Financial systems at state, district, and school levels are discussed. The emphasis for this course is on identification of laws and legal issues affecting schools and school systems. Case studies are reviewed. Contract law, policies, and regulations pertinent to school districts are discussed. This course focuses on analyses of various methods of supervision.
Students develop a personal model for more effective supervision.
The course examines both the historical and the contemporary governance structure and fictions, and the impetus for institutional reform. Future trends, such as those driven by the information age and demographic change, will be explored. This course provides an overview of policy formulation in postsecondary institutions, including the role of boards, administrators, faculty, and students. The forces exerted by federal and state policy and regulatory agencies on both public and private institutions are examined. Related topics include policies on academic freedom, the future of the tenure system, faculty participation in institutional planning, and the effects of external and internal policy-making on financial planning.