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THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND
SCHOLARSHIP: THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIC DEAN
IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
by
Steven L. Boyd
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Steven L. Boyd
Object Description
| Title | The operationalization of excellence in teaching and scholarship: the role of the academic dean in the school of education |
| Author | Boyd, Steven L. |
| Author email | stevenbo@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-21 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gallagher, Karen |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hocevar, Dennis Mafi, Gabriela |
| Abstract | The purpose of this case study was to discover the significance of and the relationship between actions taken by the Dean of the School of Education at a Catholic Comprehensive University as he interprets and implements a strategic directive to promote excellence in teaching and scholarship. Drawn from a research foundation that includes leadership, organizational change, higher education administration and college effects on students, this qualitative study seeks to discover how change occurs and how specific aspects of change are promoted by the academic dean. This study employed a partially structured interview protocol of key informants and an institutional document review process. The data obtained through this method were manually screened for themes, which resulted in 10 thematic conclusions about the activities of this School of Education Dean in his efforts to promote excellence in teaching and scholarship. Each theme represents a collection of actions, processes, and policies that were formulated and that were placed into motion by the Academic Dean. These themes include: improving the School of Education s organizational structure to enhance the Dean s authority and leadership potential; influencing decision-making processes that may effect the School s ability to promote excellence in teaching and scholarship; utilizing a combination of transactional and transformative leadership strategies; melding role perceptions within the School of Education to create a supportive culture; screening new perspective employees to build a community of scholars; utilizing diversity within the professoriate to promote multicultural understanding; working outside of the School of Education to create a supportive external perception; appealing to an internal locus of motivation to sustain and invigorate the change process; targeting interventions to areas that would benefit most from improvement; and developing a team leadership approach. |
| Keyword | educations leadership; academic dean; school of education |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1092 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Boyd, Steven L. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Boyd-20080409 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Boyd-20080409.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP: THE ROLE OF THE ACADEMIC DEAN IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION by Steven L. Boyd ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2008 Copyright 2008 Steven L. Boyd |
