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Download full textMontez, Joni; Wolverton, Mimi – 2000
This paper addresses the evolution of the kinds of challenges that deans have met over time and examines perceptions of today's deans concerning their ability to deal effectively with current challenges. A sample of deans (n=695) in the colleges of education, business, liberal arts, and nursing at 360 public and private institutions was surveyed…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Nies, Charles; Wolverton, Mimi – 2000
This paper, which examines mentor relationships of academic deans, is part of a study conducted by the Center for Academic Leadership at Washington State University between October 1996 and January 1997. The study sample consisted of 1,370 deans (response rate 60 percent) at 360 public and private institutions, and the survey gathered information…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Wolverton, Mimi; Gonzales, Mary Jo – 2000
This paper examines various career paths leading to deanship and considers the implications of the findings for women and minorities who aspire to this position. The paper is part of a larger study of academic deanship conducted by the Center for Academic Leadership at Washington State University between October 1996 and January 1997. Data for the…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role
Wolverton, Mimi; Montez, Joni; Gmelch, Walter H. – 2000
This study examined the relationships among the roles of college deans and conflict and ambiguity in deans' work. Challenges deans perceived as imminent in the future were also studied. The sample included 1,370 deans from 360 universities. They were asked about their roles, conflicts and ambiguities they faced, and possible challenges for the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Conflict, Deans
Peer reviewedWolverton, Mimi; Wolverton, Marvin L.; Gmelch, Walter H. – Journal of Higher Education, 1999
College deans serve as both extensions of the presidency (through the provost) and extensions of the faculty. This puts them in situations confounded by ambiguity and role conflict. A discussion of the impact of this role conflict and ambiguity on deans, particularly the resulting high turnover and low productivity, suggests policy implications…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Ambiguity, College Administration, College Faculty
Wolverton, Mimi; Poch, Susan – 2000
This study points out the similarities between the backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers (CEOs) and academic deans. It notes that most CEOs are fairly well educated white males who rose through the ranks of middle management to reach their current positions; the typical dean has a doctoral degree, has often been a department chair or…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Deans, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics
