The University Council for Educational Administration: Its Program and Prospects
| Published date | 01 February 1964 |
| Date | 01 February 1964 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009581 |
| Pages | 80-93 |
| Author | JACK CULBERTSON |
| Subject Matter | Education |
80 THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
VOLUME II, NUMBER 2 OCTOBER, 1964
The University Council for Educational
Administration:
Its Program and Prospects
JACK CULBERTSON
An outstanding example of the development of the co-operative
movement in U.S. higher education is the University Council for
Educational Administration. An outgrowth of the Kellogg —
C.P.E.A. program,
U.C.E.A.
membership now numbers 48 leading
universities. The Council's mission is to improve the professional
preparation of administrative personnel in education through
the creation and use of new modes of university inter-com-
munication and co-operation. Much attention has been paid to
the development of case studies (written, taped and filmed) and
simulation materials, and to the encouragement of research and
the development of theory in educational administration. Present
plans include the establishment of a professional journal, the
establishment of an abstracting service and the promotion of
communication on the international level.
In the United States there have been few developments growing
as rapidly during the last decade as the co-operative movement
in higher education. This movement has spawned dozens of
organizations made up of colleges and universities which are
pursuing objectives co-operatively rather than independently.
"Many lights, one lamp," a motto developed by James Blaisdell,
an early leader in the co-operative movement, reflects a common
and guiding ideal.
The University Council for Educational Administration
(UCEA) is a part of the co-operative movement. Composed of
48 leading universities in the United States and Canada, its
immediate clientele consists of more than 500 professors of
PROFESSOR JACK A. CULBERTSON is Executive Director of the Univer-
sity Council for Educational Administration. Positions he has held include
teacher in elementary and high schools, principal of a community school in
Virginia and superintendent of a school district in California. He has also
taught at Duke University, the University of California and the University of
Oregon.
Professor Culbertson took his A.B. degree at Emory and Henry College,
his M.A. at Duke University and his Ph.D. at the University of California at
Berkeley. He has published many journal articles and is co-author of four
books including Administrative Relationships: A Casebook (1960) and Preparing
Administrators: New Perspectives (1962).
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