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Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1986
Reflects on the past three decades of increasing specialization and on the diverse conceptual frameworks guiding research in the field of educational administration. Describes heterogeneity among researchers, field-based research and policy studies, linkages across specialty areas, and key points of remaining articles. Fifty-three footnotes are…
Descriptors: Development, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Experimenter Characteristics
Peer reviewedFincher, Cameron – Research in Higher Education, 1991
Research on substantive issues and concerns of higher education is handicapped by higher education's lack of status and recognition as an academic discipline or professional specialty. Theory-based and policy-related research should be recast as disciplined inquiry, doctoral programs strengthened, and preparation of scholars, professors, and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Johnson, Warwick I. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1994
Research trends in the field of educational administration over the last decade are reviewed, and their relevance to the teaching and practice of college and university administration is discussed. It is concluded that there is value in the research, but better communication between the worlds of research and practice is needed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Administration, Educational Administration, Higher Education
Hakkarainen, Pentti, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This publication deals with two broad issues: (1) selection, equality, and reproduction of social hierarchies in higher education, and (2) development policies and the assessment of their effect on higher education. It contains the following 10 papers: "Ambitious Goals--Small Changes? On the Structure of Student Population in Finland in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, College Administration, College Admission
