…call it applied humanities. Applied humanities courses tailor humanities content to the specific concerns of and issues within a particular professional program. Moreover, applied humanities courses have a strong
…Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti is chair of LHE19, editor of Academic Leader, adjunct professor of communication design at Miami University, adjunct professor of art at Wittenberg University, and owner of
…senior partner of ATLAS: Academic Training, Leadership & Assessment Services. His latest book, Positive Academic Leadership: How to Stop Putting Out Fires and Start Making a Difference, is available
…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
…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
…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
…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
…be taught, and in what course or courses? What will students do to demonstrate capability? Deans and department chairs need to facilitate planning of skills to ensure comprehensive and
…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
…triangular relationship necessary for 21st-century student learning to be most effective and engaging. Begin with faculty recruitment and development Because most faculty outside of major research institutions teach only
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