...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...
...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...
...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,...
...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...
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...
...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...
...and registrars), within our own schools and colleges (e.g., faculty, associate and assistant deans, and department chairpersons), and outside our institutions (e.g., school district and organizational partners) during this two-week...
...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...
...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...
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...