As we approach the 21st century, changing sociological trends and technological advances will make it necessary for our university system to prepare graduates for careers as administrators. It is a given fact that school administrators entering the 21st century will have to have special skills far above those abilities that most administrators now possess. It will not be enough for school systems or states to appoint unqualified teachers to school administrator jobs to be equally unqualified administrators. States and universities within them will have to unify and redirect energies toward competency of administrative certification, and in the process, tighten standards.
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