Decade of difference (1995g"2005): An examination of the superintendent search consultants process on Long Island

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-144

  Kamler, Estelle ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Diversity; Regional qualitative case study; Search consultants process; Superintendency

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249094806     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X08327547     Document Type: Article

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