Full-Time Leaders/Part-Time Learners: Doctoral Programs for Administrators with Multiple Priorities

By Kenneth W. Borland Jr., Joanne L. Erickson, Richard D. Howard

Over the past five to ten years the growing demand nationally for a "new breed" of educational leaders has resulted in new and restructured Educational Leadership programs. The students in many of these programs are part-time with substantial full-time job responsibilities in a leadership position. The traditional doctoral program design and student experience has not-indeed cannot-meet the needs of this population. Frequently the result is a frustrated student who leaves without completing the degree. This frustration is often born of an inability on the part of the institution and academic program to create a flexible set of learning experiences that meet both the student's professional goals and the institution's goals for academic excellence. The purpose of Full-Time Leaders/Part-Time Learners is to present a design for doctoral programs that recognizes the unique needs of the full-time leader/part-time learner with multiple priorities of a demanding leadership position and the equally demanding expectations of a doctoral program.

Will be of interest to higher education faculty who serve doctoral students in leadership preparation programs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578861314
• ISBN13: 9781578861316
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 8.8"