Asserts the importance of the board-superintendent relationship and discusses some of the areas in that relationship that have the greatest potential for difficulty. (Published by the Kansas Association of School Boards, 825 Western, Topeka, Kansas) (Author/IRT)

The author suggests that a profile of the personality traits and personal histories of women administrators in top-level, non-traditional positions in four-year coeducational institutions of higher education would predict certain characteristics common to all. (Author)

This paper presents findings on the biographic and demographic characteristics of volunteer sport administrators and their involvement in sport organizations. The sample for the study consisted of volunteer sport administrators in 60 province-level sport organizations in Alberta, Canada. This study was done because of the dearth of research in…

The past 40 years have witnessed changes in the characteristics, training, and social setting of the school superintendent. A 1939 survey showed that superintendents tended to be male, white, married, Protestant, upwardly-mobile, Republican, and from non-urban backgrounds. Most held masters' or baccalaureate degrees. A 1974 survey of Wisconsin…

The preparation of professional personnel for positions of administration in higher education institutions and agencies is discussed in this lecture. The skills and competencies required of executives in higher education (including intellectual curiosity and leadership) are identified and administration curriculum content (education for an…

Characteristics of private and public schools were compared in this study utilizing data collected in surveys by the National Institute of Education, the Council for American Private Education, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The aims of the study were to provide a national picture of secondary education and increase…

A study was conducted to determine current requirements for certification in vocational education administration and the number of women who are qualified for and who currently hold such positions. Data was gathered through a request to states for copies of readily available printed material on the requirements for administering vocational…

This is the first of a projected series of three reports that present the results of a study of the secondary school principalship in Hawaii. The primary purpose of the study was to develop a profile of Hawaii's public high school principals by using field survey research techniques. The design was adapted from a nationwide survey of secondary…

This volume brings together the findings from Volumes 1 and 2 of this series on the senior high school principalship and speculates about them in terms of the principal and the principalship today and the changes likely to occur in the future. The report begins with a presentation of the central findings of the national random sample survey of…

This guide, the second in a series of three, explains step-by-step the decisions that must be made to find, evaluate, and hire a quality superintendent of schools. Chapter 1 describes the steps for proper planning, which can also offer the opportunity to review and reorder the board's priorities. Subsequent chapters deal with recruitment and…

In order to make the student quest for power more readily understandable, it is necessary to put forward the general propositions of student demands. The demand for student power arises only after students have become dissatisfied with university policy, when trust between administration and students has broken down. First, students want control…

The author, an experienced principal from Washington, D.C., spent the 1975-76 school year on leave to the National Institute of Education to work on a program to identify and visit secondary schools that had experienced recent incidents of violence but were on their way toward stabilizing and containing the disruptive situation. The author…

This study used interaction process analysis, personal interviews, and Likert's "Profile of Organizational Characteristics" to assess the communication patterns of two television organizations in two selected corporations. By systematic observation of the two corporate executives that directed these television organizations, the study found that…

This study describes a comparative analysis of characteristics of directors of nonprofit day care centers and directors of proprietary day care centers to discover whether directors exhibited Machiavellian characteristics. Characteristics considered Machiavellian were tendencies toward manipulating other people and using other people to one's…

Wherever democratic processes in decision-making have been tried out, administrators as well as teachers seem to agree that the advantages outweigh the weaknesses. They feel that this process ought to continue. The following are some representative values gained through teacher participation in administration. (1) Individuals grow through…