Much has been written about the increasing workloads placed on our academic department chairs. Coupled with the fact that recently appointed chairs also bring with them to their new
…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
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
…interview with Academic Leader, these two chairs shared what has helped them in their first two years as chair and offered advice to aspiring chairs and those who supervise
…emerge within departments, has evoked a great deal of controversy throughout higher education. Without a consistent and well-defined sense of what constitutes collegiality, many chairs and deans resort to
…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
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
…these defenses really seem to be defenses not of the books and ideas themselves but of the academic departments and humanities faculty who teach them. These defenses ignore that
…brimming with such opportunities, from chairing committees to sponsoring student clubs to organizing the department holiday social. Moreover, as any department chair will tell you, there is generally a
…mission. Below, I outline the varying nature of these relationships: Academic leaders: Provosts, deans, department chairs, associate deans, school directors, and program coordinators are individuals leading at different levels
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