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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1974
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED087511 |
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- Opinions of Community College Presidents and Deans of Occupational Education Concerning a Doctoral Program to Prepare Occupational Education Administrators. A Pilot Study. Barlow, Melvin L. Administrator Attitudes Administrator Education Administrator Qualifications College Presidents Community Colleges Curriculum Development Deans Doctoral Programs Employment Qualifications Higher Education Internship Programs Interviews Presidents Surveys Vocational Education A pilot study was conducted to determine the tasks performed by occupational education administrators in the community colleges and to obtain opinions from community college presidents and deans concerning the content of a doctoral program to prepare future occupational education administrators. Data were gathered through personal interviews at ten community colleges in the greater Los Angeles area. A survey instrument was developed for use in the interviews. Profiles of respondents and institutions are provided. Tasks performed by deans of occupational education were found to include public relations, work with advisory committees, curriculum development, budgeting, preparation of Federal and State reports, program planning and class scheduling, writing proposals, supervision and evaluation of teachers/staff, hiring new staff, and addresses is also provided. Helpful hints for building an economics library and finance, human relations, personnel, school law, community college, curriculum development, and vocational education. Most respondents rated the following areas either desirable or essential: adult education, computers/programming, counseling, higher education, information systems, philosophy of education, psychology of education, research in education, sociology of education, and statistics. Opinions were also given concerning internship location, interns' duties, persons to whom interns should be responsible, and optimum length of internships. Degrees and credentials, teaching experience, industrial experience, course work, and personal qualities were given as considerations in hiring. (KM)