...David William Stoten Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether servant leadership can be applied to college management. The research methodology involved questionnaire and co‐constructed discussion eliciting the views of teachers on how they interpret leadership in a sixth form...

...Ann Brewer; Jingsong Zhao Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect that a prospective pathway college affiliated to a large comprehensive university in Sydney may have on the university's reputation. In particular, the association of reputation with preference for a pathway...

... The findings confirm that albeit for Community Colleges, the vast majority of institutions offer study abroad programs. However, this survey also reveals the important role providers are playing in offering generic programs to students from multiple institutions. Research limitations/implications...

...‐athletes, these differences favor athletes (Umbach et al., 2004). Matthew L. Symonds can be contacted at: msymond@nwmissouri.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Athletics Sports Colleges Students Education United States of America Fueled by recent writing...

...Jack D. Kulchitsky Purpose As colleges implement alternative forms of education delivery, prospective students must consider the method of instruction when choosing a post‐secondary institution. The purpose of this research paper is to assess the search criteria considered most important...

...Kazuhisa Miura; Tomomi Inada; Kensaku Nomura; Masaaki Yokotani; Tetsuya Kubota; Tetsuya Akagi Purpose Aims to offer some ways of improving and developing the residents in the dormitory of Tsuyama National College of Technology, Tsuyama, Japan. Design/methodology/approach Describes how in order...

...Michael J. Tippins The ability to acquire, share, and utilize knowledge has become a critical organizational capability as businesses attempt to cope with a rapidly changing environment. Colleges of business, the critical suppliers of future business managers, are not immune to such environmental...

... and was the first private college in Malaysia to be awarded the ISO 9002 certification in total for all of its departments. The paper investigates the management system prior to adopting the quality system, reviews the implementation process and evaluates the effectiveness of the system on the academic departments...

... of teacher training colleges in Israel, the paper provides insight into the complexity of re‐building new images for HE institutions that have long suffered, and still suffer, from a low public image. It is argued here that both the messages directed to transmit a more “academic”, “professional...

...Stephen Gorard College climate has been defined as the collective personality of a college. The University of Cyprus, being a new institution, wanted to find out the kind of climate which exists four years after it was established. The personal assessment of the university climate survey was used...

...David M. Brock The aim of this project was to investigate whether combinations of strategies, planning modes and levels of autonomy are associated with superior college effectiveness relative to other combinations of these variables. It was hypothesized that a college pursuing a prospector strategy...

... importance for the survival of an organization. Colleges Environmental scanning Green issues Strategic planning Universities The twenty‐first century has been the frequent setting for fantastic tales painted by science fiction writers, imaginative comic books, the movies, and strategic planners...

...David R. Jones; Edward A. Holdaway Describes a study which examined expectations for academic leadership of, and sharing of authority by, departmental heads in a community college, a technical institute, and a university in Alberta, Canada. Information was obtained from questionnaires completed...

... and publishing activities as part of their role. Recently, as the result of various funding initiatives and the need to establish themselves as “true” universities, staff in the former polytechnics and colleges are being expected to make a stronger contribution in research and publishing. Many staff...

... aspects in which Chinese higher education has to be reformed in order to meet the demands of the twenty‐first century © MCB UP Limited 1996 China Colleges Continuing education Funding Higher education Universities The year 1978 was of immense historical significance to China...

...Tony Conway; Stephen Mackay; David Yorke The Education Reform Act 1988 brought about a number of radical changes in the structure and funding of UK higher education institutions particularly within the “new university” and college sector. As a result,they now operate within a much greater...

... of what the school or college might provide to enable managers to manage more effectively. A clear relationship is established between the tools needed for effective management on a day‐to‐day basis and the processes which could be instigated to promote effective management development within...

...Roger Blackmore Looks at the challenges being faced in the field of personnel management as hundreds of local technical colleges, colleges of FE and sixth form colleges up and down the country prepare for incorporation and independence from their previous local authority control. © MCB UP Limited...

...Lawrence P.S. Piper Examines issues facing further education in the UK in a climate of dwindling resources, in which greater efficiency and effectiveness will have to be achieved as colleges move out of local authority control. Proposes significant changes to institutional structures and management...

...Roger B. Blackmore Examines some of the problems experienced by FE managements as college principals and governors assume greater powers. How are newly appointed management personnel best able to exercise their functions when many are faced with new surroundings and new responsibilities...