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Publication Date: 2011
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Clinical Faculty in Educational Leadership Programs: A Growing Force
Hackmann, Donald G.; McCarthy, Martha M.
Planning and Changing, v42 n3-4 p183-208 2011
This study was conducted to develop a demographic profile of full-time educational leadership clinical faculty, to identify their professional responsibilities, and to compare their job satisfaction and perceptions of the educational leadership field with those of tenure-line faculty. Utilizing an online questionnaire, 140 clinical faculty and 755 tenure-line faculty responded to items regarding their personal characteristics, professional activities, and perceptions of the educational leadership profession. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and independent t-test procedures were employed to determine significant differences between clinical and tenure-line faculty. Clinical faculty represented 15.6% of respondents: 50% of clinical respondents were female, and 13.6% were faculty of color. Their mean age was 59.0 years, and 83.9% were former school administrators. Numerous statistically significant differences were found comparing clinical and tenure-line faculty. As would be expected, given the different job descriptions, clinical faculty devoted more time to teaching and advising, field-based activities, and problems of practice and less time to research/writing than did their tenure-line colleagues. Also, clinical respondents were more satisfied with their positions and with the quality of their preparation programs than were tenure-line faculty. The different beliefs and activities of tenure-line versus clinical faculty can create either tensions or opportunities as leadership preparation units engage in programmatic restructuring. (Contains 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Profiles, Demography, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, College Faculty, Program Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Praxis, Field Experience Programs, Internship Programs, Nontenured Faculty, Tenure, Comparative Analysis, Job Satisfaction, Faculty Workload, Research, Academic Discourse, Faculty Publishing, Writing for Publication
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. College of Education, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5900, Normal, IL 61790-5900. Tel: 309-438-2399; Fax: 309-438-8683; Web site: http://education.illinoisstate.edu/planning/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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