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Literature on Internal Searches ........................................................................ 28
Literature Concerning No Formal Search Process ........................................... 29
Other Important Issues in Presidential Searches.............................................. 29
Ill. M ET H O D O LO G Y ................................................................................................... 31
Research Q uestions ......................................................................................... 31
Survey Methodology Related to Research Questions ...................................... 32
Selection of Subjects ........................................................................................ 33
D esign of S urvey .............................................................................................. 34
D ata C ollection .............................................................................................. 34
D ata A nalysis.................................................................................................... 35
IV. RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH ..................... .......................................... 37
Response C oding .......................................................................................... 38
Participant D ata ................................................................................................ 39
Tenure Results for Respondents' Current Positions...................................... 42
Relationship Between Presidents' Current Tenure and Selection Process ........ 44
Tenure Results for Respondents' Immediately Previous Positions..................... 46
Relationship Between Presidents' Immediately Previous Tenure and Selection
Process Where Previous Position was a Presidency............................... 47
V. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS........................................................................... 49
Shortcom ings of the Study ............................................................................... 52
Recommendations for Further Study................................. 53
APPENDIX A. INFORMED CONSENT ...................................... 56iv
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Howells, Constance L. A Quantitative Study of the Presidential Search Process and Position Longevity in Community Colleges, dissertation, December 2011; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103329/m1/5/?rotate=270: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .