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Stephen L. Jacobson is Professor of Educational Administration and the Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the State University at Buffalo (UB).
His research interests include teacher compensation, school finance, human resource administration, and the reform of school leadership preparation and practice. He has published extensively and his books include School Administration: Persistent Dilemmas in Preparation and Practice (Praeger, 1996), and, Transforming Schools and Schools of Education: A New Vision for Preparing Educators (Corwin, 1998).
In 1994, Steve received the Jack Culbertson Award for outstanding contributions to educational administration by a junior professor. In 1999 he was elected President of the American Education Finance Association. He is currently co-director (with Kenneth Leithwood) of the UCEA Center for the Study of School-Site Leadership, and is co-editor (with Leithwood and David Monk) of the journal, Leadership and Policy in Schools.
Prior to receiving his Ph.D. from Cornell University, Steve was a special education teacher with the New York City Public Schools for seven years.