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The views of 31 college presidents and 29 faculty officers concerning good faculty leadership were studied with a national sample of respondents during 1986-1987. The analysis was part of interviews with persons holding formal leadership positions in a sample of 32 institutions, 8 each of major research/doctoral institutions, state colleges and universities, private colleges, and community colleges. The faculty officer was usually the head of the faculty senate or faculty union. Attention was directed to differences in responses by presidents and faculty leaders, as well as differences by type of institution. Presidents and faculty officers who focused on the campus as a whole seemed to agree with each other, but they differed dramatically when they considered the professional substance of faculty leadership. The research suggests that faculty leaders fill ill-defined roles. Since the views o