types: (1) self-observation about the applicability of preparation to the job and about knowledge deficiencies; (2) observation of other administrators' cognitive styles, problem-solving skills, and norms; and (3) observations of teacher…

Three contextual factors, the gender of the principal, the choice of subject matter used for the demonstration of competence, and number of years of teaching experience, have been shown to have an effect on the outcome of teacher evaluation. The annual evaluations of 521 elementary personnel using the Florida state-mandated single assessment were…

A study involving a simple random sample of 180 county-level administrators employed by the U.S. Cooperative Extension Service assessed the effects of client and administrator involvement as stakeholders in evaluation. A posttest-only control group design was used. Variables included level of administrator involvement as stakeholders and level of…

In successful schools, a significantly larger percentage of students graduate with knowledge, skills, and a positive attitude toward citizenship and work than students in other schools of comparable socioeconomic status. Using data from the "Tennessee Looks at Its Schools" project, which was based on fourth-grade Stanford Achievement…

Drawing from the experiences of Edison Community College in Florida, this paper offers advice on the development and operation of a successful community college foundation. First, the paper lists six prerequisites to fund raising: (1) the college must be worthy of support; (2) the board of trustees/governing board must be in agreement that fund…

This paper reports the extent to which women participate and take leadership roles in educational administration in India, and looks at the impact of social and political forces affecting their participation. The participation of women in labor and management in developed and developing nations is reviewed to provide a broader context in which to…

Evaluation can serve a variety of educational management questions, but an administrator's ability to use evaluation as a management tool depends not only upon his or her own perception of evaluation but also on the perceptions of other potential evaluation users in the system. Research has uncovered a variety of factors influencing an…

This exploratory study investigated the leadership styles of selected administrators in Tennessee's public schools. Styles of leadership were viewed against a backdrop of current brain research, and the subjects' underlying patterns of cognitive processing were identified by means of a self-report measurement of brain dominance--the Herrmann Brain…

With 50 percent of all principals planning to retire in the 1980's, hiring good principals should be a matter of planning rather than chance. This pamphlet notes the strategies that can help to ensure that a district hires effective educational leaders as principals. Developing effective job descriptions and interviewing techniques, though…

This study measures performance frequency of leadership tasks of approximately 20 percent of Colorado's principals. Principals most experienced do not differ from others on the frequency assessment scale, yet spend more time on instructional leadership activities, which range from teacher support (professional growth opportunities, rewards) and…

Tom Lindersmith, principal of Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego (Oregon) manages a highly motivated school of 1,100 students and 68 staff by emphasizing facilitation, coordination, and delegation as the elements of instructional leadership. Lindersmith sees himself primarily as a facilitator--supporting and encouraging new ideas and programs…