Effectiveness of College Management – A Comparative View of Teachers and Principals

Abstract

The paper explores the perceptions of teachers and principals towards management of colleges. The study also examines the differences (if any) in the perceptions of teachers and principals of the colleges. Results showed that perceptions of teachers towards college management are not much acceded to the availability of research environment, educational material, faculty motivation and placement of students in the colleges. It was also revealed from the study that principals are not much inclined to agree with research environment for teachers and placement of students in colleges. Comparison of the views of teachers and principals showed that teachers are significantly less satisfied regarding management of colleges in respect of faculty-related factors i.e. teaching environment, research environment, educational material, infrastructure, and faculty motivation. Views are also significantly different for another factor related to the students i.e. education of students. However, their views are not significantly different for remaining two of the student-related factors, namely ‘placement of students’ and ‘extra curricular activities of students’. College-wise comparison showed that perceptions of teachers and principals are significantly different for many factors, in some, but not in all colleges.