The president of Notre Dame University offers some advice for college presidents. Included are developing courage to make unpopular decisions, learning to live without praise, sharing leadership with others, and giving credit where it is due. Relationships with trustees, faculty, and students are also discussed. (JMD)

A study examining principal termination surveyed 372 Missouri school superintendents, most from rural districts. The most frequent reason for principal termination was inability to communicate effectively and collaborate with school and community members. Most dismissals resulted from administrative recommendations, 28 percent resulted from board…

A number of school boards have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy out their superintendents' contracts. Offers advice from school board members, superintendents, search consultants, and school attorneys on the issues of contract buyouts. Calculates the cost of contract buyouts in four large school systems. (MLF)

A survey of 24 Canadian community college governing board members investigated whether and to what extent college presidents make a difference in institutional functioning. The president's impact was seen in public and government perceptions of the college, institutional decision making, preservation of college philosophy, and communication of…

This paper presents findings of a study that investigated the instructional leadership roles of superintendents in school districts in a large midwestern state. Specifically, the paper examines the relationships among superintendents' descriptions of their involvement in curriculum-development and instructional-leadership activities in their…

Sherburne-Earlville Central School District, a rural conservative White community in upstate New York, in its search for a new superintendent, found an educational leader quite different from its traditional social profile--a Black woman from New York City. The school board had the vision to establish a process that focused on what was important.…

The three issues of "Trustee Quarterly" contained in this document focus on topics of current concern to community college trustees. Issue 1 for 1996 focuses on the policy governance model of community college board leadership, offering the following feature articles: "John Carver...and His Contribution to Community College…

This book was written for teachers and principals committed to instituting shared governance and more democratic forms of leadership and to help understand today's principalship and what it means to administer a shared-governance school. The data were derived from a study of successful principals in schools affiliated with the League of…

Findings from a study that examined leadership responses to the conflict and change associated with desegregation in the Denver Public Schools from 1959-77 are presented in this paper. The theoretical framework is based on conflict theory, the dissatisfaction theory of democracy, and a classification system for communities based on…

Designed for governing boards, search committee members, and aspiring community college presidents, this booklet examines different institutional procedures involved in the search for and selection of a community college president, and outlines relevant problems and issues that should be considered at various phases of the process. After…

This journal issue explores trusteeship and the role of trustees in governance of Catholic universities. It includes papers with the following titles and authors: "Trustees and Sponsors of Catholic Higher Education: What Should They Be Talking about Together?" (Thomas J. Savage); "Changes in Governance of Catholic Colleges and…

To help school administrators improve their communication and public relations programs, the National School Public Relations Association presented 23 mini-workshops in a special session at the 1979 annual meeting of the Association of School Business Officials. This handbook presents the "tip sheets" prepared by the 23 workshop presenters, along…

The purpose of this research was to investigate and describe the relationship of environmental change to superintendent-school board decision-making and superintendent turnover. Assuming the resource dependence model of organizational open system theory, researchers hypothesized that the amount of decision-making autonomy boards grant to…

Displayed in 38 tables, the data in this third biennial survey of public school superintendents' fringe benefits are designed to help school boards and administrators assess their non-cash compensation packages. A national sample of 797 school districts--stratified by district enrollment size, expenditure per pupil, and geographic region--supplied…

The relationship between statewide boards of education and their constituents is considered. It is suggested that boards of education and college trustees have had little basis for a working relationship, and that colleges have felt suspicion or invasion of turf in respect to statewide boards. One hindrance is that college trustees have been…