Administrative Studies in Education Programmes vs. Needs

The Preparation of Institutional Planning Officers: Some Administrator Attitudes

“…15 Implementation of the programme would deter those persons from entering the planning field who are from other disciplines and backgrounds. 16 The programme would tend to make planning officers too technically oriented. 17 The programme would tend to reduce the average length of time for preparation required of a person who wants to enter the planning field.…”

Preparing Educational Administrators: An Australian Perspective

“…This list could readily be extended, and has been elsewhere [17]. Of course, we should not be too surprised to witness such shortcomings in many institutions; where course review, development and teaching are subordinated to other considerations in academic tenure and promotion decisions, there is little incentive for academics to expend valuable time and energy on instructional concerns.…”

“…For example, courses that serve school administrators (usually the most populous student group) inevitably focus content and discussion on schoolrelated issues, at the expense of other areas [17]. A course that aims to cater for administrators in schools, higher education, further education and nursing may need to broaden its studies of education systems, and use case studies and materials drawn from a variety of sectors; an alternative is to offer specialist options for different client groups, as at the University of New England.…”