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Fretwell, E. K., Jr. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1995
These guidelines for college and university governing boards concern the selection of and relations with interim college presidents, and are based on interviews with 52 interim presidents, including some who have served in that position more than once, and 20 other college and university personnel in 20 states. An introductory section outlines…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Farber, Daniel A. – Trusteeship, 1997
The University of Minnesota experience in reforming the faculty tenure policy is examined, noting financial and legal issues, the strong faculty response to initial proposals, and substantial improvement in policy that resulted from the process. Suggestions are made for other institutions approaching such decisions: don't begin without solid…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Change Strategies

Hellawell, David E. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1992
Gives a brief historical background of education in England and describes the effects of the Education Reform Act of 1988 to undermine the powers of local education authorities. Cites open enrollment, local management of schools, grant-maintained schools and city technology schools, teacher performance appraisals, and the national curriculum as…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, British National Curriculum, Educational Change
Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Community Coll. System. – 1989
The Commission to Study the Future of Community Colleges in Kentucky was established in 1988 to review the accomplishments of the Kentucky Community College System (KCCS) and to provide direction for the KCCS towards the year 2000. Developed as part of a collection of reports on the KCCS for use by the Commission in its work, this five-part report…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1979
A reference manual on financial activities of a college or university and the interactive role of the governing board is presented for board members and institutional officers who provide information to the board. Financial data related to a fictitious hybrid university are included. After identifying three broad kinds of financial information…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, Budgeting, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets)
McBeath, Gerald A.; And Others – 1983
To gather information about local Alaskan schooling, researchers surveyed 327 rural school site administrators to determine their backgrounds, school activities, expectations of student performance, perceptions of school-community relations, and perceptions of the roles of actors in school governance. Results of the questionnaire indicated that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role
Malpass, Leslie F. – 1988
A history of the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities in Illinois is presented. Nine sections are as follows: governance in higher education (the distant and recent past and roles and responsibilities of governing boards); the context of higher education in Illinois; the board of governors of state colleges and universities:…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Hutchins, Sally, Ed. – Trustee Quarterly, 1981
These four issues of "Trustee Quarterly" present 31 articles on topics of concern to community college trustees, including finance, administration, and mission. Specific articles cover: (1) the board chair's political role (E. M. Duffy); (2) evaluation and goal setting (M. Hays); (3) collective bargaining (K. L. Hunt and W. Hamilton); (4) long-…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning
Scott, Robert A. – 1978
An examination of the university dean's role and its conflicts and ambiguities considered the type, frequency, nature, and the dynamics of the liberal arts dean's interactions with his faculty and staff and the central administration. Relations with staff and the provost and the dean's role as an individual in an organization are given major…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, College Administration
Lee, Kathy – 2003
Noting that directors of early care and education programs face numerous challenges on a daily basis, this book is designed to provide real-world answers to common situations, in a format that directors can access immediately. The book is organized into seven chapters. Chapter 1 addresses staff-related challenges and includes a list of "how…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Behavior, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness
Mestry, Raj – South African Journal of Education, 2006
In the Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 school governing bodies are mandated to manage the funds of schools. The Act also provides guidelines for the school governing body and the principal on their roles and responsibilities in managing the finances of the school. However, some members of school governing bodies and principals either have little…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Educational Finance, Money Management
Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services, Toronto. – 1993
The Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services is committed to the principle that future growth in child care be in the non-profit sector; thus it commissioned this Fall 1989 study with the purpose of collecting information to guide the development of policy and program initiatives for effective and efficient management practice within that…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Advisory Committees, Board Administrator Relationship
Boose, Robert E. – 1984
Maine law allows parents to arrange with local school boards to have their children educated outside a public or private school, if the student will receive "equivalent instruction." If the proposed program of instruction is "equivalent" within the meaning of the law, it must be approved by local school officials. Parents are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1982
To help school boards and administrative personnel assess the noncash compensation packages in their districts, this fourth biennial survey provides information on fringe benefits given administrators and supervisors (other than superintendents) in a national stratified random sample of 1,044 of the nation's 11,313 public school districts.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education
Decker, Erwin A.; And Others – 1977
The pros and cons of decentralization of decision-making authority to the school-site level as a public school management technique are intended to serve as an informational summary for the members of the California State Board of Education, and as a resource for school district governing boards and district administrators to use to determine the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Budgeting