...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...
...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...
...run, poor-quality courses result in more issues for department chairs. Watching the money:A department chair often is responsible for the staffing of online courses. With this comes a decision on...
...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...
Many of us either are asked to serve as chair of our department as a cyclical rotating chair or have made the decision to pursue the chair position on our...
...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...
...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...
...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...
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...
...The Department Chair, 28(1), 1–3. Lees, N. D. (2015). Planning priorities for leaving the chair position. Academic Leader, 31(6), 3, 5, 8. N. Douglas Lees, PhD, is associate dean for...