Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Abstract

In light of a documented shortage of candidates for teacher education faculty positions, this article explores the academic labor market for teacher education faculty using job announcements from the Chronicle of Higher Education and a survey of search chairs to examine the qualifications sought. The authors conclude that the demand for teacher educators is high and the pool of qualified candidates in less than adequate in terms of number of applicants as well as quality. Ads at all types of institutions favored generalists with a terminal degree and K-12 teaching experience, with research universities predictably searching for research experience. The authors discuss implications of various elements of the search process for schools and colleges of education.

Keywords

teacher education faculty faculty searches faculty labor market

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Burke, D. (1988). A new academic marketplace. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Caplow, T. , & McGee, R. (1958). The academic labor marketplace. New York: Basic Books.

Farrell, E. F. (2001). Number of Ph.D.s awarded rebounds after 1-year dip. Chronicle of Higher Education, 48(14), A10-A11.

Finkelstein, M. , Seal, R. , & Schuster, J. (1998). The new academic generation: A profession in transformation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Finnegan, D. (1993). Segmentation in the academic labor market: Hiring cohorts in comprehensive universities. Journal of Higher Education, 64, 621-656.

Granovetter, M. (1974). Getting a job. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Leatherman, C. (2001). The number of new Ph.D.s drops for the first time since 1985. Chronicle of Higher Education, 47(22), A10-A11.

Manfreda, K. L. , & Vehovar, V. (2003). Survey design factors influencing response rates in surveys. Retrieved January 14, 2004, from http://www.icis.dk/ICIS_papers/C2_4_3.pdf

National Center for Education Statistics . (2002). Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff at institutions of higher education, by type and control, academic rank, age, salary, race/ethnicity, and sex. Digest of education statistics, 2001. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.

10.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education . (2002). Professional standards. Washington, DC: Author.

11.

Reys, R. E. (2002). Mathematics education positions in higher education and their applicants: A many-to-one correspondence. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 49(2), 202-207.

12.

Riley, R. (1999). Sixth annual state of American education address. Available from www.ed.gov

13.

Rosenbaum, J. (1979). Tournament mobility: Career patterns in a corporation. Administrative Science Quarterly, 24, 220-241.

14.

Smith, D. D. , Pion, G. , Tyler, N. C. , Sindelar, P. , & Rosenberg, M. (2001). The study of special education leadership personnel. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.

15.

Survey of Earned Doctorates . (1991). Summary report 1990: Doctorate recipients from United States universities. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

16.

Tierney, W. (Ed.). (2001). Faculty work in schools of education: Rethinking roles and rewards in for the twenty-first century. Albany: State University of New York Press.

17.

Youn, T. (1988). Studies of academic markets and careers: An historic review. In D. Breneman and T. Youn (Eds.), Academic labor markets and careers. New York: Falmer Press.

Searching for the Next Generation of Teacher Educators

Abstract

Keywords

Get full access to this article

References