Title

A New Perspective On Community College Presidents: Results Of A National Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare two surveys of newly appointed community college presidents. The first, conducted in 1997, was published in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice. It was entitled, A National Study on the Community College Presidency (Kubala, 1999). In this study, newly appointed community college presidents were asked about their pathways to the presidency, their motivation to serve, the search process, their first impressions, governance, and learner-centered transformation. Newly appointed presidents were chosen for the study because of the assumption that they were knowledgeable of contemporary issues, team building strategies, planning, and governance. The second survey was meant to lead to a comparative analysis with a new set of presidents. The reasons for selecting these new presidents were the same ones used in the 1997 study. The instrument was essentially the same as well. The participants in this new study were appointed as community college presidents during the period of September 1997 to September 1999. Copies of the survey instrument were sent to 183 presidents, and 101 were completed for a return rate of 55%. An SPSS package was used to collapse the data, and determine cross-tabulations among the participants. © 2001 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

Volume

25

Issue

10

Number of Pages

793-804

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/106689201753235921

Socpus ID

85011440905 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85011440905

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