Academic Drift, Institutional Production, and Professional Distribution of Graduate Degrees in Educational Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Bruce D.; Orr, Margaret Terry; Young, Michelle D.
Titel	Academic Drift, Institutional Production, and Professional Distribution of Graduate Degrees in Educational Leadership
Quelle	In: Educational Administration Quarterly, 43 (2007) 3, S.279-318 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-161X
DOI	10.1177/0013161X07303320
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Instructional Leadership; Elementary Secondary Education; Research Universities; Public Education; Labor Market; Classification; Doctoral Degrees; Longitudinal Studies; Data Analysis; Incidence; Masters Degrees; Academic Degrees; Statistical Distributions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Forschungseinrichtung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Auswertung; Vorkommen; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung
Abstract	Purpose: This article sheds light on some basic questions about the distribution of educational leadership preparation degree programs among different types of institutions and the distribution of advanced degrees, by type, exploring change over time and the relationship to regional labor market estimates. Method: We used data from five major national data sets (Institutional Postsecondary Education Data System, Survey of Earned Doctorates, Schools and Staffing Survey, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data, and Census data) to explore the production of graduate degrees in educational leadership by institutions of higher education and the distribution of graduate degrees across building level leaders in K-12 public education systems. We used two institutional classification systems--the Carnegie Classification and the "U.S. News & World Report" higher education classification--to group postsecondary institutions by resources and rank. The time period for our analysis is 1990 to 2003. Findings: On the production side, we found that the number of graduate degree programs and degrees granted in educational leadership increased considerably from 1993 to 2003, with master's degree programs increasing by 16% and the number of master's degrees granted increasing by 90%. Degree production shifted by institutional type, with the role of research universities in producing master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees declining dramatically and Comprehensive colleges and universities showing over a four-fold increase in the share. Degree production fluctuates widely among states, unrelated to school population estimates, suggesting areas for further research and policy analysis. (Contains 7 tables and 12 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10