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Miller, Michael T. – 1996
The faculty governance body in the College of Education at the University of Alabama is described. Analysis of archives resulted in the identification of four areas of authority in which faculty shared: participation in meetings, agendas, voting behavior, and issues considered by the body. Data revealed that generally half of all faculty,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, College Faculty, College Governing Councils
Cumming, James A., Ed. – 1994
The four games in this booklet are designed to stimulate critical thinking about the effects of structural and cultural issues on society and on the process of social change. The first and original game, "The Growth Game," gives participants a hands-on experience with the basic theoretical constructs of a Marxian critique of the mainstream tenets…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged
Bruno-Jofre, Rosa; Young, Jonathan – 1997
During 1993-94 the educational administration faculty at the University of Manitoba (Canada) became involved in a self-study process to examine issues of equality and inclusivity in relation to the masters program. This paper describes an elective course for students enrolled in the Educational Administration Master's Program at the University of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Theory, Cultural Pluralism
Rendel, Margherita – 1997
During the last 50 years, principles, institutions, and policies of human rights have been developed worldwide. This book brings together European and international conventions on human rights, the rights of women, and the users and uses of education, and places them in their wider context. It examines issues in how human rights work, the ways in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights Legislation, Educational Discrimination
Wallenfeldt, E. C. – 1983
Current conditions at U.S. colleges and universities are discussed. Consideration is given to the nature of special interests and factions in American society and the system-wide influences of corporate power, militarization, racism, sexism, and overquantification as they pertain to higher education. The internal and external governance of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Planning, College Role, Consortia
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1981
Issues concerning the future of higher education and trends in the 1970s are analyzed in the proceedings of the 1981 Intergovernmental Conference of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. The following themes are addressed: access to higher education, the changing relationship between higher education and working life, new…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Planning, College School Cooperation
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Culp, Kenneth, III; Cox, Kathryn J. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2002
Leadership educators must consider how to most effectively develop youth knowledge, skills, attitudes, aspirations and leadership abilities when facilitating leadership development. During the first two millennia, leadership was adult-centered, with little focus on development. To develop effective leadership programs, it is essential that…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Social Influences, Adults, Program Effectiveness
Mazur, Gertrud S. – Selecta, 1986
Problems in the second language classroom that hinder students from speaking the language freely and creatively arise from three sources: the teacher, the student, and the material. Problems involving the teacher include the common lack of an overall and inclusive definition of the course goal, the role and dysfunction of teacher "authority" in…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives
Bennett, Adrian T. – 1987
This study was conducted to develop an anthropological understanding of the interactions between the special education system and such "Third World" peoples as Hispanics. An intensive 2-year ethnographic study followed the families of nine preschool Hispanic hearing-impaired children through the intake process at a special school for the deaf in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships
Fryer, Thomas W., Jr.; Lovas, John C. – 1990
Designed to help community college leaders direct the power of decision making and communication to fulfill the institution's mission, this book draws from on-site interviews and a survey of hundreds of community college leaders to identify and describe models of effective governance. "Leadership in governance" is defined as the creation of…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Zatko, Gary – 1990
A results-based educational approach focuses on the outcomes of processes and inputs into the educational system and stresses results, such as student achievement, rather than process. The results-based educational reform initiatives undertaken in Alberta from 1982-1990 are described in this paper, with a focus on interrelated results-oriented…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Lortie, Dan C.; Kemmerer, Frances, Ed. – 1987
Issues related to the authority structures governing local public school districts are presented in this volume, which includes a paper and three discussant comments. The thesis of the main paper is that school organization affects the outcomes of public schools. The relationship between features of the formal authority structure to central reform…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Centralization
Enright, D. Scott – 1983
Despite the surrounding controversy, second language instruction for America's language minority children is an important educational issue for continued methodological innovation and examination. The most effective and productive classroom interaction processes and dynamics in bilingual and second language instruction are still not appropriately…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Smith, Susan L.; Borgstedt, Kaye W. – 1985
Factors that affect interracial relationships of white faculty at predominantly black colleges are considered. Based on theoretical writings and research, five dynamics influencing black-white interaction are identified: prejudice and stereotyping, dominance by whites, racial role-playing, social acceptance/social distance, and value differences.…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Blacks, College Faculty, Culture Conflict
Welton, John; Evans, Jennifer – 1986
Using the 1981 Education Act of England and Wales as a case study, this paper develops a conceptual framework of education legislation as a significant reference point in the process of negotiation and bargaining that initiates legislation and continues throughout the period of policy implementation. A model of the policy process and the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Theories
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