Deans ' Careers. Leaders in Transition: A National Study of Higher Education Administrators.

The careers of college presidents, provosts, and academic deans were studied, based on a stratified random sample of 4,000 line administrators in 1,600 accredited four-year, degree-granting institutions. Responses were obtained from 310 presidents/provosts and 1,293 deans. Attention was clirected to respondents ' personal, educational, and professional background'and career issues. Findings for the presidehts and provosts include the following: about half of the presidents and provosts were between 45 and 55 years old; 8.3 percent of the presidents and i3.6 percent of the provosts were women; over 90 percent of presidents and provocts had earned doctorates; 64.3 percent of the presidents and 87.7 percent of the provosts held academic rank, and 91 percent of tbd. presidents and 89.6 percent of the provosts were full professors. Findings for the deans include the following: 13.6 percent wer