Do economics departments improve after they Appoint a top Scholar as Chairperson?

AH Goodall, JM McDowell, LD Singell - Kyklos, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There has been almost no research into what makes an effective chairperson in a university
department. This paper constructs a historical longitudinal dataset on economics …

Pomp and circumstance: University presidents and the role of human capital in determining who leads US research institutions

LD Singell Jr, HH Tang - Economics of Education Review, 2013 - Elsevier
While there is wide agreement that leaders matter, little is known regarding the role that
human capital plays in determining who becomes one. We exploit unique attributes of the …

Evaluating the evaluators in Russia: When academic citizenship fails

K Guba, A Tsivinskaya - Europe-Asia Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We examined the role of peer review in the quality assurance system developed for the
regulation of higher education institutions in Russia. Given their negative attitude towards …

University presidential searches: An empirical examination of internal versus external hiring

J Monks - Eastern Economic Journal, 2022 - Springer
It is a persistent phenomenon that internal candidates for university leadership positions are
rarely hired. Approximately, one-quarter of US college and university presidents were hired …

On (and off) the hot seat: An analysis of entry into and out of university administration

JM McDowell, LD Singell Jr, M Stater - ILR Review, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors investigate economists' decisions to enter and exit department chair positions in
research-intensive economics departments of elite universities during the postwar era (1948 …

Strengthening academic leadership from above: the 'Renewal'of Russian university leaders

K Guba, D Gerashchenko - Studies in Higher Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, university sectors worldwide have undergone intense reforms under the
influence of the global ideas of 'new public management'and 'new managerialism'. National …

Administrative development for academic deans in the California State University system

KJ Wall - 2015 - scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu
Over the years, the academic dean position has evolved from mainly focusing on student
matters to an emphasis on promoting quality teaching and academic programs. The dean's …

Still We Rise: How Latina Leaders Work to Advance Equity in Higher Education

EM Castellanos - 2021 - search.proquest.com
The world is currently grappling with a global pandemic, unlike anything that has been
experienced in nearly a century. In the United States, the public health pandemic spawned …

Международные сравнения конкурентоспособности сферы отечественного образования

АА Корчинский, МВ Гречко - Вестник Ростовского …, 2009 - cyberleninka.ru
В статье предпринята авторская попытка анализа конкурентных позиций сферы
образования России. В качестве инструмента анализа авторами используются …

Fulfilling Employer Needs by Incorporating Liberal Arts Content into Technical Program Curricula: A Case Study

J Valk - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This qualitative exploratory case study was designed to explore a contextualization model
that is being implemented at a postsecondary technical institution in the northeastern United …