18 CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXAS PUBLIC DOCTORAL PROGRAMS 2009-2010
Educational Administration CHARACTERISTIC #1 NUMBER OF DEGREES PER YEAR
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Doctoral 9 13 5
CHARACTERISTIC #2 GRADUATION RATES Educational Administration
* Rolling three-year average of the percent of first-year doctoral students who graduated within ten years
*This characteristics calculations are based solely on the doctoral students who started the program with a cohort year of 1996, 1997, 1998 or 1999 and graduated within a ten year period.
CHARACTERISTIC #3 AVERAGE TIME TO DEGREE Doctoral 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Total Students Graduated 9 13 11 Average years to complete degree 5.4 4.1 5.45
*Rolling three-year average of the registered time to degree3 of first-year doctoral students within a ten year period
CHARACTERISTIC #4 EMPLOYMENT PROFILE
Cohort Year Number of students Number of graduates
Percentage
1997-2007 23 15 65%
1998-2008 20 14 70%
Percentage of Graduates from the last five years employed in Academia, Post Doctorates, Industry/Professional, Government, and those still Seeking Employment.
Area of Employment Percentage
Academia 100% Post Doctorates 0.0% Industry/Professional 0% Government 0% Other 0% Seeking Employment 0%
*Percentage of the last three years of graduates employed in academia, post-doctorates, industry/professional, government, and those still seeking employment (in Texas and outside Texas)
CHARACTERISTIC #5 ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/academics/graduateSchool/programs/education/educationalAdministrationEDDDomestic.asp x
CHARACTERISTIC #6 PERCENTAGE OF FULL TIME STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT 2009-2010
Full Time Students 89 Full Time Students with Financial Assistance 23 Percentage of Full
Time Students with Support
26%
Amount of Support 72,306.50
*Any student who takes ≥ 9 SCH is considered to be full time
*In the prior year, the number of FTS (≥ 18 SCH) with support/the number of FTS CHARACTERISTIC #7 AVERAGE FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED
2009-2010 Amount of Support Graduate Non-Teaching Assistantships 0 Teaching Assistantships 0 Non-Teaching Assistantships 0
Loans, other financial aid 72,306.50
Total 72,306.50
Average amount of
support per student 3,144
*Any student who takes ≤ 9 SCH is considered to be part t time and ≥ 9 SCH is considered to be full time * For those receiving financial support, the average financial support provided per full-time graduate student (including tuition rebate) for the prior year, including research assistantships, teaching assistantships, fellowships, tuition, benefits, etc. that is “out-of-pocket”
CHARACTERISTIC #8 STUDENT CORE FACULTY RATIO
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Full Time Doctoral
Students
69 63 89
Core Faculty 9 10 8
Ratio 8:1 6:1 12:1
Full Time Student Equivalent
68 54.83 62.5
Core Faculty 9 10 8
Ratio 8:1 5:1 8:1
CHARACTERISTIC #9 CORE FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Year Publications 2007 5 2008 18 2009 8 2010 13 Link to Publications
Armstrong, S. A., MacDonald, J. H., & Stillo, S. (2010). School counselors and principals: Different perceptions of relationship, leadership and training. Journal of School Counseling, 8(15). Retrieved from
http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v8n15.pdf
Bingham, W. D. (2010). Financing Public Schools in Texas. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School Organization
and Administration (12th ed). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Bingham, W. D., & Jones, T. B. (2010). Business Administration in Public Schools. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School Organization and Administration (12th ed). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Bingham, W. D. (2008). Financing Public Schools in Texas. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School Organization
and Administration (11th Edition). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Bingham, W. D., & Jones, T. B. (2008). Business administration in public schools. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public
School Organization and Administration (11th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Brown, C., & Garrett, L. M. (2010). School communication and public relations. In J. A. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas public
school organization and administration: 2010 (12th ed). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
Brown, C., & Scott, J. (2010). Interns today, Principals tomorrow: Preparing future school leaders. School Leadership
Review, Fall.
Brown, C. (2009). Pass it on: Alternatively certified teachers' advice to prospective alternate route educators.
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 4(4).
