title: Linkages among top-ranked graduate programs in special education: a brief report.
abstract: The 10 top-ranked graduate programs in special education, based on national surveys of deans, top administrators, and senior faculty, were substantially linked to one another by hiring one another's graduates. We suggested that this linkage helps these programs to maintain and enhance their prestige.
authors.affiliation: Emporia State University, KS 66801, USA. bairjeff@esumail.emporia.edu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bair
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bair
mesh_terms: D004493:Education; D004500:Education, Graduate; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities