Using network analysis we investigated faculty hiring at 21 U. S. News topranked programs in higher education administration. Our research questions were as follows. Do top programs hire from each other? Are faculty from the "outside" finding positions at top programs? Mixed results hint at implications for the "health" of the hiring network. Closed systems in higher education may produce unintended consequences as graduate programs look to expand into new global markets.The term network is common in society's lexicon today; and it is used to describe phenomena such as terrorist organizations, complex computer systems, or loose affiliations Innov High Educ (
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