Chairing Academic Departments: Traditional and Emerging Expectations
Chairing Academic Departments: Traditional and Emerging Expectations (J-B Anker Resources for Department Chairs) N. Douglas Lees,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 193337103X
DDC: 378.1110973
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-04-13
Summary:
What role does the position of department chair occupy in higher
education today? Once characterized as largely a management function,
the 21st-century department chair is now facing a host of emerging
challenges that require additional skills and fresh approaches to
fulfilling the role. In Chairing Academic Departments, the author
offers experience-based suggestions for new, existing, and potential
chairs as they face a higher education enterprise that is undergoing
significant change. While acknowledging that many traditional
responsibilities and expectations will remain unaltered, the author
also identifies several dynamic functions—from entrepreneurial work
and fundraising, faculty evaluation and motivation, student
recruitment and retention, problem solving, and interpersonal
interactions such as advising, meditating, and mentoring. The author
navigates the changes arising in the role of department chair by
offering valuable insight in the following areas: Characteristics of
effective department chairs How to work with, and advocate for,
internal constituents Managing and disseminating information
Recruiting, retaining, and evaluating faculty Fiscal responsibility
and strategic planning Benefits of serving as department chair
Planning to exit the chair position While the position of department
chair will continue to evolve, Chairing Academic Departments equips
readers with the situational understanding and practical advice they
need to meet the demands of tomorrow.
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