Coping with Declining Resources in Teacher Education: What Deans Can Do

Using vignettes to search for education deans

“…(Dean Borak) 3. Recognises that they and others function differently in different roles, and respond differently to different requirements and demands Dejnozka 1978, Kapel and Dejnozka 1979, Heald 1982, Judge 1982, Denemark 1983, Anderson and King 1987, Blumberg 1988, Clifford and Guthrie 1988, Geiger 1989, Riggs and Huffman 1989, Howey and Zimpher 1990, Gardner 1992, Huffman-Joley 1992, Martin 1993, Bowen 1995, Thiessen and Howey, 1998, Gmelch 1999, Jackson 2000, Bright and Richards 2001.…”

School of Education Mergers: Institutional Survival or Administrative Madness?

“…Unfortunately, schools and colleges of education have not dealt particularly well with their financial problems. Many, hoping the problems would simply go away, have done little careful planning for retrenchment (Denemark, 1983). Although national economic recession is easing and education has emerged as a major political issue (particularly in the 1984 Presidential campaign), many schools and colleges of education continue to experience budget difficulties.…”

“…There seem to be five basic responses to managing declining resources in teacher education (Denemark, 1983 (Watkins, 1983). The University of Michigan's School of Education, for example, historically the home of one of the most respected teacher education programs, is having its budget reduced over 40 percentresulting in faculty termination, program elimination, and administrative reorganization.…”

Decanal work: Using role theory and the sociology of time to study the executive behavior of college of education deans

“…This is occurring because the cost of higher education is increasing and institutions are having to do more with less. Denemark (1983) suggests that academic deans must provide financial management through: (1) long range planning, (2) establishing priorities, and (3) efficient decision making.…”