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The Considerations Of The Superintendent In The Development Of The School Budget During Times Of Fiscal Constraint: A Case Study, Jeffrey Witt

Theses and Dissertations

John Smith is the superintendent of Green Hill Public Schools. This case study follows John through the whole budget process from July 2011 to July 2012. An interpretative perspective was used to tell his story. Ten interviews were given from October 2011 to July 2012. Newspaper articles and the minutes from meetings were analyzed and used as discussion items in the interview questions. This study was an analysis of how he made his budget decisions in a time of fiscal constraint and the role values played in the budget decision making. The budget year started out normal with John doing …

Four-Year Longitudinal Study On The Impact Of Migrant Student Identification On Academic Achievement, Graciela Villegas Perez

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The purpose of this research was to study the impact of migrant student identification or non-identification by receiving schools on academic achievement. The relationship between migrant students' achievement and the condition of identification by receiving schools and potential correlates, gender, age, birthplace and language proficiency was also analyzed.

This is a four year longitudinal study on one hundred seventy five migrant students' academic achievement in grades third, fourth, fifth and sixth. The study is divided into two parts. The first part is the data analysis of student records obtained from the New Generation System (NGS), which records the identification or …

Indicators Of Teacher Collaboration In Texas Public High Schools, Michael James Mcclure

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The study employs both quantitative and qualitative data to extend the work of Rosenholtz (1991) with public elementary schools and the work of Hickey (1994) with public secondary schools in trying to assess the extent to which four pre-defined socio-organizational factors predict teacher collaboration in public schools. The four socio-organizational factors include: teacher certainty about a technical culture and their instructional capability; shared instructional goals; teacher involvement in decision making about instructional matters; and teacher involvement in team teaching. The study also investigates the hypothesis that the academic departments in public secondary schools provide structures that more nearly approach the …

Everyone A Learner, Everyone A Teacher: Report From The Transition To University Task Force, Rita Kean

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Papers, Publications, and Presentations

I. Transition to University Task Force: Purpose and Mission

The Transition to University Task Force was appointed in May 2003 by Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard Edwards to review and assess the effectiveness of first-year undergraduate orientation programs and courses. This review was to result in a proposed framework or plan for coordinating and supporting these separate programs.

As a foundation for its deliberations the Task Force was instructed to review several recent reports that address the present and future state of the university. These included: A 2020 Vision, the First Year Learning Task Force Report (1999), the …

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Minutes, November 20-21, 2003

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on November 20-21, 2003.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, November 18, 2003

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on November 18, 2003.

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, November 17, 2003

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, November 17, 2003.

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, October 20, 2003

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, October 20, 2003.

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Minutes, October 2-3, 2003

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on October 2-3, 2003.

Cultivating The Habits Of Commonsense Leadership, James P. Evans

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing strategies for cultivating good leadership habits.

Traveling Lite With Skip: Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing the need for critical thinking in leadership.

Accreditation And Assessment In Distance Learning, Janice M. Karlen

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

All accredited institutions in the United States that are involved in distance learning initiatives need to be concerned about how their programs and courses will be viewed by accreditation organizations. A review of the policies of several major accreditation associations and professional groups, national, regional and specialized, yields similar results when issues of distance learning are concerned. These requirements are reviewed. Virtually all accreditors require evidence of regular assessment processes. Alternative methods for conducting these assessments are proposed.

Academic Leadership In Ivy Tech State College: Academic Chairs’ Tasks And Job Challenges, Michael Petty

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

This study was conducted to establish baseline information about Ivy Tech State College academic chairs’ personal/background characteristics and to determine those chairs’ rating of the importance of their tasks and their perceptions of the job challenges they will face in the future. In addition, the study compared Ivy Tech chairs’ personal/ background characteristics and perceptions of their tasks and job challenges with the findings of the 1992 International Community College Chair Survey. Although there were some statistically different ratings, in essence both samples of chairs highly rate the importance of their myriad tasks and they are in general agreement as …

Making Music And Learning Leadership: Cassatt String Quartet, Susan Leshnower

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing the Cassatt String Quartet's efforts at teaching leadership through chamber music.

