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Kasun Gomis; Mandeep Saini; Chaminda Pathirage; Mohammed Arif – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2024
Purpose: The need to enhance student support is evident in higher education (HE) curricula. In addition to the complications created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the current strategies used in academia are criticised for their lack of appropriate student support in HE. The study focused on the themes under Section 4 of the National Student Survey…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Deans, Tutors
Roose, Deborah – AILACTE Journal, 2016
For decades, teacher educators and others have looked critically at the way teachers are initially prepared and during the last ten years the calls for reform in teacher education have become even more frequent. Some programs have responded to those demands and made substantial and long lasting changes. This qualitative study reports on data…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Qualitative Research, Administrator Attitudes
McClure, Kevin R.; Teitelbaum, Kenneth – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
State education policy changes have contributed to a reduced interest in teaching and a decreased enrollment in education degree programs in North Carolina, USA. Pressure to cut budgets and generate revenue has added to a climate of academic capitalism influencing the ways in which deans lead schools of education. The purpose of this mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Social Systems, Deans, Administrator Attitudes
Miller, Catherine A.; Thomas, Jay C. – Behavior Modification, 2012
From 1997 until his retirement in 2011, Michel Hersen served as the dean of the School of Professional Psychology (SPP) at Pacific University in Oregon. Through teaching, supervision, and modeling, Michel promoted his vision of a professional school that could compete on the national stage. He grew the program from a regional focus to one with a…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Psychology, Administrators, Program Administration
Huibregtse, Jon; Holloway, Lorretta M.; Greenberg, Scott – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2012
In spring 2010, institution-wide budget cuts resulted in several layoffs at Framingham State University (FSU), including the position of Associate Dean of the Division of Graduate and Continuing Education (DGCE). In his position as the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of DGCE, Scott Greenberg asked their Vice President for…
Descriptors: Deans, Adult Students, Continuing Education, Program Development
Kochan, Frances K. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2010
Principal preparation programs in colleges throughout the country are being initiated and redesigned using diverse models and approaches. Creating change in any organization requires the involvement and support of supervisory personnel in leadership positions. Thus, although supervisory roles in colleges and universities tend to be less direct…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Instructional Leadership, Deans, Administrator Attitudes

Maclean, Roger – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1997
Interviews with four continuing education program planners and analysis of critical incident reports supported the notion that planning is a social activity guided by a process of negotiating interests. In the planning process, different levels of power exist in relationship to different audiences. (SK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Continuing Education, Deans, Department Heads

Andrews, Hans A. – Community Services Catalyst, 1989
Considers ways in which academic leaders of community/junior colleges can expand and promote the community services program. Focuses on the importance of partnerships with the deans/directors of community services and continuing education, goal formation, personnel selection, programing, resource development, international education, faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Community Services
Bevan, John M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1985
The potential roles of department heads, deans, and faculty development directors in guiding and monitoring the effective delivery of faculty incentives are outlined, and key factors in facilitating and inhibiting vitality and signs of increased vitality are listed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Deans, Department Heads

Boice, Robert – Research in Higher Education, 1985
Introduction of faculty development programs into a university through department chairs and deans rather than faculty found deans to respond with more emotional distance but greater readiness to conceptualize applications and make helpful arrangements. Chairpersons generally reacted more defensively, discounting faculty problems or the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Deans

Heald, James E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1982
The criteria used by both search committees and candidates for deanships characterizing demonstrated skills include: (1) decision making; (2) program development; (3) planning and evaluation; (4) scholarship; (5) grantsmanship; (6) research; and (7) fiscal management. However, numerous differences were noted between the criteria considered most…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Decision Making

Bostad, Randi – Higher Education Management, 1989
The University of Trondheim's Norwegian Institute of Technology has redesigned its training program for deans and department heads to enhance the jobs' attractiveness, provide training opportunities, reduce problems of re-integration into the academic career, and introduce professional development talks by department heads with all staff. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, College Administration, Deans
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Although most business school deans accept criticisms emerging in a new report, they predicted it would take a decade or more to develop programs that have the recommended qualities of being truly interdisciplinary, emphasizing the global economy, and providing students with effective interpersonal skills. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration Education, Deans, Educational Change
Loheyde, Katherine Jones – Improving College and University Teaching, 1982
Two problems for academic deans in getting faculty involved in faculty development are motivating teachers and ensuring receptive participation. Active administrator commitment is essential, and participation can be encouraged by laying groundwork carefully, actively promoting concern for good teaching, appointing a department contact person for…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Attitude Change

Middlehurst, Robin – Higher Education Management, 1989
A project to develop and evaluate a leadership program for department heads and a series of leadership seminars for more senior administrators is described. The project included comparison of approaches to leadership training in this and other fields. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, College Administration, Deans
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