Pipeline to preparation to advancement: Graduates' experiences in, through, and beyond leadership preparation

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-172

  Orr, Margaret Terry ^a  

^a Bank Street College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

career aspirations; internship; leadership preparation; principal; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651410362     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000010378612     Document Type: Article

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