...previous familiarity with higher ed expectations, the extent of one’s social network, or the willingness of a department chair or other senior colleague to make time to mentor the candidate....
...next 60 years. Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti is the managing editor of Academic Leader and the chair of the 2017 Leadership in Higher Education Conference. She is the owner of Hilltop...
...that these students would register for another class they taught, and that students would tell their friends to take one of their courses. As a former department chair for twenty-eight...
...appendage. When these adjuncts actually asked to be included in department meetings, I laughed to myself because full-time faculty often complain about too much committee work, department meetings, and all...
...priorities for fiscal year 2019 include sustaining the progress made thus far and making more gains as Congress moves forward. Jennifer Patterson Lorenzetti is the editor of Academic Leader and...
...instill DEI accountability among faculty is to give credit for DEI work toward tenure and promotion in department bylaws. This academic year, for the first time ever, all CMU staff...
...to be reemployed annually. Yes, one’s salary and benefits have to be made clear. Faculty members feel supported when they hear consistent information, not one story from the department chair...
...Lees, PhD, is professor and chair emeritus of the Department of Biology and former associate dean for planning and finance in the School of Science at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis....
...Ueda is a doctoral fellow, Elizabeth Holcombe is a postdoctoral scholar, and Adrianna Kezar is the Dean’s Professor of Leadership and Wilbur-Keiffer Endowed Chair at the University of Southern California....
...well documented (Hurtado et al., 2008) and leaders can easily customize them to address faculty needs, assessment of faculty success is less well described. Leaders should design a good set...