Administrative leadership and style in American higher education as portrayed and characterized in selected novels 1945-1995 /
There are valid sources in addition to standard textbooks
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | There are valid sources in addition to standard textbooks that can inform and shape the teaching and practice of higher education administration. One such source is represented by novels written about administrators working and practicing their profession in fictionalized colleges and universities. Put in other terms, literature can be didactic. Those were the beliefs that informed this study, i.e., that college administrative novels can help improve our practice. This qualitative study, which relies on thematic content analysis augmented by a novel summary form developed for this investigation, subjects the foregoing beliefs to scrutiny. Twenty-three American college novels, with administrators playing key roles, were read and analyzed. The novels were set and published in the half century following World War II. Six conclusions were reached: (1) Literature can help improve higher education administration pedagogy. (2) Some of the novels studied are a credible source of information for higher education administration practitioners. (3) The novels provide guidance for the administration of higher education in depicting the characters' administrative actions, both positively and negatively. (4) The novels represent a rich source of Principles of Administrative Behavior that can be used to modify and improve the practice of higher education administration. (5) Some authors may have intended that their work be construed as a teaching tool because they employed satire to achieve this purpose. (6) The novels reflect the administration of American higher education in the past 50 years consistent with the history of higher education in this country during that period. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Administration". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 329 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: pages 309-319. |