A study of 158 college presidents examined the relationship of eight leadership styles (integrator, net-caster, focused visionary, focused performer, prioritizer, dreamer, implementer, maintainer) and three college outcomes (enrollment growth, resource growth, quality improvement). Distinct patterns are identified and their implications are…

Innovations in the teaching and learning strategies used in an organizational-behavior course developed for the business school of Curtin University of Technology (Australia) are detailed. Faculty (n=18) and students (n=800) involved in the course-development process were organized into semi-autonomous study groups and learned to cope with group…

For successful school reform, educators must think differently about the purpose of schools and educational delivery, and redesign infrastructures built on shared values and beliefs, multiple interacting linkages, and teamwork. School leaders are catalysts for change and, working with the school's power agents and modeling expected behaviors,…

Presents a case study illustrating practical management and quality issues in the transition of a Master of Education course from traditional to distance learning format. Summarizes criteria used to define quality in the course, highlighting concerns about maintaining quality during change, and warns that the short-term appeal of entering distance…

Analysis of over 100 technology audits conducted by graduate students in Ohio K-12 school organizations yielded insights into best practices that school leaders may find useful, including attention to user access rate, leadership promise, technology planning, staff development, technical support, strategic hardware and software procurement,…

Outlines the elements necessary for successful development and implementation of cross-cultural curricula and related international exchange, drawing on field experience in creating a new international graduate curricula in management. International course development is a resource-intensive activity that must take into consideration the cultural…

Offers guidance on the development and introduction of an academic extranet (an information network that links computers through the World Wide Web rather than through a local area network) for a professional school, outlining the potential options and applications, and a plan for implementation. For descriptive purposes, the model school is a…

Reports a survey of 315 higher education and private secondary institutions in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States that investigated factors critical to success in international marketing of educational programs. Results suggest that two factor groups (reputation and resources, and possession of international…

Outlines the principles and procedures of an organizational communication audit as a measure of the effectiveness of personnel management in elementary and secondary schools, examining the principal tools used and the benefits that this approach offers to school management teams. (Author/MSE)

Describes the key quality indicators system (KQIs) used in the department of educational leadership at Northwest Missouri State University, and presents results of a survey of 36 graduate students concerning outcome statements, based on the KQIs, that were incorporated into course syllabi. Overall, students were satisfied with department…

Discusses new strategies for conceptualizing teacher effectiveness at the elementary/secondary levels, to be used as a basis for improving the usefulness of research on teacher effectiveness. The aim is to shift away from one-dimensional assessment of individual teachers toward a multidimensional approach that can inform improvement of both…

Data for over 1,600 students participating in the University of California Education Abroad Program over five years were used to describe student characteristics associated with program participation, with special attention to cultural diversity, academic performance abroad, and minimum academic qualifications (admission criteria and predeparture…

In light of recent British government reforms, a study of school choice in 33 local schools suggests some effects of increased marketing of schools. Notes that the market for cheap fee-paying schools has been established for a long time, and posits that some of the benefits or damage caused by markets in education should be observable in…

This article describes a new supervision model conceived to help a school system redesign its anatomy (structures), physiology (flow of information and webs of relationships), and psychology (beliefs and values). The new paradigm (Knowledge Work Supervision) was constructed by reviewing the practices of several interrelated areas: sociotechnical…