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Download full textSmith, Deborah Deutsch – Claremont Graduate University (NJ1), 2012
The author and her colleagues have just completed a four-year long project that was funded by the federal government. The project focused on the nation's capacity to prepare a sufficient supply of general and special education professionals to provide a quality education to students with disabilities and others who struggle becoming proficient…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Faculty, Special Education, Educational Quality
Direct linkSmith, Deborah Deutsch; Montrosse, Bianca Elizabeth – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
The first article in this special issue is about the doctoral programs, the suppliers of new doctoral graduates in special education. It focuses on one component of a larger effort, the Special Education Faculty Needs Assessment (SEFNA) project, which investigated many aspects of the supply of new doctoral graduates as well as the demand for new…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Doctoral Programs, Special Education, Special Education Teachers
Smith, Deborah Deutsch; Montrosse, Bianca Elizabeth; Robb, Susan Mortorff; Tyler, Naomi Chowdhuri; Young, Christopher – Claremont Graduate University (NJ1), 2011
For over 25 years, independent researchers have warned of an impending shortage of the special education (SE) faculty who staff the nation's institutions of higher education (IHEs). "The 2001 Faculty Shortage Study" (Smith, Pion, Tyler, Sindelar, & Rosenberg, 2001), which documented the imbalance between the supply of and demand for SE leadership…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Faculty, Special Education, Needs Assessment
Tyler, Naomi Chowdhuri; Montrosse, Bianca Elizabeth; Smith, Deborah Deutsch – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2012
As the field of special education (SE) examines issues related to supply and demand of SE teachers and faculty, an investigation of students currently enrolled in doctoral programs and doctoral graduates is an important perspective to consider. The results of two components of the "Special Education Faculty Needs Assessment" (SEFNA), focused on…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Doctoral Programs, Special Education, College Students
Smith, Deborah Deutsch; Robb, Susan Mortorff; West, Jane; Tyler, Naomi Chowdhuri – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2010
The roles and obligations of teacher educators have expanded substantially in recent years. Expectations have increased because of national concerns about the overall achievement results of all students and because of specific federal mandates--expressed in reauthorizations of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals With Disabilities…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
Peer reviewedTyler, Naomi Chodhuri; Smith, Deborah Deutsch – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1999
This study surveyed 146 recent graduates from special-education doctoral programs concerning the following: motivating factors for obtaining a doctoral degree, considerations when selecting initial careers, and the effects of marriage and family on those decisions. Salary, relocation factors, and prior career experiences strongly influenced…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Faculty, Decision Making, Disabilities
Peer reviewedSmith, Deborah Deutsch; Pierce, Tom – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1995
This article reviews and synthesizes recent research on higher education faculty shortages in the special education field, and outlines areas of needed research. Issues discussed include high attrition rates, faculty diversity, and insufficient and misplaced incentives. Strengths and weaknesses of available research are discussed. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Faculty Mobility, Higher Education, Leadership
