...interesting. In an interview with Academic Leader, he talked about some of the changes he’s seen. AL: How has your role of department chair changed over the last 25 years?...
...rather than dictating everything going on in the department. It’s an important distinction to make, and, unfortunately, too many department chairs engage in transactional leadership, he says. Arce points out...
...role of the division chair, one that is time-consuming and that requires releases. Sometimes this can be a challenge for division chairs from smaller departments. Minimizing division chair burnout is...
...not new within higher education, but deploying all services and instruction from face-to-face to online in a matter of days comes with underlying challenges. Provosts, deans, associate deans, and department...
...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 same...
...of his application for a chair position later. Beyond the assigned areas of work for the associate chair, the chair should also consider taking an active mentoring role. This might...
Shortly after Kristi Menear became chair of the department of human studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, department chairs gained budgetary control of their programs, and three departments...
...through the data to try to answer these questions will be time-consuming and require the collaboration of academic leaders, academic advising, and institutional data specialists. It is tedious work, but...
...and senior partner in ATLAS–Academic Training, Leadership & Assessment Services–an international consulting organization providing services to institution of higher education. He is a board member of Academic Leader. He has...
...typically avoid self-promotion, they are sometimes recognized for their academic talents and promoted to positions as department chairs, deans, provosts, and presidents. They are, however, the exceptions. Should you be...