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Issue Area Six: Ethical And Legal Concerns: What Are They And How Will They Be Addressed?, Barb Safford

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

New technologies always cause new concerns about moral and legal issues inherent in the new possibilities that change brings about. As the evidence mounts that students must have access to the Internet because of its unique resources, because some critical information skills can best be taught via those resources, and because some version of the Internet will be the way our students communicate in the future, it is essential that we investigate issues that make this technology work for students within the framework of responsible, democratic values.

Disparity in educational opportunity should not exist in a democracy. One of our …

The Radical Scot: The Educational Ideas And Philanthropies Of William Maclure (1763-1840), Eleanor Nicholson

Dissertations

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Keepers Of The Flame: Contemporary Urban Superintendents, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

A wealth of qualitative data concerning urban districts and their school superintendents in the United States is contained in this book. Theodore J Kowalski examines the lives of 17 urban school superintendents focusing on their problems and aspirations. Of particular significance is the discussion of how factors such as community environment, organizational change and culture, and the person in the job combine to influence decision-making and administrative behaviour.

Case Studies On Educational Administration, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

This book immerses prospective administrators in the realities of practice and decision-making through the use of a wide range of open-ended case studies. Effective practice in school administration involves making decisions about management of schools and reform, including state deregulation, district decentralization, and school restructuring. Leaders need to think beyond management and consider how to affect school culture, professional development, and changing populations. The cases in this book will help leaders address those issues by honing three key skills: (1) How to identify and solve problems; (2) How to develop and evaluate alternative solutions; (3) How to continuously refine professional …

Selected Papers Of The Academy Of Youth Leaders, Susan R. Edginton, Christopher Edginton, Wendy L. Walser

Faculty Book Gallery

The provision of high quality, high impact services is the quest of all youth service organizations. Selected Papers of the Academy for Youth Leaders presents a series of presentations from the U.S. Army Youth Services 25th anniversary celebration conference--A Silver Salute: A Journey into Excellence--held at the University of Northern Iowa.

There are a number of national trends impacting youth today that reinforce the need for strong, well-managed youth services in our communities. For example, it has been reported that over 40% of a youth's day is discretionary or leisure time and much of this time is spent without adult …

Preparing Teachers To Be Leaders: Barriers In The Workplace, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

Efforts to prepare teachers to be leaders are often impeded by a number of barriers in society and schools. Obstacles in the workplace are largely products of organizational cultures and climates that place teachers in subordinate roles. The argument is made that consideration of these barriers must be incorporated into revisions of teacher education curricula.

Factors Underlying Effective College Teaching: What Students Tell Us, Carolyn Ridenour, Stephen J. Blatt

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

The researchers analyzed 28,000 student evaluations of faculty across 46 departments for one academic term. A 27-item instrument on which students rated faculty was used. One global item assessing overall instructor effectiveness was predicted most strongly by three items: namely, students' perception that the instructor was prepared, presented subject matter clearly, and was interesting. The predictors of students, perceiving that they "learned a lot" were the ratings on three items: the instructor was interesting, the course met the objectives, and the instructor was well-prepared. Being prepared and being interesting seem to be critical characteristics for university faculty in the classroom.

School-Community Networks: Three Partnership Case Studies., Doris M. Williams

Dissertations

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Factors Affecting The Academic Success Of Students Transitioning From Middle School To High School, Garry Lee Newton

Theses and Dissertations

Expectations for students in middle school and students in high school differ. Administrators and teachers have a responsibility to insure that these students are prepared academically to succeed when leaving the eighth grade and entering the ninth grade. Currently this is not the case in many middle schools and junior high schools. In Pocomoke, Maryland the high school principal, Dr. James H. Vansciver, (Marshall, Scott & Sikes, 1993, p. Preface), claimed that just as isolationism was not successful in preventing the United States from becoming involved in a global conflict, neither is it a successful strategy for individual schools to …

A Qualitative Study Of Northwest Suburban Chicago School District Hiring Practices, Raymond J. Kuper

Master's Theses

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1995 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes & Supplementary Materials, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes & Supplementary Materials for 1995.

A Study Of The Investment Policies And Practices Of California Social Service And Advocacy Organizations, Alexis Whitney Olian

Master's Theses

This research examines the investment policies and practices of California social service and advocacy organizations by investigating the level of complexity of their investment activities and whether the mission of their organization is taken under consideration, as a social investment screen, when making investment decisions.

The nonprofit sector is an essential and influential part of our society as well as our economy. The management of this sector's growing assets is of key importance to its long-term financial stability. With the growing popularity of social investment and the increasing diversity of social investment strategies, it is also a valuable time to …