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May, William J. – Education Canada, 1983
Defines the principal's role as educational leader. Shows how the status of principals and the bureaucracy of public schools in Canada limit the principal's role. Explains the Canadian school budgeting process and its disadvantages. Suggests that school-based management can overcome educational centralization. (SB)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Bureaucracy
Download full textDUNN, SUSAN V. – 1966
A REVIEW OF LITERATURE OUTLINING THE MAIN ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EDUCATIONAL PARKS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS PRESENTED. EDUCATIONAL PARKS ARE DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR LARGE SIZE (FROM 10,000 TO 25,000 STUDENTS), CENTRAL LOCATION, ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRALIZATION, AND DECENTRALIZED SCHOOL DESIGN. THE ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATIONAL PARKS INCLUDE (1) A…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Decentralization, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
Direct linkMacDougall, Peter R.; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes Santa Barbara City College's decentralized research program, considering the roles of the president, vice presidents, deans, institutional research committee members, and data-processing director. Explains how the research agenda is determined, projects monitored, results/implications identified, and findings disseminated. Highlights…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Committees, Community Colleges
Craig, Alan – 1980
This study first provides a review of literature relevant to curriculum autonomy and school-based curriculum development, with special emphasis on Australian secondary schools. The second part of the report analyzes Australian secondary school staff's perceptions of: 1) the meaning of curriculum autonomy, 2) the advantages and disadvantages of…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Decentralization
Leu, Donald J.; Candoli, I. Carl – 1968
A report of a study conducted for the Chicago Public School System on the feasibility of the cultural-educational park answering the educational needs of the community. The concept is defined and its historical development traced, its advantages, disadvantages and evaluative criteria are noted, and finally, specific recommendations are made. A…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Study, Cultural Centers, Decentralization
Peer reviewedvan Langen, Annemarie; Dekkers, Hetty – Comparative Education, 2001
Describes Dutch policies to combat educational disadvantage arising from economic, social, and cultural factors by funding efforts at the local level. Compares Dutch efforts to success factors and obstacles encountered in similar initiatives in the United States, England and Wales, and Australia, where public education and local authority have…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Lawson, John – 1989
This report is the fifth in a series on cultivating excellence in education for the purpose of training and retraining school leaders of the 1990s. The role of school administrators, and especially building principals; the characteristic administrative functions; the step-by-step procedures for implementation; and the advantages and possible…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education
PDF pending restorationSweet, Gilbert A. – 1972
The debate over new counseling roles rages as some counselors are already adopting them. This paper describes alternative counseling-consulting interventions possible with teachers. It suggests a strategy for speeding the process of role change and encouraging counselor-teacher interaction. The strategy is that of decentralizing counseling offices…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Counseling, Counseling Instructional Programs, Counselor Performance
Boyet, Robert W., Comp.; Schilling, Ted, Comp. – 1974
The mini-center concept described in the guide is an attempt to consolidate adult education services into a more effective instructional program by extending adult class meetings to four straight nights a week at a centrally located facility especially designed for adult education purposes. The guide discusses advantages and disadvantages of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education Centers, Decentralization
da Costa, Lamartine Pereira – 1974
This case study of the organizational structure of the Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL) describes the various organizational changes made as the mediating agency attempted to develop a large-scale national program within the existing social structure. Steps in the organization's development are traced from: (1) Beginnings in 1970 under the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Case Studies, Decentralization
Kintzer, Frederick C.; And Others – 1969
To gather information about the administrative relationship between the district office and the various campuses of a multi-institution junior college district, administrative officers in 21 districts were studied. In addition, opinions of 45 district chief executives and 75 institutional chief administrators representing 17 states were sought to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Planning, Decentralization
Lillis, Kevin M., Ed. – 1993
This book offers a range of original perspectives on issues of planning and managing education in small systems. It is based on the proceedings of a conference held at the University of London's Institute for Education, supported by the European Community Directorate General for Development. The conference addressed a range of themes relevant to…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Economic Development, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Dunn, David – 1994
By March 1994, eight states had adopted charter-school legislation. This report defines the charter-school concept and describes its advantages and disadvantages. Proponents argue that charter schools offer flexibility, decentralized decision making, a performance accountability, and school choice, and increased pressure for change. Opponents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Decentralization
Scigliano, Virginia; Scigliano, John A. – 1981
Four alternative organizational structures are discussed with regard to their applicability to the reorganization of community college allied health programs. After introductory material noting the complexities, multiple interfaces, and high costs that make allied health and nursing programs prime targets for reorganization, the four models of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Allied Health Occupations, Centralization
Peer reviewedHeermann, Barry, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1976
Because administrative organization has an indirect but important relationship to student learning and to the achievement of the mission of the two-year college, community college educators must be sensitive to the nuances of authority relations in their institutions. The articles in this sourcebook present selected approaches to the use of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cluster Colleges, College Administration, Community Colleges
