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Colleges Hire Young Graduates, Dubbed "Green Deans," to Help Run Their Student-Volunteer Programs.
Collison, Michele N-K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
As campus student volunteer activities have grown, colleges have acknowledged the need for better organization by hiring recent graduates to coordinate them. The young deans have proven to be both enthusiastic and effective at this task. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, Deans, Higher Education
The Dean over 75 Years: Some Key Themes.
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Rhatigan, James J.; Schuh, John H. – NASPA Journal, 1993
Identifies central aspects of student affairs work during 75-year history of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Reviews NASPA proceedings, historical accounts, and contemporary publications. Notes that NASPA's history has been shaped by history of higher education in United States and has been tied closely to the…
Descriptors: College Students, Deans, Higher Education, History
The South's First Black Woman Law Dean.
Collison, Michele N-K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Marilyn Yarbrough, the University of Tennessee's new law school dean, has impressive credentials, a reputation as an excellent administrator, and interests in increasing minority representation in law and reducing the financial burden of law students. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Leadership, College Athletics, Deans
Selecting a Dean of Student Services in the Far West: When Right May Be Wrong.
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Haro, Roberto P. – NASPA Journal, 1991
Reviews search process, with particular attention to search process, at 24 target sites in western United States. Found hiring patterns reflected a reliance on traditional and outmoded criteria and western states hired few minorities for deans of student services. Recommends actions to improve representation of Asians, Hispanics, and Native…
Descriptors: Deans, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Search Committees (Personnel)
Decision Making Configurations: An Alternative to the Centralization/Decentralization Conceptualization.
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Cullen, John B.; Perrewe, Pamela L. – Journal of Management, 1981
Used factors identified in the literature as predictors of centralization/decentralization as potential discriminating variables among several decision making configurations in university affiliated professional schools. The model developed from multiple discriminant analysis had reasonable success in classifying correctly only the decentralized…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, College Environment, Deans
Deans Admit Business Schools' Ills, but Cite Many Obstacles to Change.
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
Where Are All Those Faculty Curmudgeons Who Never Met a Dean They Liked?
Mooney, Carolyn J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
A recent meeting of college deans revealed their major concerns to be faculty relations, how to fairly represent both the administration and the faculty, response to inappropriate faculty requests, adjusting faculty workloads fairly, getting faculty support for curriculum changes, staying current in their academic disciplines, and making career…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Attitude Change, Career Development, College Faculty