Brown, C., Combs, J., & Jackson, S. H. (2008). Graduate students of educational administration and their expectations of faculty instructional behaviors. Education Leadership Review, 9(2), 102-112.
Brown, C., & Jones, T. B. (2008). From student to teacher: Circumventing the alternative certification process.
Brown, C. G., & Patrick, D. P. (2008). Learner-centered communications: Effective public relations. In J. A. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2008 (11th ed).
Copeland, M., Tietjen-Smith, T., Waller, L., & Waller, S. (2008). Urban versus rural community colleges: A national study of part-time enrollment. Community College Enterprise, 14(1), 67-78.
Fish, W. W. (2009). Educator perceptions toward the IEP meeting. Academic Leadership Journal, 7(3).
Fish, W. W. (2008). The IEP meeting: Perceptions of parents of students who receive special education services.
Preventing School Failure, 53(1), 8-14.
Fish, W. W., & Gill, P. B. (2009). Perceptions of online instruction among university faculty. The Turkish Online
Journal of Educational Technology, 8(1), 53-64.
Fish, W. W., & Stephens, T. L. (2009). Special education: A career of choice. Remedial and Special Education.
Advance online publication doi:10.1177/0741932509355961
Fish, W. W., & Wickersham, L. E. (2010). Best practices for online instructors: Reminders. The Quarterly Review of
Distance Education, 10(3), 279-284.
Garn, G., & Brown, C. (2008). Women in the superintendency: Perceptions of gender bias. Journal of Women in
Educational Leadership, 6(1), 49-72.
Garrett, S.,* & Brown, C. (2009). School administrators’ perceptions of school violence. Academic Leadership, 7(4).
Garrett, S.,* Roberson, S., & Gearing, B.* (2008). Relationships, achievement, and curriculum. AASA Journal of
Scholarship and Practice, 5(1), 21-26.
Griffen, R., Fish, W. W., & Evans, D. (2010, Fall). School administrators supporting response to intervention. School
Jackson, S., Combs, J., & Brown, C. (2008). Administering student evaluations in educational leadership programs: Practice and procedures. School Leadership Review, 3(2), 81-94.
Johnston, A. L. (2008). Caring culture and leadership revealed: Narrative non-fiction story method and the crystallization process. School Leadership Review, 3(3), 56-81.
Lumadue, R., & Fish, W. W. (2010). A technologically based approach to providing quality feedback to students: A paradigm shift for the 21st century. Academic Leadership, 8(1).
MacDonald, J. H. (2010). Community education: Capacity leadership capacity for the future. In J. A. Vornberg (Ed),
Texas public school organization and administration: 2010 (12th ed., pp. 703-721). Dubuque, IA:
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
MacDonald, J. H. (2008). Community education: Building leadership capacity for the future. In J. A. Vornberg (Ed),
Texas public school organization and administration: 2008 (11th ed., pp. 683-701). Dubuque, IA:
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
MacDonald, J. H., Armstrong, S. A., & Henson, R. K. (2008). Strengthening the campus leadership team through effective principal and counselor relationships: Implications for training. School Leadership Review, 3(3), 82-103.
Roberson, S. (2009). The ignored principal role: The principal as developer of people. Texas Study of Secondary
Education, 19(1), 28-30.
Roberson, S. (2008). For Natalie when she is sad. The Mayo Review, Spring 2008.
Roberson, S., & Roberson, R. (2009). The role and practice of the principal in developing novice first year teachers.
Scott, J., & Brown, C. (2009). Aligned or askew: Faculty perceptions of principal preparation programs. International
Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 4(3).
Sherman, R. B., & Jones, T. B. (2008). Curriculum and instruction. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School
Organization and Administration (11th ed.) Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Stephens, T. L., & Fish, W. W. (2010). Motivational factors toward pursuing a career in special education. Education,
130(4), 581-594.
Tietjen-Smith, T., Waller, L. R., Davis, J. L., & Copeland, M. (2008). Urban versus rural community colleges: A national study of student gender and ethnicity. Academic Leadership, 6(4).
Vornberg, J.A. (2010). Systemic Approach to Educational Accountability: Balancing National and State Standards, Programs, and Procedures. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School Organization and Administration (12th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Vornberg, J. A. (Ed.). (2010). Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2010 (12th ed.), James A. Vornberg (Ed.) Kendall/Hunt Publishers. (Book).
