Full-Time Leaders/Part-Time Learners.This slim but comprehensive text, written by Joanne L. Erickson, Richard D. Howard and Larry J. Baker of the Montana State University Montana State University, at Bozeman; land-grant; coeducational; chartered 1893. It is primarily a technical institution specializing in agriculture, engineering, and applied sciences. The Museum of the Rockies is there. and Kenneth W. Borland Jr. of East Stroudsburg University, offers a timely and comprehensive report on the state of doctoral programs in the school leadership field. With private foundation support, the researchers have investigated recent reforms in the organization and delivery of doctoral programs at the nation's universities. Full-Time Leaders/Part-Time Learners will be of particular interest to aspiring as·pire intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires 1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom. 2. school system leaders who are considering the terminal credential in educational administration in a program that accommodates their personal and professional needs. The authors have developed an important checklist of issues and answers for those who recognize that alternative delivery systems are needed in an increasingly competitive environment. The traditional doctoral candidate has morphed into someone who is older, employed full-time, experienced and probably female, who wants to avoid interrupting his or her career to obtain a doctoral degree. This modern doctorate seeker wants a "user-friendly" format in a reasonable time frame, perhaps three to five years. The typical part-time doctoral program has a structured and selective admissions process, creates annual student cohorts of 12 to 30 diverse candidates, meets summers, evenings and/or weekends and uses synchronous Refers to events that are synchronized, or coordinated, in time. For example, the interval between transmitting A and B is the same as between B and C, and completing the current operation before the next one is started are considered synchronous operations. Contrast with asynchronous. and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. course management systems (distance learning, video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , web-based formats, virtual courses) and hybrid combinations that feature extensive use of technology. The digital ePortfolio is gaining prominence as a supplement or substitute for the comprehensive doctoral examination. In addition, new models for the dissertation in educational leadership are emerging as a result of enhanced faculty-student relationships, the need for a seamless but visible alignment of coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's , the ePortfolio and research focused on real-world situations. The text includes a dissertation template and a doctoral student tracking system. All in all, this would be an excellent investment. (Full-Time Leaders/Part-Time Learners: Doctoral Programs for Administrators with Multiple Priorities by Joanne L. Erickson, Richard D. Howard, Kenneth W. Borland Jr. and Larry J. Baker, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, Md., 2004, 116 pp. with index, $22.95 softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. ) Reviewed by Charles W. Rudiger Professor of Leadership and Technology, Dowling College Dowling College is a private college on Long Island, New York, with more than 6,500 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students through four schools: the School of Arts & Sciences, Townsend School of Business, School of Education and School of Aviation. , Oakdale, N.Y. |
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