Identifies some competencies and defines roles important to the successful operation of middle-management personnel in colleges and universities, specifically, the roles of deans and department or division chairs. (Author)

Leadership among educational executives is necessary to facilitate educational progress. Yet, leadership is rendered relatively inaccessible. Its absence in practice is as common as its presence in the rhetoric of education. As leadership becomes definable and schools and communities accept it, the illusion may be transformed into a salvation.…

Six questions associated with students' perceptions of their qualifications to make ratings of various aspects of their college teaching were explored. Students were found to perceive their qualifications to rate differently for different aspects of teaching. Perceived qualification to rate the instructor's scholarship was low. (Author)

Views the spectrum of opinions on curriculum issues as ranging from advocacy of measurable, programed, teacher-prepared objectives to advocacy of a flexible, limited, pupil-oriented framework. Also discussed are structuring the learning environment, existentialism vs behaviorism, process vs product, and other issues. (BP)

Points out four ways in which American education has helped to modify educational programs in Iran: (1) American missionaries in Iran; (2) United States advisors in Iran; (3) ties between Iranian and American universities; and (4) Iranian students who have received their education in American colleges and universities. (Author)

This study failed to support earlier findings that jargon as a behavioral cue and assigned prestige as an external cue can be manipulated to affect perceived helper expertness. Several interpretations are drawn from the lack of hypothesized effect in the present study. (Author)

Summarizes for a sample of elementary teachers the previous utilization and future demand for inservice teacher workshops. A mail survey of randomly selected K-6 teachers in New York and northern New Jersey yielded 2,160 responses. Over 66 percent had attended one inservice training session during the previous two years. (Author)

The relationship between several personality variables, including locus of control and selected factors of the Sixteen P-F. (Adventurousness, Enthusiasm, Sociability, Apprehensiveness, Self-sufficiency, and Extraversion), and attitude toward role playing were examined. Differences by locus of control were nonsignificant, although significant…

This paper discusses the utility of integrated systematic design methods for promoting educational research and development projects. It argues that procedures pertinent to the integrated methodologies of research-evaluation, monitoring-formative evaluation, and planning-research can be successfully utilized to promote the execution and completion…

The College Student Personnel Services Accreditation Questionnaire described in this article was designed to be used in the accreditation of institutions of higher learning. The statistical analysis reported here involved undergraduate students and university staff personnel. The group was equally divided for sex. A table of normative data is…

This questionnaire is intended for use as one aspect in accrediting the "Student Personnel Services" which an institution of higher learning provides for students. Areas in question include personal development, health fostering, vocational preparation, effective personalized learning, economic viability, transpersonal offerings, and satisfactory…

Determines the relationship between teaching experience and attitude toward behaviorally stated objectives. The instrument used to test attitudes regarding behaviorally stated objectives was the Instructional Objectives Preference List (IOPL). Results indicated there is a continuous decrease in attitude change as number of years of teaching…

Programing on the college level for academically disadvantaged students involves a holistic approach. Every teaching device that promises to help the student upgrade his/her communication skills, subject matter achievements, and personal and social adjustment skills is used. The University of Akron program is described. (Author/BEF)

Students were asked to indicate why they cut class. While instructors came in for their share of the blame, the students attributed a large percentage of their cuts to causes for which the teachers were not at all responsible. Many of the most frequently given reasons suggest a simple carefree attitude on the part of the student. (Author)

Compares two methods of laboratory instruction: an instructor-led conventional lecture-discussion approach and an experimental team learning approach. Subjects were assigned to groups of four or five in experimental classes. Students in control classes worked individually. While differences in group means did occur, results were not significant.…