Table Of Contents - Fall 2003

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Academic Leadership Journal Fall 2003 Table of Contents.

Line In The College Biz: What Happens When Capitalism And Education Collide? Teachers Become Clerks Selling Degrees., Lynne Drury Lerych

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article discussing trends in academia.

Koinonia, Tony Marchese, Mimi Barnard, Robbie Castleman, Wayne Barnard, Evan Parry, Damon Seacott, Todd Ream, Skip Trudeau

Koinonia

In the Academy
Creating Curricular Cohesiveness in the Academy: Infusing our Sector with Being, Tony Marchese

Learning Communities at Abilene Christian University: Integrating Faith, Living, and Learning, Mimi Barnard

Conference Spotlight
A Conversation with Ravi Zacharias

A Time to Sow, a TIme to Reap, Robbie Castleman

Reflections
Mid-Level Professionals Retreat, Wayne Barnard

A Memoir from Wheaton: My Experience at New Professionals Retreat '03, Evan Perry

Features
The President's Corner

Editor's Disk

Book Review: Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, reviewed by Damon Seacott

Thinking Theologically: To Teach Consumers OR Students, Todd Ream

2003 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Fall, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes for the fall of 2003.

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, September 29, 2003

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, September 29, 2003.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Minutes, September 23, 2003 And 2003-2004 Committee Member List

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Committee member list from 2003-2004 and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on September 23, 2003.

Examination Of The Skills And Dispositions Needed For Assistant Principals To Be Effective Disciplinarians, Sherie Lynn Williams

Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to identify the set of key skills and dispositions needed by secondary school assistant principals to function as effective disciplinarians. A secondary purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of males and females concerning this topic. This was accomplished by exploring the perceptions of experts and practitioners, both male and female, concerning their ideas on the skills and dispositions needed by assistant principals at the secondary level to be successful disciplinarians.

This study used two methods of data collection, the Delphi Method of collecting information and focus groups. A panel of …

Instructional Leadership: New Responsibilities For A New Reality, Clara Fowler, Scott Walter

Staff Publications - University Libraries

Applies the concept of "instructional leadership" to the academic library context to articulate a new approach to thinking about the role of the "instruction coordinator" in libraries focusing more and more on their contributions to campus-wide initiatives in undergraduate education.

Table Of Contents - Summer 2003

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2003 Table of Contents

Clear Communication Can Allude Those Who Speak In Bizbabble, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

An article decrying trends in corporate technobabble.

Managing Contemporary Uk Universities – Manager-Academics And New Managerialism, Rosemary Deem, Oliver Fulton, Sam Hillyard, Rachel Johnson, Mike Reed, Stephen Watson

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A multi-disciplinary project entitled ‘New Managerialism and the Management of UK Universities’ was conducted by a team of researchers based at Lancaster University between October 1998 and November 2000. The study was funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (grant no R000237661). The project was designed to examine the extent to which ‘New Managerialism’, a set of reforms of the management of publicly-funded services popular with many western governments, was perceived to have permeated the management of UK universities. The study also explored the roles, practices, selection, learning and support of manager-academics. The first phase of the study …

Profile Of Women Trustees At Land Grant Institutions: Roles, Responsibilities, And Reflections, Darla J. Twale, Joanne E. Burley

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A study of 49 women trustees at land grant universities showed that they were well educated and highly involved in civic and professional affairs. As trustees, they were heavily involved in the life of the campus and were making substantial sacrifices to do so. The data indicated women were being selected for subcommittees but not necessarily the most powerful ones. While some women accepted the position to represent the female perspective, their comments urged women to be cautious if they want to be an effective voice.

Review: The Department Chair’S Role In Developing New Faculty Into Teachers And Scholars By Estela Mara Bensimon, Kelly Ward, And Karla Sanders, Joann Moody

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A book review of The Department Chair’s Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars by Estela Mara Bensimon, Kelly Ward, and Karla Sanders

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Minutes, June 12- 13, 2003

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on June 12-13, 2003.

Faculty Senate Emergency Meeting Minutes, June 9, 2003

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Emergency Meeting held on, June 9, 2003.

Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda And Minutes, June 2, 2003

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on, June 2, 2003.