Vornberg, J. A., & Garrett, L. M.* (2010, Summer). School Communications between Families and Teachers.
Instructional Leader, Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association.
Vornberg, J. A., & Keep, G. (2008). Planning, developing, constructing, and maintaining school facilities. In J. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas Public School Organization and Administration (11th ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing.
Vornberg, J. A. (Ed.). (2008). Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2008 (11th ed.), James A. Vornberg (Ed.) Kendall/Hunt Publishers. (Book).
CHARACTERISTIC #10 CORE FACULTY EXTERNAL GRANTS Year Grants Amount Funded
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 1 243,685
CHARACTERISTC #11-PERCENTAGE OF FULL TIME STUDENTS
2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Fulltime 4 9 23 Part time 65 54 66 Total Number of Students 69 63 89
Percentage of full time 6% 14% 25%
CHARACTERISTIC #12 NUMBER OF CORE FACULTY Total Headcount by Rank 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 Professor 1 1 1 Associate Professor 2 1 0 Assistant Professor 6 8 7 Total 9 10 8
CHARACTERISTIC #13 FACULTY TEACHING LOAD Faculty Teaching Load
2007 17.67 2008 15.7 2009 13.8
*Total number of semester credit hours in organized teaching courses taught per academic year by core faculty divided by the number of core faculty in the prior year
*Core faculty: Full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty who teach fifty percent or more in the graduate program or other individuals integral to the graduate program who can direct research.
CHARACTERISTIC #14 FACULTY DIVERSITY
Total Headcount by Ethnicity 2007 2008 2009
Asian or Pacific Islander 0 0 0
Black Non-Hispanic 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0
International 0 0 0
White Non-Hispanic 9 10 8
Total 9 10 8
Total Headcount by Sex 2007 2008 2009
Female 3 3 3
Male 6 7 5
Total 9 10 8
CHARACTERISTIC #15 STUDENT DIVERSITY
2007 2008 2009
American Indian/Alaskan 2 2 0
Asian/Pacific Islander 1 0 0
Black Non Hispanic 7 6 11
Hispanic American 7 6 11
White Non Hispanic 52 49 67
Total 69 63 89
CHARACTERISTIC #16 DATE OF LAST EXTERNAL REVIEW
CHARACTERISTIC #17 EXTERNAL PROGRAM ACCREDITATION Southern Associate of Colleges and schools
CHARACTERISTIC # 18 STUDENT PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS 2007 3 2008 12 2009 17 2010 12 Student Publications/Presentations Educational Administration
Blanton, A.* (2009, September). Sonia Nieto’s theories of multicultural education and teacher motivators. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Brown, C., & Garrett, S.* (2010). School communication and public relations. In J. A. Vornberg (Ed.), Texas public
school organization and administration: 2010 (12th ed). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
Brown, C., Lenevue, W.,* & Bourke, K.* (2008, February). From alternatively certified teacher to school administrator:
Filling pedagogical gaps to provide instructional leadership. Southwest Educational Research Association
Annual Conference, New Orleans.
Brown, C., O’Connor, R.,* Neal, B.,* & Overturf, V.* (2009, August). Routes to school leadership: Does certification
path matter. National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Annual Conference, San Antonio,
TX.
Brown, C., & Ratcliff, J.* (2008, August). An examination of the induction needs of non-traditionally certified school
Coleman, C.* (2010, September). . What Parker Palmer has the courage to say. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX. Cline, C. M.* (2010, September). Vision 2020: Bridging the technology divide in schools between educators and
students. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Copeland, M., Lee, D.*, & Grover, D.* (2008).Qualities of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners in seven
criteria of performance. Presented at the TASA Midwinter Conference, Austin, TX.
