The Roles and Responsibilities of Graduate Education Deans: Mapping Current and Future Job Challenges
Murry J.W.; Miller M.T.
2021
Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice
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10.33423/jhetp.v21i13.4788
Graduate education is changing, driven by social issues, expectations, and technology. Leaders of graduate education play important roles in understanding these changes. The purpose for conducting the study was to profile the professional setting of the graduate dean, exploring the roles, responsibilities, and challenges of the position. Using a research-team developed instrument, graduate education leaders were surveyed. Descriptive findings of the study included the nomenclature of titles who held full time appointments and had an academic background in the liberal arts. The roles and responsibilities of these respondents were reported as a group and separated by research and comprehensive universities. © 2021, North American Business Press. All rights reserved.
Administrators; College leaders; Deans; Graduate education
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