October 27, 1994: Vol26n8: Jacobson wins outstanding professor award

By PATRICIA DONOVAN
News Bureau Staff
Stephen L. Jacobson, associate professor in the UB Graduate School of
Education, will receive the 1994 Jack A. Culbertson Award from by the
University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Oct. 28,
during the council's annual meeting in Philadelphia.
	The UCEA, an association of 52 leading research universities
with programs in educational administration, presents the award
annually to an outstanding junior professor of educational
administration of the nation.
	It is named in honor of Jack Culbertson of Ohio State
University, longtime executive director of the UCEA, who the council
says "inspired many young professors during his tenure."
	Jacobson is widely published in the field of educational
administration. His research into Canada's innovative deferred-leave
employment policies has generated great interest among an
international audience of educators.
	He is co-editor of the book, "Educational Leadership in an Age
of Reform," in which more than a dozen authors challenge notions of
racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S. edu- cational system.
 	Among his current projects is a collaborative effort between
UB and seven WNY school districts to pilot an innovative, field-based
program for preparing tenured teachers as school leaders, with
emphasis on the training of women and minorities for these roles.
	In regular surveys reported in Executive Editor, a journal of
the National School Boards Association, Jacobson has discussed how
women are being "mommy-tracked" out of managerial positions in public
school education. Additional publications include articles in refereed
education journals, book chapters and monographs on effective
administrative leadership, salary distribution, teacher recruitment
and retention. 
	Jacobson joined the faculty of UB's Department of Educational
Organization, Administration and Policy in 1986 after receiving his
doctorate in educational administration from Cornell University. A
former teacher of special education in New York City, he holds
bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from Brooklyn College
and a master's degree in special education from the State University
of New York College at New Paltz.