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Fain, Adeline E. – Community College Review, 1987
State directors of two-year college education were asked to rate the importance and time spent on 67 specific managerial activities and to identify the activities to which they should and would like to allocate more time. Long-range planning and staff development were of greatest interest to respondents, whereas negotiation was of least interest.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Administrators, College Administration
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Walker, Paul D. – Community College Review, 1981
Finds three areas of faculty/administrator interaction to have the greatest influence on organizational climate: goal setting and internal governance, application of resources, and organizational and personal development. Suggests strategies under each area for promoting a positive climate. Reports briefly on a panel's assessment of the analysis…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
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Vaughan, George B. – Community College Review, 1981
Offers suggestions to help community college administrators mesh the administration with other segments of the college. Underscores the importance of a clear written philosophy of administration; administrators' leadership role; faculty organizations that are not controlled by the administration or union; planning; resisting encroaching forces;…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges
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Richardson, R. C., Jr. – Community College Review, 1980
Discusses the following factors influencing the role of community college institutional researchers: the current emphasis on proposal writing and grant management, fiscal constraints, mission expansion, marketing, program evaluations, faculty/administrator relations, institutional credibility and change, college planning, and issues of the 1980s.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges
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Dever, John T. – Community College Review, 1997
Describes Peter Senge's learning organization model for creating effective organizational structures and its applicability to leadership in higher education institutions. By examining Senge's views on the ideal leader, the author concludes that the model disregards two important aspects of educational leadership: political adeptness and a strong…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, College Administration
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Ayers, David – Community College Review, 2002
Contends that executive-level administrators must provide strategic leadership of the institutional mission if their community colleges are to adapt and respond to learner needs. Reports that content analyses of mission statements from 102 colleges revealed seven salient themes: access, workforce and economic development, comprehensive…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Presidents, College Role
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Roe, Mary Ann; Baker, George A. – Community College Review, 1989
Examines the roles and competencies of community college chief executive officers (CEO's). Discusses aspects of leadership and followership, and leader-follower interchange. Urges CEO's to assess themselves as leaders, identify and provide for the training of future leaders through planned mentoring and professional development. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Presidents
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Charles, Searle F.; Hale, Earl – Community College Review, 1994
Discusses the responsibilities of those who lead state-level community college governing boards. Discusses the importance of leadership skills, coordination of agencies, communication within the college system, confronting political agendas, and interacting with legislators. Indicates that good state directors are educators who know the value of…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration
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Piland, William E.; Butte, Halimah – Community College Review, 1991
Presents results of a survey of 100 randomly selected community college trustees, focusing on respondents' characteristics and views on funding, governance, and educational issues. Reports strong agreement that states should provide most community college funding and strong disagreement that boards should be involved in college administration and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges
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Selman, James W.; Wilmoth, James N. – Community College Review, 1993
Describes a study of 2-year college presidents' perceptions of 21 related administrative activities to identify activity clusters of perceived importance and differences of opinion among presidents of public community and technical colleges and private technical colleges in the southern states. Discusses differences in the agendas community and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Presidents
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Beehler, Michael C. – Community College Review, 1993
Describes a survey of Washington community college presidents, deans of instruction, faculty, and governing board chairs regarding influences on and changes in the role of community college presidents. Considers conflicts in role expectations of various constituencies and the impact of longevity, gender, and previous college experience. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Administration
North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees Review, 1993
"North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees (NCACCT) Review" is designed to educate and inform trustees serving on the 68 boards of North Carolina's community colleges. The four issues of volume 1 contain the following major articles: (1) "Critical Legislative Session Ahead: A Report from the Department of Community…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Community Colleges, Governing Boards