It is not unusual for universities periodically to undertake a strategic planning process with the goal of improving their effectiveness. Typically, the process takes one of two forms: It can redirect or recast the institution in fundamental ways, or it can focus on the things that it is doing especially well and organize the future around them.…

Discussion of the Total Quality Management approach looks at elements that can and can not be applied in the university context. The approach is seen to offer a technique and justification for constantly seeking improvement, fostering willingness to change, distributing decision making, promoting positive attitudinal change, and shifting focus…

The transformation of a rural Vermont preparatory school to a coeducational two-year college emphasizing work skills and education about natural resource management is described. Offerings include agriculture, land use, communications, wildlife management, an outdoor survival course, and shorter courses offered to high school students. (MSE)

Higher Education needs a rebirth of academic management to combine educational policy and planning with financial administration. The approaches to strategy-making at four institutions at Hood, Hartford, Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Teachers College are described. (MLW)

The use of the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Management approach to restructure the graduate school admissions process is described, and lessons learned from the venture are discussed. The resulting five-day admissions procedure now in place is outlined. (MSE)

The use of computer technology in college management has its own momentum, and the danger is that it will be pursued for its own sake. However, the use of computers to enable students to think more deeply and effectively, rather than just more technically, will be challenging and rewarding for higher education. (MSE)

Consumer education is breaking away from nutrition and home management courses and turning the home economist into a catalyst for social and economic change. (Author/PG)

This article describes the author's experience working with copyright and teachers' level of awareness or unawareness of the basics about copyright. The article is divided into sections on the following topics: Rewards for Authors; Hypothetical Scenarios; Options for Managing Authors' Rights; and Emerging Principles for Scholarly Communications.…

The development and effectiveness of the Central American Management Institute (INCAE), a 12-year-old school that specializes in training top business administration people in Latin America, is discussed. INCAE's view is that economic development is the key to social change, especially in the third world. (LBH)

Changes and problems in the economy and workplace, including the certainty of future struggles for good jobs, new management mood toward unions, automation, and fringe benefits, are examined. It is suggested that education for this future must inculcate moral values along with academic skills and seek to restore faith in institutions. (JMD)

The University of California at Los Angeles, in attempting to respond to state legislators' demands to redirect teaching and research to match society's needs, has faced substantial administrative challenges. A Responsibility Center Management model for strategic institutional planning has failed to produce desired changes and has tended to…

The experience of Meharry Medical College in obtaining and using federal funds and grants is presented to illustrate the plight of Black professional schools. (JMF)

The concept underlying affirmative action emerged in 1941, but resistance to it persists. Equity management is a form of leadership committed to diversity as a strength, not a weakness. Federal policy has led in this approach, and historically black colleges provide models. Higher education must now forge effective policies and practices. (MSE)

Research suggests that academic institutions are not just businesses but have unique characteristics and needs. Business administrators could learn a great deal from their academic colleagues about organizational administration, and college administrators should attempt to chronicle their effective organizational practices. (MSE)

By modulating course requirements, effective classroom management is able to sustain respectable academic standards while making flexible concessions to student petitions. The author's name is a pseudonynm. (MLW)