Integration and Innovation in Alabama

How Associate Deans' Positions Are Designed Within the Context of the Top 50 Colleges and Schools of Education

“…An extensive search of the literature yielded 11 studies, one of which specifically explored associate deans of colleges and schools of education (Koerner & Mindes, 1997). The experiences of an associate dean working in a public ivy league institution (Anderson, 1997b), decreases in the number of associate deans at technical colleges (Neumann & Roberts, 1996), and integration efforts of the public schools in the south (Watkins, 1971) were depicted in the literature. The literature was more concerned with an anecdotal representation of the associate dean's position versus empirically guided inquiries.…”