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Contemporary School Administration: An Introduction, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Contemporary School Administration presents a pragmatic approach to school administration as a career choice, offering a broad, comprehensive overview of educational leadership in both public and private schools.

The initial chapters provide a foundation for understanding leadership and management, the primary components of administration. Common questions students ask regarding academic study, licensure, job opportunities, income, and career development are featured in the early chapters. The text is also unique in that it covers critical topics ignored in most other introductory books. Examples of these topics include private schools, women and minorities in administration, and communication. Content does not overlap with …

New Concepts Of Professional Expertise: Liberal Learning As Part Of A Career-Oriented Education, Ernest Lynton

New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications

The nature of the expertise needed in most professions and higher level occupations is broadening because of changing organization and content of work. Today, a competent practitioner must be more than a narrow specialist. Curricular reviews aimed at ensuring liberal learning should abandon the false dichotomy between career-oriented and liberal education and begin by reexamining and broadening the major.

Case Studies On Teaching, Theodore J. Kowalski, Roy A. Weaver, Kenneth T. Henson

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Case Studies on Teaching is a unique book designed to infuse reality into the process of preparing teachers. The contents are based on real issues and needs faced by new teachers at they commence their professional careers in elementary and secondary school classrooms. The thirty-six cases offer myriad opportunities for utilizing the case method of instruction. This method has received acclaim in law, medicine, and business curricula. Regardless of the professional context, case studies create interactions that mandate active learning.

Planning And Managing School Facilities, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Theodore Kowalski addresses the administrative procedures associated with planning and managing school facilities. Practitioner interest in school facilities has been growing rapidly in recent years because decades of neglect, poor planning, and cost cutting have created a situation in which large numbers of America's school buildings are in need of major repair or replacement.

At the same time, the realization that costs related to repair and replacement have escalated significantly has fueled a new concern among school facility planning and management.

Writing for school administrators, superintendents, and board members as well as graduate students in education, Kowalski discusses planning from …

An Analysis Of Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions Toward The Mainstreaming Of Mildly Mentally Retarded Students In Selected Texas Public Schools Districts., Jane R. . Perez

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

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A Comparative Study Of The Attitudes Of Special Education And Regular Teachers In An Urban School Setting., Dorothy R. Robinson

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

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A Study Of The Perceptions And Expectations Of College Freshmen Toward Counseling Services Offered At Selected Community Colleges., Leon Kilpatrick

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

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Community Education: Processes And Programs, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

"Community education is on the threshold of a major breakthrough. It has captured the imagination of both educational and lay leaders throughout the U.S."

Although these words are an appropriate description of community education today, they were written by V. M. Kerensky 14 years ago. An idea that never took hold to the degree its advocates predicted, community education, nevertheless, refuses to die. Over the past two or three years, the interest of educationalleaders has been stimulated once again by this proposal for expanding the mission and decision-making processes of public schools. In 49 of the 50 states (Hawaii being …

Perceptions Of Nursing Education Administrators And Nursing Service Administrators Regarding Associate Degree And Baccalaureate Nurses In Hospitals, Judith Pinson Sortet

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The problem investigated was the degree of incongruence between the perceptions of nursing education administrators and nursing service administrators in regard to the educational preparation and employment practices for technical and professional nurses which has contributed to discontent in the profession. The population studied was nursing education administrators in AD and BSN programs and nursing service administrators in general acute care hospitals in West Virginia. The research method was a descriptive survey using a mailed questionnaire developed by a researcher. Eighteen (100%) of the nursing education administrators and sixty (89.6%) of the nursing service administrators responded.

Seven perceptions were examined …

Regular Education Teachers’ Attitudes And Knowledge Concerning The Mainstreaming Of Handicapped Students, Kenneth R. Brown

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether regular education teachers, when given an intensive training program in all aspects of special education, will be more at ease when teaching handicapped students and in turn have im proved attitudes when working with these students. The data for the study were collected in 1984 and 1985 using a researcher-designed instrument entitled Special Education Attitude Survey (SEAS). A total of 93 teachers in the Spring Branch Independent School District (Houston, Texas) was in cluded in the study. A treatment group was administered training in a two-day workshop setting. The control group …

The Influence Of Federal Administrative Trends On The Budgetary Processes Of Nigeria’S Federal Universities., Iliya Wambi Samaila

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

The proliferation of university educational demand in Nigeria occurred as a result of the oil boom and the subsequent creation of nineteen states. In 1974, Ibadan and Lagos Universities were the only federal universities; in 1976 seven more universities were created. The sudden increase, from two in 1974 to thirteen federal universities in 1976, necessitated the adoption of the formula funding model, which was perceived as being capable of allocating resources to all similar academic programs in the institutions. The thirteen federal universities were used in the study. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability outcome of …

College And University Program Planning Emphasis As Perceived By Academic Administrators In Selected Colleges And Universities, John Nyemaichechi Okendu

Dissertations (Pre-2016)

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether institutional control as defined by private and public colleges and universities, institutional setting, as defined by two-year and four-year colleges and universities, and institutional geographical location, as defined by the states of California, Pennsylvania, and Texas, had any measurably significant difference on academic program planning emphasis and value in the area of labor market demand. A mail survey instrument developed by Brazziel and revised by Taherian was sent to the entire 727 academic vice presidents in colleges and universities located in the states of California, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Four hundred and …

A Study Of The Possible Implications Of Current Institutional Practices On The Future Of International Higher Education And A Broader Higher Education Bubble, Tamer Khadre

Capstone Collection

The hypothesis of a higher education bubble in the United States is one that has been discussed in literature for a number of years, with parallels being drawn to the inflation and deflation of prices of commodities in industries such as housing and the stock market. This study examines the applicability of such a hypothesis to the international education sector of the higher education industry in the United States. The focus of this study is (a) the perceived impact of current institutional practices in the field of international education on the long term viability of the field overall and (b) …

"Dedication Of Branford Price Millar Library", Portland State University, Joseph C. Blumel, Andrew Millar, Theresa Millar, Gordon Hearn, Miles Romney, Frank Rodgers

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

Recorded in the lobby of Branford P. Millar Library. Speakers are PSU President Joseph Blumel, Theresa Millar, Andrew Millar, Gordon Hearn (Dean of the School of Social Work), Miles Romney (Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Oregon State System of Higher Education), Frank Rodgers (PSU Library Director).

"Memorial Gathering For Branford P. Millar", Portland State University

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

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12/21/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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12/18/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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12/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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10/24/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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07/24/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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07/06/1944 (V-Mail), University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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07/03/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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06/27/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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06/19/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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06/18/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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06/16/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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06/14/1944, University Of Southern Maine Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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05/10/19944, Usm Special Collections

Luther I. Bonney Papers

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