DeLamar, S.* (2009, September). Marzano’s Doctrine on Education and Leadership. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX. Duncan, B.* (2008, September). Peter Drucker: Managing organizations. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Texas
Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Dallas, TX. Evans, B.* (2008, September). Marzano: Transforming research into action. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Dallas, TX. Franklin, T.* (2009, September). Fenwick English: Educational leadership theorist. Paper presented at the 4th Annual
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX. Garcia, V.* (2010, September). Critical race theory analysis and theorist Sonia Nieto. Paper presented at the 5th
Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Garrett, L. M.* (2009, Winter). Parent-teacher communication: What parents and teachers think, and what school leaders need to know. Journal of School Public Relations, 30(1).
Garrett, L. M.,* & Vornberg, J. A. (2009, February). Parent and teacher communications: Are they congruent? Presented at the Annual Meeting of Southwest Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. Garrett, L. M.,* & Vornberg, J. A. (2009, August). Teachers’ role in school-home communications. Presented at the
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. Garrett, S.,* & Brown, C. (2009). School administrators’ perceptions of school violence. Academic Leadership, 7(4). Garrett, S.,* Roberson, S., & Gearing, B.* (2008). Relationships, achievement, and curriculum. AASA Journal of
Scholarship and Practice, 5(1), 21-26.
Griffin, R.* (2009, September). An overview of Phillip Schlechty’s vision for systemic change. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Hammett, J.* (2009, September). Paulo Freire: A look at literacy education. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Horn-Hasley, K.,* & Vornberg, J. A. (2008, July). School culture and student engagement in a test-focused age of
accountability. Presented at the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Annual
Conference, San Diego, CA.
Jenkins, R.* (2010, September). The Theories behind Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX. Johnston, J.* (2009, February). Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association 2009 Annual
Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Jones, T. B., Permenter, D. A.,* & Wisener, A. W.* (2008, July). John Dewey in the 21st century: A study in
post-modern application. A paper presented at the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Jones, T. B., Wisener, A.,* Baker, K. S.,* & Permenter, D. A.* (2008, February). John Dewey: Still ahead of his time
applied. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association for presentation at the Annual
Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
Lester, E. T.* (2008, September). Paolo Freire: A radical view of education. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Dallas, TX.
Matthews, L.* (2010, September). Parker Palmer: Knowledge, truth, and spirit in actively seeking what truth reveals. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Merchant, L.* (2009, February). The impact of the 65% solution on student achievement in Texas. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association 2009 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Merchant, L.* (2008, September). Phillip Schlechty: A framework for school reform. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Dallas, TX. McMoran, M.* (2008, September). Berliner and Biddle: Defending public education. Paper presented at the 3rd
Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Dallas, TX.
Moeller, K. J.* (2010, September). Dr. Robert J. Marzano: Leadership that works. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX. Nunez, L.* (2010, September). Jacqueline Grennon Brooks: A Call for constructivist learning. Paper presented at the
5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Royle, J.* (2009, September). Paulo Freire: The humanizing educator of the oppressed. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Terry, J.* (2009, February). The impact of the 65% solution on student achievement in Texas. Paper presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association 2009 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Tharp, J.* (2010, September). Michael W. Apple: two left feet. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Vornberg, J. A., & Garrett, L. M.* (2010, Summer). School communications between families and teachers.
Instructional Leader, Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association.
Vornberg, J. A., & Gearing, B.* (2010, August). Mentoring and academic Achievement: Connecting students to the
instructional program. Presented at the 64th Annual Conference of the National Council of Professors of
Educational Administration, Washington, DC.
Vornberg, J. A., & Garrett, L. M.* (2009, August). Public relations role of the public school teacher. Presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, San Antonio, TX.
Watson Sanders, J.* (2010, September). Benjamin Bloom. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
West, D.* (2009, September). Dr. Virginia P. Collier: Theorist who researched educating- English language learners. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
Williams, P.* (2009, September). Jacqueline Grennon Brooks: Educational theorist on constructivism. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration Graduate Research Exchange, Houston, TX.
NOTES:Doctoral student Leah Michelle Garrett* (now completed dissertation) was the assistant editor of James Vornberg’s 11th edition of his book). Texas Public School Organization and Administration: 2008. Numerous former students of the EdAd program have also participated as chapter authors on this edition including Danna Beaty*, Stacey Edmonson*, Phillip Gilbreath*, Pamela Harrison*, Mark Littleton*, Mike Moses*, Joe Neeley*, and H.T. Sanchez.*
