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Download full textSmith, Albert B.; Stewart, Gloria – 1998
A study was undertaken to develop a profile of department and division chairs appointed during the 1995-96 academic year in Texas institutions of higher education. Survey results were used to determine chairs' perceptions of the transition process into their new roles and to find methods to facilitate that transition. Questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Community Colleges, Department Heads
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Direct linkSmith, Albert B.; Stewart, Gloria A. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
States that role-socialization theory is a useful framework for understanding the experiences of new department chairs and for meeting their professional-development needs. Describes the approaches used by 59 chairs in Texas to learn their new jobs, and illustrates the need for formalized chair-training programs. Contains 11 references. (VWC)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Department Heads
Peoples, Read, III; Smith, Albert B. – Community College Journal, 2005
This study determined whether or not administrators in Texas community colleges, who had been successful versus those who had not been successful in recruiting and hiring minority faculty, had different: (1) views on the barriers; (2) attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions; (3) priorities (commitments); and (4) strategies related to the recruitment…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, College Faculty, Department Heads, Deans
