Background: Educational leadership for social justice and equity is the primary leadership response to inclusive and equitable education. This inquiry builds on multicultural education and educational leadership to explore an alternative approach to mainstream leadership practice. Purpose: To examine ways in which educational leaders of color in…

Background: Universities continue to undertake a range of initiatives to combat inequities and build diverse, inclusive campuses. Diversity action plans are a primary means by which U.S. postsecondary institutions articulate their professed commitment to an inclusive and equitable climate for all members of the university and advance strategies to…

Background: Racial primes are an outgrowth and inculcation of a well-structured, highly developed, racially conservative, "race-neutral" or "color-blind" racial socialization process in which children learn race-specific stereotypes about African Americans and other race/ethnic groups. As they get older, they continue to receive--both involuntary…

Purpose: This article sheds light on some basic questions about the distribution of educational leadership preparation degree programs among different types of institutions and the distribution of advanced degrees, by type, exploring change over time and the relationship to regional labor market estimates. Method: We used data from five major…

Assesses the impact of job attributes, institutional mission, and institution type on the perceptions of potential applicants for the position of provost. Randomly selected deans (456), assuming the role of potential provost applicants, rated one of four position announcements. Deans rated announcements emphasizing a research mission more…

Argues that the influence of Critical Race Theory has not spread significantly into the field of educational leadership, where the discourse on diversity has failed to penetrate the silence of racism in schooling. Confronts the silence on race in schools and summons scholars in the politics of education field to critically analyze race. (Contains…

Seeks to chart a course through the contested area of gender and sexual orientation in hopes of establishing a theoretical framework and an agenda for much needed future research. Draws from two research traditions, particularly in the areas of history and law: neo-Marxist theory generally and Queer Legal Theory specifically. (Contains 161…

Examines several factors affecting current university-based educational leadership preparation programs. Calls for the stakeholders in leadership preparation--practitioners, professional associations, university faculty and administrators, accrediting agencies, and licensure boards--to work collectively to improve school leadership training.…

Reviews efforts to define a knowledge base and standards for the preparation of educational administrators. Describes characteristics of six promising principal preparation programs. Reviews innovative preparation programs for district administrators at the University of Kentucky, Hofstra University, Fordham University, Miami University (Ohio),…

Argues for self-evaluation to achieve continuous improvement of university-based administrator preparation programs. Suggests structural changes to achieve effective self-evaluation. Offers a self-evaluation model that includes the use of outcome-based measures. (Contains 22 references, 2 tables, and 1 figure.) (PKP)

To determine faculty perceptions about using cohorts in educational leadership programs, a large-scale survey of educational administration faculty was conducted. Cohort users point to organizational efficiency and learner benefits; nonusers deplore rigidity and personal costs for students. Both groups ignored cohorts' effects on future workplace…

Educational administration researchers are currently organized in two ways. They are focused on common topics that change fairly quickly and are coordinating their work both formally and informally. Most frequently published topics include teaching, learning, and testing and professional preparation and certification. Organization around critical…

Explored differences between a sample of highly productive scholars and a random sample of more typical scholars. Few demographic or institutional-responsibility differences emerged. Productive scholars were more oriented toward theory and research; more typical scholars focused on issues in the field. Research challenges were discussed. (Contains…

Explores common conceptions of what constitutes knowledge in educational administration, how knowledge relates to practice, and how individuals in universities might characterize productive research as occupying a multidimensional space along why, who, and how dimensions. Discusses five guiding principles and need for a community of scholars.…

The four articles in this special issue stress the importance of producing knowledge in educational administration that has high utility and high quality. Five summary principles are discussed, along with recommendations for improving research coordination and making research findings more accessible to policy makers and administrators. (MLH)