Wayne K. Hoy received his B. S. from Lock Haven State College in 1959, and then taught high school mathematics at Cheltenham, PA. After completing his D. Ed. in educational administration at The Pennsylvania State University in 1965, he accepted a professorship at Oklahoma State University before joining the Rutgers University faculty in 1968, where he was a distinguished professor, department chair, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 1994, he moved to Ohio State University and an endowed professorship, The Novice G. Fawcett Chair in Educational Administration. He retired in 2013 and is now a professor emeritus at Ohio State. In June of 2018, he was inducted into the College of Education and Human Ecology Hall of Fame at The Ohio State University.
“Thoughtful administrators are more inclined to be guided by theories, as imperfect as they are, than by impulse or the biases of dubious beliefs. Make mindfulness a habit of mind; it transforms chance into serendipity (Hoy, 2006).”
“The imperative for order in organizations creates a world of rules, procedures, plans, purposes, and coordinated effort whereas the need for freedom fashions a world of imagination, innovation, creativity, dreams, and hope. Effective leaders find a way to accommodate to this order-freedom dilemma as they preserve the benefits of each and avoid the pitfalls of both (Hoy, 2012).”
“Never underestimate luck, but then too, never depend on it (Hoy, 2014).
“Intuition is the ‘magic dust’ of intellectual experience and recognition (Hoy, 2018).”
