The professoriate of EA is unlikely to be a coherent and definable community, yet its
members share some common lines. Educational administration authors received their
graduate degrees in the field from many universities around the globe. But, a large
portion of EA authors still receive their education in the disciplines or in related fields of
study, arguably a sign of the field’s insufficient scholarly maturity and/or a lack of clear
conceptual boundaries. One may wonder why it is almost impossible for EA doctoral
graduates to find positions in (for example) psychology or sociology departments and yet
the reverse is possible. The answer probably lies in the undoubtedly interdisciplinary
nature of EA and its consequential weak knowledge base.