Descriptor
Source
Administrator's Update | 1 |
Publication Type
Collected Works - Serials | 2 |
ERIC Publications | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Administrators | 1 |
Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Bowker, Lee H. – Administrator's Update, 1981
The role of the academic dean, role conflicts, and the occupational experiences and performance of deans are considered. Role conflict for academic deans is related to clashing constituencies, role ambiguity, lack of correspondence between organization requirements and the personalities of incumbent deans, changing organizational needs over time,…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Conflict Resolution
Genthon, Michele; Joscelyn, Mary K., Ed. – 1989
Chief academic officers at 1,053 institutions of higher education across the United States were surveyed about the barriers to improving teaching and learning. Using factor analysis, responses were reduced to nine general problem areas. In order of importance from most important to least important, the problems identified were: financial support,…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role