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Maine Alumni Magazine, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2004, University Of Maine Alumni Association

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

Leaving the Job You Love: Peter Hoff looks back on his UMaine presidency --- More Than Maintaining the Status Quo: Interim president Robert Kennedy will be more than a caretaker --- Lobstering Her Way Through College: Christina Rackliff '04 learned the value of hard work from her father --- From Boardman Hall to the Halls of Justice: Judge Franklin Van Antwerpen '64 is elevated to America's second highest court --- Bolting to the Top: John Tortorella '81 leads the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup --- Remembering President Paul Silverman

The Challenges Of A New Department Chair: Success Despite Reality, Jeanneine P. Jones

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A narrative demonstrating the need for administrative training for department chairs.

Fort Wayne Alumnus, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The Summer 2004 edition of The Fort Wayne Alumnus, published by Taylor University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

State Of The College - 2004, Kim S. Phipps

State of the College/University Addresses

At the beginning of each academic year, Messiah College held Community Day, a time for the University's Community of Educators (CoE) to gather, reflect, and prepare for the upcoming year. As part of Community Day, President Phipps presented her State of College Address, introducing the theme for that academic year.

Factors That Influence The Career Stability Of Assistant Principals, Mary Lu Maccorkle

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In light of potential shortages of administrators in public education, this study was designed to investigate factors that could influence assistant principals to remain in their current positions as assistant principals or to aspire to principalships. The following factors were examined to determine whether current assistant principals felt they were significant in their career decision-making: administrative process, mentoring experience, role conflict, and role ambiguity.

The survey study asked a sample (n=612) of assistant principals (N=9777) 21 questions on the Assistant Principal Career Stability Survey. The data were analyzed in correlation with the participants’ career plans. Participation in a mentoring …

Review: The Administrative Portfolio By Peter Seldin And Mary Lou Higgerson, Deryl R. Leaming

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal

A book review of The Administrative Portfolio by Peter Seldin and Mary Lou Higgerson.

Georgia Southern University Fact Book, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Fact Books

No abstract provided.

Ilium 2004, Taylor University

Yearbooks (1898-Present)

The 2004 yearbook of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Theme: Taylor Made

Ua3/9/1 Wku 2003/2004 Annual Report, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

WKU's annual report regarding academics, faculty/staff performance, economic development, sponsored research, funding, athletics and leadership.

Ua3/9/1 Challenging The Spirit, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

WKU's strategic plan report for 2003-2004 and performance indicators for 2002-2006.

Profiles Of Early Childhood Education Administrators: Looking For Patterns Of Leadership, Mary Aileen Sciaraffa

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic inquiry into the lives of six early childhood administrators. The researcher investigated stories these early childhood administrators told about their lived experiences and searched for patterns that emerged from the stories suggesting career paths, personal characteristics, and administrative styles. The sample was obtained from a purposive/criterion sampling of the population. Six early childhood administrators were chosen based on their representation as a strong administrator who had experience with working with young children and families. Data was collected through three interview sessions. The minimum time for each interview session was one …

African American Women Administrators In Higher Education: Exploring The Challenges And Experiences At Louisiana Public Colleges And Universities, Germaine Monquenette Becks-Moody

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study explores the challenges that African American women administrators experience as professionals in public institutions of higher education and the strategies they employ to cope with the resulting conflicts. It uses Black Feminism and the five dimensions as a framework for understanding the challenges and experiences. The five dimensions that characterize Black Feminist Thought are: 1) core themes of a Black woman's standpoint; 2) variation of responses to core themes; 3) interdependence of experience and consciousness; 4) consciousness and the struggle for a self-defined standpoint; and 5) interdependence of thought and action. Interviews and participant observations were conducted with …

Ten Efficient Research Strategies For Distance Learning, Thomas C. Wright, Scott L. Howell

Faculty Publications

Today's distance education administrator, frequently with an expertise in another academic discipline, is also supposed to be a distance education scholar. This expectation results from the recent interest in distance learning that nearly all institutions of learning and disciplines of study have shown. More research, studies, journals, and essays about distance education also exist than at any other time.

A distance education administrator and an education research librarian at Brigham Young University have teamed up to identify ten pragmatic research strategies to help new, busy, and even a few experienced distance education administrators stay current in their field and successful …

Quality Management In Australian Higher Education : A Critical Review, Trudi Cooper

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Quality management in higher education is a politically contentious issue in Australia. as it is in North America, New Zealand, and many European countries. The Australian government has instituted a quality management system for higher education that it claims will improve university efficiency, accountability and quality. Critics assert that the current quality management system is detrimental to universities and undermines the capability of universities to deliver maximal benefits to individuals and to society. Evaluation of the basis of conflicting claims is necessary to enable decisions about the usefulness of current practices and decisions about whether existing quality management arrangements should …