ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author presents evidence to support his hypothesis that management styles affect the ways in which establishments meet the education and training requirements of students with special needs. He examines examples of management styles in the developing education market and attempt to demonstrate the consequences of management approaches for special needs provision. The author considers the ways in which management practices he has uncovered at different levels of a college’s operation affect the ability of establishments to ensure equality of educational opportunity for students with special needs. He shows that different approaches to provision for students with special needs may exist side by side in the same establishment. The author suggests that effective evaluation by management might be a strategy for assuring greater quality of teaching and learning as it is management that has the strategic view of an establishment.
