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Zoglin, Mary Lou – 1976
This book systematically considers governance in the community college, focusing on how decisions are actually made and describing the roles and interactions of all participant groups in the governance process. Community college governance today is an amalgam of procedures borrowed from colleges, universities and high schools, but there are signs…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges
Brown, Bill Wesley – 1970
The casebook is designed for use during graduate classes in administration and supervision in industrial-technical education, or for use by other individuals who are already employed or who are preparing for employment as administrators or supervisors. Problems and situations which can be solved in many different ways are presented for discussion.…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems
Becker, Gerald; And Others – 1971
This study takes a critical look at the current status of elementary school principals and their schools. The report concludes that the causes for a leadership crisis which exists in the elementary schools are both pbulic and professional. Through the use of questionnaires and personal interviews, the researchers talked with 291 principals in 50…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Board Administrator Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 1984
A recent Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals decision stipulates that a school board may regulate "employe expression" only in rare circumstances--to prevent, for example, serious disruption of school activities--and only where the board has allowed for a timely review of the superintendent's decisions about distributing…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Censorship
Sharp, William L.; Malone, Bobby G.; Walter, James K. – 2003
This paper describes a study that explored superintendent and school-board evaluations. Specifically, it looked at some of the methods and uses of boards' evaluations of superintendents and some of the needs and methods of boards' evaluation of themselves. Data for the study were collected from 188 surveys of selected school superintendents in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy
Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Argues that the current structure of non-profit child care centers is outmoded, hinders creative leadership, and presents management problems for directors. Presents six illustrations of management problems: (1) shifting constituency; (2) time constraints on board members; (3) short-circuited entrepreneurism; (4) director accountability; (5)…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrators, Board Administrator Relationship, Community Centers
Magrath, C. Peter – Trusteeship, 1997
In higher education's new environment, colleges and universities must re-examine their tenure codes and practices and consider various forms of post-tenure review. Elimination of tenure does not necessarily end academic freedom. However, any new employment policies must emerge through a process of genuine discussion and negotiation among faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Board Administrator Relationship, Change Strategies
Axelrod, Nancy R. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1977
Guidelines are given for new governing board trustees to prepare themselves for their responsibilities. Briefly outlined are the trustee's 10 major responsibilities: selection, nurture, and termination of the president; financial support and management; maintenance and expansion of the physical plant; public relations; clarification of purpose;…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board Administrator Relationship, Check Lists, College Administration
Guthrie, James W. – 1977
Present and past efforts to enhance school efficiency have failed. Progressive Era reforms of a half-century ago contributed to the creation of a publicly insensitive, professionally dominated education system. Accountability enthusiasts of the '70s failed to understand the fundamental misalignment between the assumptions underlying private sector…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board Administrator Relationship, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports
Polk County Public Schools, Des Moines, IA. – 1967
The Intermediate Administrative Unit of Polk County, Iowa is outlined in this document. Items discussed include board of education philosophy and policy, personnel, educational services, administrative organization, county board of education and superintendent relationships, county board and local board relationships, budgeting, and fiscal…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Ancillary School Services
Anderson, B. Robert – 1974
This booklet is intended to provide new school board members with the background and basic information they need to perform their tasks successfully. It attempts to convey a broad understanding of the board member's role, including its scope, limitations, responsibilities, potential pitfalls, and opportunities. Various chapters discuss the…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Bagin, Don; And Others – 1972
This book, written by three school communications and public relations consultants who are also practitioners, provides guidelines designed to help the school official implement an improved communications program. Classified by the authors as a "how-to-do-it" book, it is comprised of numerous workable ideas for improving a school official's…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Audiovisual Communications, Board Administrator Relationship
Wilson, E.B. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2005
In this article, the author proposes and discusses a collection of ten governance habits of boards of trustees that distinguish the average board from those that perform with excellence. They are interconnected, interlocking, and systemic. In the aggregate, the benefits of these habits are greater than the sum of their parts, because they function…
Descriptors: Trustees, Models, Strategic Planning, Board Administrator Relationship
Glass, Thomas E. – 1992
A survey of school district superintendents sought to gather data on a number of characteristics and compare the data to studies conducted in 1971 and 1982. From a random sample of 2,536 superintendents, stratified by district size, usable survey responses were received from 1,724, for a return rate of 68 percent, or 11 percent of all United…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Draper, Brice; Van Groningen, Tom – 1990
Assembly Bill (AB) 1725 addresses the mission, functions, governance, finance, staffing, programs, services, and accountability of the California Community Colleges (CCC). Many of the bill's recommendations place emphasis on the 107 community colleges, the CCC Chancellor's Office, and the Board of Governors (BOG) becoming a single system of…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Responsibility, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role