Educational Administration with Conscience:

Educational Administration is a discipline and, such as for all disciplines, one of its purposes is that of approaching the truth. Schooling institutions ideally are all about "the pursuit of truth. " But truth is not always recognized as that when found. In this article the authors daim that we know the basic facts about Educational Administration in liberal democratic societies. Truth is in our conscience. The reality is that educational administration is rooted in the Judaeo-Christian religion just as is much of the society. The conscience of educational administrators reflects a Judaeo-Christian belief system. This then would suggest that the educational administrator who practices the principles of this belief system will be congruent with society. However, many in the discipline- both educational practitioners and theorists- appear not to accept this idea. Acknowledging the arguments against the notion of "absolute truth " and problems in interpreting and promoting religion, the authors develop the stance that the educational administrator whose system of beliefs and values are derived from the Judaeo-Christian faith is the one who will be most effective. He would act with the appropriate mix of conscience, logic, and wilIpower. The writings of such individuaIs as Barnard, Neuhaus, W. Waiker, and Frye are drawn upon for!qlpOl"t. The piece concludes with a statement on the importance of leadership in education and some suggestions for the future development of bot