Investigates college faculty views on influence and power in areas of educational policy, recruitment, and finance. Findings from a large sample of colleges and universities indicate that influence in educational policy and recruitment is perceived to be divided among senior faculty, department chairmen, administrators, and trustees. (Author/DB)

The author comments on a paper criticizing the function of school board members and their decision-making processes. (GW)

Relates community structural variables to leadership arrangements, paying special attention to the results obtained when three alternative measures of "reputational" leadership (visibility, legitimacy and centralization) are used in two samples of communities. (Author/AM)

It is suggested that problems in implementing a Deweyite democratic process in education may be reduced by using Kohlberg's developmental theory as a psychological basis to guide school democracy. (MJB)

Political strategies and power tactics are necessary for the effective implementation of systemic change programs in organizations. Since the organization is a highly political environment, the consultant needs to develop both power bases and power strategies if he is to operate efficiently within such an environment. (Author)

Despite the widespread belief that women have achieved power in college athletics, in reality, women are noticeably absent from positions of authority. Faculty should enter the dialogue, through governance, and take more responsibility for athletic programs on campus. (MSE)

Provides a brief introduction to the five articles in this issue, which explore the formal and informal dimensions of effective leadership, along with the personal, institutional, and social factors that shape the acquisition and use of power by the school library media professional. (CLB)

Argues that the legitimacy crisis in Iran in 1978-79 arose from the contrasting views of authority espoused by the Shah and the Ayatollah over 25 years and describes how their rhetoric expresses the two impulses of the progressive and the traditionalist orientation of authority. Employs a critical perspective to analyze various rhetorical…

Argues that the integration of computers into English departments will have an immediate and significant impact on the social systems and communications within those academic communities. Suggests ways of responsibly distributing and using computer resources. (MM)

A list of trustee responsibilities, as adapted from a private college's trustee handbook, includes suggestions for active involvement in decision making, self-education about the institution and issues, and participation in meetings. (MSE)

Discusses a persistent concern in research on social change--the impact of the availability of knowledge on relative degrees of power and influence. Emphasizes that changes in media structure may have far-reaching consequences not only for the amount of information that gets distributed, but for who gets the information. (JD)

Describes power structure of corporations functioning under Theory W in which single leaders, in partnership with trusted followers, achieve corporate success. Basis of this industrial structure is attributed to social and developmental structures of prehistoric man and city states. Dimensions of W, X, Y, and Z theories are discussed. (MBR)

Critically evaluates the theory of patronage and professional social movement organizations (SMOs) in interpreting the development of black insurgency between 1953 and 1980. Findings support and contradict the social contract theory. Professionalization was only one of many reasons for the movement's decline. (Author/PS)

Soon after desegregation, teachers and administrators of an urban school may be unable to escape or effectively protest deteriorating conditions. Their response includes shifting blame in several ways, depending on one's position and power. Blame strategies do little to solve problems and may exacerbate them. (LHW)

Britain's Parliament and Secretary of State are criticized for reducing both the Secretary's accountability to Parliament and Parliament's sources of information about postsecondary education with the recent abolishment of a government agency and a required annual report. (MSE)