...as important college or school leaders. On occasion chairs will require the dean’s expert advice on an emergency basis. It may be a natural disaster that damages a department field...
...simple things, which I discuss below. 1. The position or division chair is actually many positions masquerading as one The position of chair is multidimensional. A chair is a leader,...
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...
...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...
...college or university. But despite all the benefits we can derive from highly effective academic leaders, failed academic leaders actually teach us more. While much of the success that effective...
...the dean’s conducting performance reviews of chairs that include conversations, based on annual faculty and staff reviews conducted by the chairs, about each member of the department. Finally, we suggested...
...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...
...sharing the results so the rest of us have some footing to stand on when we start our revisions. As college curriculum developers and departments move eagerly through the 21st...
The academic department chair is positioned to be the engine of change in diversity progress in higher education today. Serving at the core of the academic enterprise, chairs work collaboratively...
...for Chairs Working Beyond Their Departments.” Academic Leader 30 no. 10: 4–5. N. Douglas Lees, PhD, is associate dean for planning and finance and professor and former chair of biology,...