…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…
…a chair, deans, provosts, and boards of trustees. … Clearly, the role of department chairs in diversity progress transcends discrete activities such as hiring new faculty and instead encompasses a…
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…
…leaves, the chair becomes the grand chair, and the vice-chair becomes the chair. A new vice-chair is elected from the committee membership. Figure 1 illustrates graphically the evolution of leadership…
…and responsibilities of the department chair. Chairs are serving less willingly than ever before. Potential chairs do not want to serve as chair. Chairs are not adequately educated or trained…
Over the past two decades, the responsibilities of academic department chairs have grown in both number and complexity. The newer work for chairs has not replaced traditional duties but rather…
…First-time deans sometimes want to keep acting as though they are still chairs of their former departments. First-time provosts sometimes act as though they are still deans of their former…
…The mentor could be a contemporary, a peer, a former chair, or even a former dean. Alternatively, chairs may turn to a local, active chair community (chairs who regularly meet…
…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,…
…of academic income available, how the department’s budget is derived, and what expenses the department is responsible for, chairs are now ready to move to another aspect of the department’s…