ction is well-illustrated, I think, by a report in U.S. News and World Report (Wildavsky, 2000) which indicated that big cities are having an incredibly difficult time finding qualified candidates who are willing to fill their positions. There are so many problems and stresses associated with the job that a labor shortage has been created at the top level. For example, one school superintendent, Daniel Domenech, lasted one day as chancellor of the New York City public schools before Rudolph Giuliani insisted that the school board force him to resign (Wildavsky, 2000). This is indicative of the politics at all levels, not just in the big cities.
This view of the situation is support by a report by Stewart Ain (2000) who noted that school superintendents in general are at a premium, with many systems served by interim superintendents or superintendents who have come out of retirement in order to fill needed roles. There are also increasing moves to pull superintendents from the ranks of other professions, such as the military
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