A study of the academic backgrounds, professional experiences, and administrative duties of Texas public junior college administrators

One of the purposes of this study was to discover the administrative duties performed by Texas public junior college administrators and to analyze the allocation of duties in junior colleges arranged in four student enrollment categories. A second purpose was to determine whether the academic backgrounds and professional experiences of Texas public junior college administrators provided a good educational basis for junior college administration. Data utilized in this study were obtained from personal visits to twenty-eight Texas public junior colleges, professional literature in the field, catalogues, bulletins, and administrative handbooks from Texas public junior colleges, questionnaires submitted in person by the Investigator, and private Interviews with one hundred twenty-nine Texas public junior college administrators.