…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
In viewing the organizational structure of our colleges and universities, there is a common hierarchy of faculty, chairs, deans, and higher administration that includes a president or campus leader
…were trained to be chairs or deans, but because they excelled as faculty members. But administrative work is quite different from academic work. Chairing a committee effectively isn’t the
…someone with financial and operational acumen, and an academic and intellectual leader. It is significant that respondents placed the traditional academic skills last on this list. Some of these
…toward the same end. We can help change this situation by moving away from “horizontal” administrative bodies where chairs meet largely only with other chairs, deans with other deans,
…universities, those tasked with these responsibilities are expanding to include not only professional fundraisers but also those on the academic side of the house. Deans, associate deans, department chairs,
…View of Department Chairs: Lessons Learned, The Department Chair, 28(1), 1-3. N. Douglas Lees, PhD, is associate dean for planning & finance, professor, and former chair of biology, in
Last year, I wrote an essay for Academic Leader suggesting that new deans should examine the administrative implements in their metaphorical ”toolbox” to make sure they were ready for
…meetings. Thus, department chairs find themselves in meetings 70 percent of their day. For deans, the number of meetings exponentially rises, and I am afraid provosts live by meetings
…techniques. In times of crisis, cross-functional teams employing these techniques create direct change in higher education environments. This article provides college and university presidents, provosts, deans, and other senior
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