Undergrad Degrees of DL Administrators

Though it's a dream job, becoming a DL administrator wasn't my dream. That's no surprise, since the field scarcely existed 20 years ago (except on a very limited basis). I took a few minutes to do some highly informal research to find out the educational origin of 25 randomly-selected DL adminers. In perusing the vitae of 25 individuals in charge of DL programs (directors, deans, assistant and associates deans and directors), I found that there was no most common bachelor's degree among them. In fact, out of the 25, there were 17 different degrees. These were:

• Political Science (2)
• Math (3)
• Psychology (4)
• Education (4)
• Journalism (1 - that's me)
• English (2)
• Engineering (1)
• Biblical Studies (1)
• Spanish (1)
• History (1)
• Oceanography (1)
• Sociology (2)
• Nursing (1)
• Music (1)

There were no business majors, nor computer-science, IT-related majors. Keep in mind this was by no means a scientific sample, but interesting nevertheless, I believe.