Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ597648
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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The Department Chair as Speaker of the House: Shared Authority in the Community College Department.
Miller, Michael T.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice, v23 n8 p739-746 Dec 1999
Discusses a study that examines department chairs' beliefs about the role of faculty in departmental governance and the characteristics of an ideal governance structure. Concludes that faculty's key role is helping clarify the administrators' responsibilities, and that faculty members should be rewarded for their participation and empowered to question policy decisions. Contains 15 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Department Heads, Departments, Educational Policy, Governance, Instructional Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Politics of Education, School Administration, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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