The 5 Most Helpful Experiences for Moving from Faculty to Department Chair
...this happen’,” Coppard says. Reprinted from “Study Identifies 5 Most Helpful Experiences for Moving from Faculty to Department Chair” in Academic Leader 22.8(2006)1,2 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Listening: The Greatest Compliment
...a distressed student or professor comes when we attend to that person’s concerns. Reprinted from “Listening: The Greatest Compliment” in Academic Leader 25.9(2009)8 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
The Traumatic Impact of Interpersonal Crime on the Campus Sexual Assault Victim/Survivor
...units for support and options (advocates, Title IX, police, etc.) The impact of trauma often invades many aspects of a victim/survivor’s life. Reaction to trauma varies from person to person,...
More Tools for the New Dean’s Toolbox
...and saw; (4) a drill when a complex issue requires more “drilling down” to reach the substrata of the issue; and (5) tape to bind up the fractures, broken relationships,...
How to Evaluate Your Faculty Development Services
...J. Miller & J. Grocia (Ed.), To Improve the Academy (30). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Minter, R.L. (2009). The paradox of faculty development. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2(4), 65-70. Sue...
5 Recommendations for Completing the Flexible Sabbatical
...of the School of Education at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass. Reprinted from “5 Recommendations for Completing the Flexible Sabbatical” in Academic Leader 22.9(2006)1,2 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Can Innovation Be Taught?
As budgets tighten at colleges and universities, academic leaders are repeatedly urged to be more entrepreneurial in their approaches. “It’s time to think outside the box,” we’re told. “Be creative....
Creating a Strong Chair-Dean Partnership: What Chairs Can Do from Their End (Part 1)
...and former chair of biology in the school of science at IUPUI. Reference Lees, N. D. (2018) Where Advocacy and Sound Leadership Must Part Company, Academic Leader, 34(2), 2, 6....
Creating a Strong Chair-Dean Partnership: What Chairs Can Do from Their End (Part 2)
...issues” but is applicable to other areas, including faculty unavailability (due to illness, accident, etc.), natural disasters, instrument failures, etc. On occasion, and hopefully not more frequently, chairs face complaints...
Transitioning from Faculty to Chair
...be responsible for faculty development, advocating for their academic programs and research agendas, and for long-term departmental strategic planning. I was leaving my research projects that I had intellectually designed,...