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What does instructional leadership entail? Must the principal personally conduct every activity related to such leadership? To answer these questions, the authors surveyed more than 200 principals in Virginia high schools. What they learned is described here.

Although in-school suspension is the preferred alternative to out of school suspension, in itself it is not enough to modify the behavior of at-risk students. Counseling is a much-needed factor in the program.

In an effort to examine the changing role of the principal with respect to instructional leadership, and the extent to which those responsibilities are shared and with whom, a series of studies has been conducted at Vir ginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Several of those studies are reviewed here.

This is a study of the administrative aspirations of male and female faculty members in land grant universities. Preferences for beginning level positions and those ultimately sought are explored as well as selected demographic characteristics of the respondents. Some of the myths regarding women's administrative aspirations are refuted by the researchers' analyses.