Utilizing a managerial role survey based on Mintzberg's taxonomy, this study sets out to
answer two important questions regarding the duties of the community college Chief …

Vaughan (1990) notes that researchers have documented from 48 to 168 separate duties for
CAOs at community colleges. Although not all duties carry the same degree of urgency, the …

Administrative careers in higher education have typically been examined from an individual
orientation, placing attention on the demographics and background characteristics of those …

The impending retirements of many community college leaders creates a need to better
understand who the chief academic officers (CAOs) are and the paths they followed to …

This study examined how a group of community college presidents and board of trustee
chairpersons from New York and Florida viewed the competencies, characteristics, and …

In the past decade, many concerns have been raised over the number of pending vacancies
in academic leadership positions throughout our nation's community colleges (Cooper & …

Leaders within two-year colleges have been described as a unique body of educational
practitioners. Burnham (2002) noted that the leadership traits found in community college …

The role of the mid‐level manager as an organizer, communicator, and problem‐solver in
student affairs has been examined within the literature, but current discussion generally …

A survey of chief academic officers (CAOs) at public community colleges belonging to the
American Association of Community Colleges was conducted in 1998-1999. The personal …

Interviews six community college presidents about the definitions, roles, essential skills and
accomplishments of midlevel managers at their respective institutions. Synopsis of the …