…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…
…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,…
…into opportunities that exist for impact, including opportunity gaps in academic outcomes. Provosts and deans Senior academic leaders, including provosts and deans, should pay careful attention to the entire framework…
…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…
…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…
…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…
Although not often in mind at the outset of life as an academic department chair, the time will come for all academic department chairs to exit their administrative roles. What…