Chairs of Graduate Departments: A Structural Profile.

Van Valey, Thomas L.; Tiemann, Kathleen

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ERIC Number: EJ404448

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Publication Date: 1990

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Chairs of Graduate Departments: A Structural Profile.

Van Valey, Thomas L.; Tiemann, Kathleen

Teaching Sociology, v18 n1 p13-19 Jan 1990

Analyzes all U. S. sociology departments listed in the American Sociological Association Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology from 1969 to 1985 with respect to the backgrounds of chairs as well as selected structural characteristics of their departments. Finds that chairs who are male and who hold the rank of full professor continue to be predominate in the profession. (SLM)

Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Faculty, Content Analysis, Department Heads, Departments, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Graduate School Faculty, Higher Education, Sociology

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