…in the workplace, how can the humanities remake themselves to better adapt to a modern world? In the philosophy department at Moravian College, with the generous financial support of the…
…University Chief Academic Officers, visit https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/2017-inside-higher-ed-survey-chief-academic-officers. Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti is the managing editor of Academic Leader and the chair of the 2017 Leadership in Higher Education Conference. She is the…
…a department chair. Whether becoming a first-time chair or a slightly seasoned department leader, you are armed with only peripheral leadership experience to address a variety of constituents and audiences,…
…last academic year as chair. This gives the incoming chair an entire academic year to work with the outgoing chair to better understand the position. Provide faculty with leadership opportunities….
…conducting an external search for department chair well before the start of Professor Kim’s ill-fated chairship. The position of the department chair is one of the most difficult in the…
…The Department Chair. 17(1), 28. Fant, G. C. (Summer 2004) The parallel chair move. The Department Chair. 15(1), 18-19. Kelly, R. (December 2008). A purposeful approach to chair transition. Academic…
…of leadership skills of department chairs has become a major focus. Significantly less focus is put on helping chairs “manage” the next layer up—the dean. It is important for overall…
…leadership style. Prior to becoming division chair, I spent 10 years as a faculty member. Like many others, I had the pleasure of serving for some great division chairs. I…
Every academic leader invests time in strategic planning groups, presidential cabinets, councils of department chairs, dean’s council meetings, and similar regularly scheduled meetings. Academic leaders occasionally leave the campus for…
In two recent articles, we outlined several ways that chairs can lighten their general workloads and facilitate the work of their deans, thereby strengthening their partnership. Chairs contribute to the…
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