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Lucas, Ann F. – 1994
This book demonstrates how academic chairs at institutions of higher education can learn the skills that are essential to their becoming leaders and faculty developers and having a significant impact on their departments. The book assists chairs in building cohesive teams in their departments and facilitates learning and using survival skills. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, College Administration, Conflict Resolution
Download full textGmelch, Walter H. – 1991
Nearly 80,000 scholars currently serve as department chairs, and almost one-quarter will need to be replaced each year. Such a high turnover rate is partly due to surprises and unexpected sacrifices embedded in the department chair position. In an effort to help professors prepare for and overcome unforseen tradeoffs, the University Council for…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Department Heads, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBerman, Russell A.; Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Castro-Klaren, Sara; Chaput, Patricia R.; DeJean, Joan; Harper, Jane; Henning, Sylvie Debevec; Hunter, Paul; Kaplan, Edward K.; Kirkpatrick, Susan; Lindenberger, Herbert; Ozzello, Yvonne; Marks, Elaine; Patrikis, Peter C.; Peck, Jeffrey; Schor, Naomi; Trommler, Frank; Valis, Noel; Wood, Richard J.; Ziolkowski, Theodore – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Nineteen responses to an article on the leadership crisis in the field of foreign languages and literatures are presented. Most agree with the article, expanding on its scope or extending its argument; some offer new directions to resolve the problem. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Departments, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Peer reviewedO'Neill, A.; Wellard, R. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1986
Leadership was the primary issue when the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences (Victoria, Australia) introduced academic governance regulations in 1978. The issue resurfaced in 1982, prompting a regulations review. This paper analyzes review findings and relates them to contemporary theory viewing leadership as a relationship between leaders and…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Governance, Higher Education
Direct linkCyert, Richard M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
At Carnegie Mellon University, collaborative strategic planning promotes institutional distinction through the development of focused departments that exploit university strengths and opportunities. Implications of decentralized university organization and the need for centralized leadership are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Centralization, Change Strategies, College Administration
Peer reviewedGreen, Larry A.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A survey of 97 chairmen of academic departments of family medicine found that over half intended to leave their position within 5 years, with job dissatisfaction given as the reason by 52. Findings suggest that future demand for academic chairmen of family medicine departments will be large and that chairmen will be young with limited academic…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Department Heads, Higher Education
CSDC Newsletter, 1992
This document consists of the six issues of the "CSDC Newsletter" issued in 1990-1991. This publication offers professional information, articles, and research findings on questions relating to the work and role of academic department chairs. The first issue contains an article on chairs as faculty developers and their unique role in helping…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Ladders, College Administration, College Faculty
Brightwell, D. Shelby; George, Anita P. – 1989
The organizational model was designed to allow faculty members in a large academic department to participate in decisions concerning courses, curriculum, and programs. Rather than encouraging faculty to work independently on teaching and committee assignments, the model promotes the sharing of information, teamwork, and interdepartmental…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Committees, Decision Making, Departments
Seldin, Peter; And Others – 1990
This collection of 11 papers focuses on the strategies and programs college administrators can use to effect changes needed to achieve teaching excellence. Most papers combine a review of the research and professional literature with the author's personal experience. The first part of the book examines the college and university climate and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Classroom Research, College Administration
Hall, Gene E.; Guzman, Frances M. – 1984
In examining the dynamics of change processes in high schools, this study makes initial interpretations about school officials who serve as change facilitators. The researchers found that a trend exists for the source of change to come from outside the high school. Principals, assistant principals, and department heads as well as central office…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Central Office Administrators, Department Heads, Educational Change
Greene, Madeleine F., Ed. – 1988
Conventional wisdom on the nature of leadership in higher education is challenged in this collection of 12 essays. They are divided into three sections: (1) The Context; (2) New Leaders and New Models; and (3) Strategies and Resources. Chapters and authors include: "Leaders and Their Development" (Madeleine F. Green); "Toward a New Leadership…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Stark, Joan S.; Briggs, Charlotte L.; Rowland-Poplawski, Jean – 2000
This paper examines the role departmental chairs play in curriculum planning, who is chosen to lead the process, the behaviors used, and the complementary or conflicting roles played by other faculty members. Data for the analysis were drawn from interviews with 44 department chairs and 83 faculty in Carnegie classification institutions; these…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Collegiality, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Schuster, Jack H. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1985
A series of interviews with 532 faculty, department heads, and upper-level administrators on 38 campuses revealed attitudes about general and specific elements of faculty vitality and aspects of institutional administration that promote it. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, College Presidents, Curriculum Development
Response to Dorothy James, "Bypassing the Traditional Leadership: Who's Minding the Store?": Part 2.
Peer reviewedByrnes, Heidi; Kleinhenz, Christopher; Mignolo, Walter; Pratt, Mary Louise; Vieira, Nelson; James, Dorothy – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Five brief essays are presented in response to an earlier article on leadership in college foreign-language departments. They address issues of curriculum redesign, pedagogical change, the nature of language teaching, the professional identity of language teachers, the role of professional organizations, and the traditional departmental model. A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development
Lucas, Ann F. – 2000
This book offers a strategy for institutional change and an examination of the role of leadership in organizations. Essays focus on the shift away from faculty to a concentration on learning, especially on changes in the role of the department chair. The 12 essays are organized in three parts: Part 1, "Leading Change," includes: "A Teamwork…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role
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