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| ADE Bulletin | 11 |
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| Adams, Hazard | 1 |
| Brunson, Martha L. | 1 |
| Collins, Rowland L. | 1 |
| Dorman, Wade | 1 |
| Eisold, Kenneth | 1 |
| Fischer, Michael | 1 |
| Frank, Joseph | 1 |
| Harwood, John T. | 1 |
| Williamson, Marilyn L. | 1 |
| Worth, George J. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
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Collins, Rowland L. – ADE Bulletin, 1980
Discusses the responsibilities of serving as English department head. Two main duties identified are (1) to preserve and expand knowledge and (2) to ensure the success of the educational mission of the department. The administrator is encouraged to maintain scholarly activities while being a student of departmental and institutional affairs. (DF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Department Heads, English Departments, Higher Education
Adams, Hazard – ADE Bulletin, 1977
Discusses form and content in the relationships between department chairpersons and deans, review committees, vice-presidents, English faculties in high schools, and others in the world beyond the English department. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrators, Department Heads, English Departments, Higher Education
ADE Bulletin, 2002
Surveys the types of support and compensation that chairs in the Association of Departments of English (ADE) community receive. Notes that in the survey larger institutions and those granting advanced degrees are overrepresented, as they are in the ADE membership. Presents results of the surveys in 17 different tables. (SG)
Descriptors: Administrators, Compensation (Remuneration), Department Heads, English Departments
Williamson, Marilyn L. – ADE Bulletin, 1973
Discusses the role of English department chairmen, the increased unionization of college faculty, and the advantages of collective bargaining in higher education. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Department Heads
Brunson, Martha L. – ADE Bulletin, 1980
Advocates a "trust relation" between English department chairpersons and the English teaching profession, examined in light of the composition-literature tension, cultural appreciation, literacy, student diversity, meetings and associations, English teacher education, course improvement, graduate education, reentering adult students, English…
Descriptors: Administrators, College English, College Faculty, Department Heads
Harwood, John T. – ADE Bulletin, 1975
Suggests that Ph.D.s in English can find job opportunities in business and tells how to apply for such positions. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Correspondence, Employment Opportunities, English Departments
Frank, Joseph – ADE Bulletin, 1974
Presents a personalized account of the difficulties administrators of English departments face in maintaining an effective department and still balancing the budget. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Administrators, English Departments
Eisold, Kenneth – ADE Bulletin, 1997
Critically examines the concept of leadership as understood in the cultural matrix of individualism. Suggests that leadership is a function of group context, a function of collective life. Applies findings to academic life. (TB)
Descriptors: Administrators, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Department Heads
Fischer, Michael – ADE Bulletin, 1997
Discusses mediation as an avenue of exploration for department chairs who are finding themselves overwhelmed by disputes among their ranks. Draws on mediation research in describing different approaches to resolving conflict. (TB)
Descriptors: Administrators, Arbitration, College Faculty, Conflict Resolution
Dorman, Wade; And Others – ADE Bulletin, 1996
Contains a scripted interchange between three caricatures (the zealous reformer, the harried committee chair, and the skeptical administrator) concerning a project for curriculum reform in a college English department. (TB)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Committees, Curriculum Development
Worth, George J. – ADE Bulletin, 1974
Examines the role of the English department chairman as a spokeman for his faculty and a representative of the university. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Change, English Departments
