Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-248). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-248). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-248). Also available on the Internet.

While many studies have been conducted on the methodology of teaching English, second language (ESL), few have focused on ESL administration, specifically college level ESL administration. This descriptive study analyzed and evaluated the personal and professional characteristics of college level ESL administrators.

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This study is phase two of a two-phase research effort designed to describe the role of the academic department chairperson in the public universities of Jordan and to develop a systematic, formal process for evaluating the performance of this position. The purpose of this phase (phase II) was to develop an evaluation model for the academic chairperson's performance that can be used in the public universities of Jordan. In phase I, the actual and the ideal role expectations were identified through interviews with deans, chairpersons, and faculty members in Jordan public universities during Summer, 1992. These expectations were profiled and used as the basis for phase II research. / Ph. D.

This study is phase one of a two-phase research effort designed to develop a systematic, formal process for evaluating the performance of department chairpersons in public universities in Jordan. In this phase, the role of the department chairperson was reviewed and analyzed. Interviews were conducted with five academic deans, ten chairpersons, and five faculty members. Both actual and ideal role expectations were identified. These role expectations will become the basis for phase II, which will be an evaluation of the performance of department chairpersons in the public universities of Jordan. / Master of Arts

Programs to prepare allied health professionals are the latest in a progression of health-related programs to be assimilated into college and university life. Like their predecessors, preparation programs for physicians and nurses, allied health programs developed almost willy-nilly in the past 50 years, and only within the past decade have begun to be taken seriously by the nation's leading colleges and universities. In this study, new departments of allied health that have been established in 133 senior colleges and universities with two or more programs accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation were surveyed. From a sample of 36 institutions, fully useable responses were received from 114 heads of allied health departments and 90 heads of other academic departments, such as education, English, psychology, chemistry, and biology. The study revealed that there are significant differences in responses from allied health department heads and other academic area department heads in terms of personal characteristics (age, academic rank, and gender), departmental activities (allied health department heads place more emphasis on administrative tasks), and departmental goals. The most powerful variables differentiating responses between the two classes of department heads were percent of faculty with doctoral degrees, size of departments, percent of students in departmental courses who are departmental majors, emphasis given to teaching service courses, and emphasis on administrative activities. In summary, allied health departments (in contrast to other departments) are small (about six FTE), under credentialed, insular, engaged principally with their own majors, and committed primarily to the professional preparation of their students for future careers. Allied health department heads typically are experienced professionals who were brought to the institution from the outside to serve an indefinite term, and who appear to be overly concerned with the nuts and bolts of departmental administration. The researcher concluded that extant departments of allied health are still predominantly professional rather than academic in outlook and standard practice. / Ed. D.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1977. / Title from title page screen, viewed Dec. 22, 2004. Dissertation Committee: William E. Colvin (chair), Fred V. Mills, C.L. Steinburg, Eric Bickley, M.M. Chambers. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 92) and abstract. Also available in print.