David K. Wiles

Spring 1996

Current Address:

Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies	Office Phone(518) 442-5089
School of Education, The University at Albany	FAX (518) 442-5084 or 465-5579
State University of New York	E-mail: dkw42@cnsvax.albany.edu or dkw42@csc.albany.edu
1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222	Internet: http://www.albany.edu/~dkw42

Academic Background

B.S. Education (Social Studies)		Florida State University	1964
M.Ed. Education (Political Science)		University of Florida	1967
Ed.D. Educational Administration		University of Florida	1969

Professional Employment

• Assistant Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto),1969-1971.
• Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1972-1974.
• Associate Professor, Miami University (Ohio) 1975-1977, Full Professor, 1977-1978.
• Professor, The University at Albany, State University of New York, 1978-1979 to date.

Offices

• Steering Committee, Workforce Preparation Project of Fulton and Montgomery County BOCES, 1993-1996.
• Plenary Session Representative, University Council on Educational Administration, 1991 to 1995, Staff Associate, 1971-1972.
• Executive Board, Collegiate Association of Departments of Educational Administration in New York State, 1991 to 1996, Secretary-Treasurer 1989-1991.
• Chair, Public Services Workgroup, Capital Region Information Services Project (CRISNY), 1993 to 1995.
• Public Policy Professor's Group, Rockefeller College Department of Public Affairs, 1982 to date.
• Chairperson, Southern Regional Council for Educational Administration, 1976-1977.
• Visiting Scholar, National Institute of Education, Winter 1976.
• Chairperson, Politics of Education Association, 1977-1978.
• National Fellow, American Council on Education, Class of 1979.

Text Publications

• Networking High Performance in New York's Secondary Education ( Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America)1996.
• Practical Politics for School Administrators, (co-authored) Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1981.
• Energy, Winter & Schools: Analysis of Decision Crisis, Lexington Mass: Lexington Books. 1979.
• Political Interpretations of Educational Administration New York: MSS Press,1977.
• Changing Perspective of Educational Research, Columbus: Charles A. Jones Company, 1971.

Selected Policy Research Efforts

• Tuitioning Secondary Students in Remote Rural Upstate New York. 1993-1994, funded by the Newcomb Board of Education.
• Handicapped Education and Employment Project, 1983-1985, funded through New York State Education Department.
• Warren-Sussex County (NJ) Community College Feasibility Study, 1985, funded by Warren and Sussex counties and New Jersey Department of Education.
• Public Schools and Fundamental Churches in Upstate New York and Vermont, 1982-83, funded by Spencer Foundation.
• Energy Conservation in Columbus and Cincinnati School Systems, 1977-78, funded by Miami University.
• Toronto's Two Tiered Education Governance System, 1970-71, sponsored by Ontario Ministry of Education and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Work-in-Progress During the l995-l996 Academic Year

• "Constructing Meanings of Rural Poverty Classification" in Informing Rural Education Policy: Translating Data Into Decisions, National Center for Educational Statistics and Rural Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, September l995
• "Policy Implications for Children's Demographics and the School District Data Book"presentedby the Mesa Group, Hudson Valley Community College,Troy, New York, December 1995.
• "Informing Rural Education Polcy for New York State," briefing paper for Synectics of Management Decisions, Inc. December l995
• "Comparing Community ZIP Code and School District Meanings of Rural Poverty" New York State Network for Economic Research-in-Progress Conference, Albany, December l995
• "School District Rankings and Report Cards in District Reform" Educational Issues Symposium. Eastern Suffolk BOCES, March, l996
• "Public School Leader's Perception of the Impact of a Ranking Process on the Greater School Community" New England Educational Research Association, Portmouth New Hampshire, April, l996

• Selected Articles, Chapters

  Note: Since 1970, have published more than thirty five chapters, journal articles and technical monographs. The following are those most relevant to my current research activities and interests.
  

  • "Diversity Curriculum in Public Schools Without Minority Pupils" Rural Educator, Volume 15, no.1, Spring 1994.
  • "What is Useful Policy Information in School Consolidation Debates?" Journal of Educational Finance , Volume 19, no. 3, Spring 1994.
  • "Using State Level Information to Assess Possible Rural Undercount of Ethnic Populations in the 1990 Census: The New York State Illustration" Proceedings: 1993 Research Conference on Undercounted Populations, Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, issued October 1995 Chapter 16.
  • "American Perceptions of Italian Political Styles", Second International Conference Proceedings: University at Albany-University of Salerno, Albany: University at Albany, Spring 1990.
  • "Comparison of Severe and Non-Severe Diagnostic Classifications in the Selection of Eligible OVR Clients and Persons Refused Service, " Albany: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, New York State Education Department,1985.
  • "Political Analysis of the New York Educational Conference Board" The Council Journal, Volume 7, 1982*.
  • "The Pendulum Dynamics of Change" Journal of Higher Education, Volume 14, May 1982*.
  • "The Logic of Y=f(X) in the Study of Educational Politics," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Volume 3, no. 2., April 1981.
  • "Administration and the Concept of Technology," UCEA Review, Volume 20, Spring 1979.
  • "Organizations Facing Retrenchment: Guidelines From Economic Theory," in E. Mosher and J. Wagoner (ed) The Changing Politics of Education (Berkeley: McCutchan Publishing Co. , 1978) Chapter 6.
  • "In School Suspension Practices and the Prison Hospital Experience," NOLPE School Law Journal Volume 6, no. 1 Spring 1978*.
  • "Process of Change: Revisiting General Premises of Politicized Adaptation" Educational Planning Volume 3, no. 4 March 1977.
  • "Decentralization, Community Control and Consolidation: Impact Upon Boards of Education" in Peter Cistone (ed) Understanding School Boards (Lexington Books, 1975) Chapter 11.
  • "Resource Availability and Policy in Education," Educational Forum Volume 39, no. 3 March 1975.
  • "Reversing the Growing Irrelevance of Urban Boards of Education " Teachers College Record, volume 75, no. 3 February 1974*.
  • "Some Comments on Socio-Economic Policy Alternatives in National Development: A Parametric Programming Analysis" Behavioral Science, Volume 19, no. l, January 1974.
  • "Politics and Planning: A Rationale for Synthesis in Educational Adminstration" Educational Administration Quarterly, Spring 1974.
  • "Structure, Process and Budgetary Decision Making" in Issues in the Political Economy of Canadian Education (Economic Council of Canada, 1971 ) Chapter 11.
    * - coauthored
  
  

  Doctoral Dissertations Chaired

  • completed: one at VPI&SU, ten at Miami University, fourteen at Albany. Seven in progress.
  
  

  References

  Upon request