This book covers information which members of educational boards of control must know in order to execute their responsibilities effectively. The author advances suggestions that promote knowledge, leadership, and devotion to duty needed for attaining institutional progress and quality. Contents: Preface; Being a Board Member; Measuring Up to the Responsibility; Functioning as a Board; Defining Goals and Setting Policy; Budgeting and Building; Measuring Institutional Strength; Working with Management; Evaluating Administrative Personnel; Evaluating Board Performance; Appendices: Criteria for Assessing Institutional Strength, Board Member's Self-Evaluation; Board's Evaluation Instrument; Index.