Focuses on defining the role of the library director in one-person public, academic, and special libraries. A profile survey of 67 such directors showing their career paths is presented. Data on education and training, staffing, issues of concern, job satisfaction, and demographic characteristics are provided. (Contains 26 references.) (Author/KRN)

A pull-out desk reference of key school statistics, this 11th annual edition provides key indicators of school performance and progress in areas such as test scores and educational technology, school construction and school bond issues, demographic profiles of school board members and school administrators, and education indicators by region and…

Navajo school board members felt that American Indian administrators exhibited better administrative skills and had a better sense of the cultural context of their roles than non-Indian administrators. Perceptions of personal characteristics of the two groups, such as honesty, intelligence, and self-control, did not differ. Non-Indians hold 43 of…

This article discusses the reasons why business leaders join the boards of directors of nonprofit organizations such as universities, as well as their performance on such boards. It argues that board members from the business community need to be just as disciplined in assessing nonprofit organizations as they are in profit-making settings. (MDM)

Examines congruence of attitudes toward economic development between rural community residents and local government officials in rapidly growing northern New Hampshire. Profiles and compares survey subjects' sociodemographic characteristics, community tenure, and general attitudinal disposition. Results highlight substantive differences between…

Australian study analyzed how feminists in high administrative positions conceptualized and practiced administrative leadership in education, focusing on the way they reconciled their feminist stance to formal authority and power in a dominant masculine culture. Interviews indicated they prioritized educational practices and people values over…

Discusses methods developed to facilitate women's entry into the library profession. Uses historical excerpts to document library school directors' efforts to place female graduates between 1887 and 1912. Includes tables identifying directors and backgrounds of women directors of the period. Describes the difficulty of establishing the profession…

From a random sample of 6,102 school executives, 1,115 (18 percent) answered questions about their attitudes toward hiring relatives and receiving gifts and services from vendors. Tables illustrate data by principals at school level, and by superintendents. Demographic information about respondents is provided. (MLF)

Argues that systematic study of school administrators' activities could be valuable in refining development models. Reviews North American, Australian, and British research on elementary school management. States organizational demands on leadership increase as schools become more complex. Observes that British primary school heads lack a reliable…

Democratically oriented school leaders are challenged to establish shared missions, work as change agents, collaborate with colleagues, consider all constituents, and perceive and elucidate theory-practice connections. This article explains the Institute for Educational Inquiry Leadership Program's plan for developing these five critical…

Reflects on roles that admission professionals hold within the academic community. Explains that admission professionals are educators and business managers; bring in revenue; and serve as advisors to the president, as spokespeople to alumni/ae, and if fortunate, as counselors to students. Suggests that counselors focus on students because they…

Bob Goerke, principal of Jacksonville (Oregon) Elementary School and Oregon's National Distinguished Principal for 1999, raised student achievement by encouraging his staff to collaborate on articulating the curriculum. Proceeding gradually, he has encouraged joint planning, team teaching, and ability grouping. A blend of warmth, daily classroom…

The American Council on Education's new survey of 2,297 college presidents in diverse institutions found more women and, to a lesser extent, minorities are becoming presidents, but white men predominate. Presidents are serving somewhat longer terms, except in doctoral-granting institutions. New presidents are coming to the job with more…

Examines the extent to which community college midlevel managers use power and influence tactics. Results show tactics were not used uniformly and were mostly directed toward lateral levels. Community college administrators employed influence tactics more often than did corporate, with both ranking tactics in almost identical order of use. (19…

Studied women in the top 3 levels of management (president, vice president, dean) in California's 107 community colleges to determine how women have progressed in the last 2 decades, to examine the role of training programs in their career development, and to examine their perceptions of sexual harassment as related to their careers. (JBJ)