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Academic Governance: Perceptions and Preferences of Administrators and Faculty in a Public and in a Private University (open access)

Academic Governance: Perceptions and Preferences of Administrators and Faculty in a Public and in a Private University

The problem with which this study is concerned is the determination of the attitudes toward academic governance of administrators and faculty in both a public and a private institution of higher education in Texas. Based on the problem, a Likert-type survey instrument was developed from the questionnaire provided by the North Texas State University Task Force on University Governance; 176 academic administrators and faculty responded (60.5 per cent).
Date: December 1982
Creator: Igbineweka, Andrew O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Perceptions of Student Personnel Professionals with Respect to Present and Expected Student Activity Fee Policies and Procedures (open access)

The Perceptions of Student Personnel Professionals with Respect to Present and Expected Student Activity Fee Policies and Procedures

The purpose of this study is to compare the perceptions of two groups of student personnel administrators (chief student affairs officers or deans of students and directors of student activities) with respect to current and expected student activity fee policies and procedures in four-year public institutions of higher education in the United States. The comparison is based on the demographic variables of position held, number of years experience in student personnel administration, and geographical location of the institutions by region.
Date: December 1983
Creator: Yates, Mary C. (Mary Carolyn)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Leadership Styles of the Chief Student Affairs Administrators in Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities (open access)

A Study of the Leadership Styles of the Chief Student Affairs Administrators in Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was the level of knowledge about the leadership style of the chief student affairs administrators in Southern Baptist colleges and universities. The four purposes of the study were as follows: 1. To determine the prevalent leadership style of the chief student affairs administrators in Southern Baptist colleges and universities in terms of the Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid concept• 2. To determine if self-reported leadership style is congruent with the leadership style determination obtained through an instrument developed to analyze leadership style; 3. To determine if the following are factors in the leadership choice of the chief student affairs administrators in Southern Baptist colleges and universities: - Size and complexity of the institution. - Age. - Years of experience as a chief student affairs administrator. - Educational preparation, i.e. academic, administrative, or religious
Date: August 1980
Creator: Richardson, Dennie K.
System: The UNT Digital Library