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Stamm, Martin J. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
The scholar-teacher, whose functions lie at the heart of the college or university, should have a part in the selection of chairman, dean, and president, suggests this director of the Division of Educational Placement at the University of Pennsylvania. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Administrators, Decision Making, Department Heads
Download full textJohnsrud, Linda K.; Sagaria, Mary Ann D. – 1989
Internal labor market theory is extended to identify market domains that influence administrative staffing decisions, and a theoretical predictive model about the role of market domains in decisions to promote or hire is proposed and tested. Information is presented as follows: theoretical framework; labor markets within higher education; and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Competitive Selection, Decision Making, Employment Opportunities
Gips, Crystal J.; Bredeson, Paul V. – 1984
An exploratory study focused on teacher participation in the decision-making processes of personnel selection in public schools. A stratified random selection procedure was employed to select a sample of public school teachers (kindergarten through 12th grade) in a large midwestern state. The survey was mailed to a total of 305 teachers, 60…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Decision Making, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBarr, Steve H.; Hitt, Michael A. – Personnel Psychology, 1986
Selection decisions in the evaluation of applicants for managerial positions and recommended starting salaries were examined in samples of professional interviewers and students. Significant differences were noted bewteen the two samples in the number and nature of factors used in making selection and salary decisions. (Author/ABB)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, College Students, Decision Making, Evaluators
Riesman, David; Neff, Charles B. – AGB Reports, 1992
Two leading writers on choosing a college president exchange views concerning the statement of leadership qualities, choosing one committee or two for the search process, the number of members of the search committee, selection of the search committee chair, and the period of greatest vulnerability (just before the decision). (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, College Administration, College Presidents, Decision Making
Peer reviewedLutz, Frank W. – Planning and Changing, 1979
Examines the search-screen-selection practices of colleges and universities searching for new deans. The examination is based on Bailey's two types of councils, elite and arena. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Selection, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHooker, Karen Okeafor – Planning and Changing, 2000
Exploratory study of seven superintendents' perspectives on the recruitment process, selection criteria, and final selection decisions of 20 recently hired principals and assistant principals. Superintendents were from a variety of small and midsized school districts and communities. Generates four hypotheses to be tested in future studies.…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Assistant Principals, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Boer, Harry de; Goedegebuure, Leo – Australian Universities' Review, 1995
A survey of 112 higher education institutions in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Flanders (Belgium) sought information about governance and decision-making structures, including the involvement of faculty, administrators, and governing councils at different levels; areas in which these actors participate…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Budgeting
Verdery, John D. – Independent School Bulletin, 1974
Considered the responsibilities of boards of trustees in selecting heads of independent schools. (RK)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Decision Making, Job Skills
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1984
Characteristics of "sunshine" laws in the 50 states are identified and compared, based on data from the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities in a study of administration selection. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Comparative Analysis, Confidentiality, Decision Making
Stollar, Dewey H.; And Others – 1969
This document contains reports of research findings considered of special relevance for school board members. The introduction summarizes the project which involved selecting, abstracting, analyzing, and interpreting research on 27 topics. Each of the 27 resumes (written in "layman's language") includes questions, review of studies, implications,…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining
Peer reviewedKelly, Sam P. – Liberal Education, 1977
A detailed analysis is presented of the three stages of the search process involved in hiring administrators. Some suggestions for making this process more systematic and effective are included. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Selection, Committees, Decision Making
Mundinger, Donald C. – AGB Reports, 1982
Candidates for presidential positions need to ask tougher questions during the selection process and the governing boards need to give franker answers. Issues to be considered include: alumni financial support, faculty support, students, financial situation, support of the trustees, family life, etc. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Selection, College Presidents, Decision Making
Cook, Diana L.; And Others – Currents, 1990
The University of Akron's department of development designed a screening instrument to help them in the hiring process. The instrument involves: evaluating the job description, writing down the attributes needed, rating the attributes' importance, advertising the position, conducting the interviews, and using the instrument to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Administrators, Decision Making, Fund Raising
Johnson, Carroll F. – 1982
The role of the consultant in the superintendent selection process is to assist the board of education in three major areas: in defining the qualifications and characteristics desired in the superintendent, in obtaining a large pool of qualified candidates meeting the defined criteria, and in following procedures that will permit making the best…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Board of Education Role, Consultants
