Leaders in higher education face increasing pressure to ensure their institutions are well-positioned to adapt to our changing world. As part of responding to these demands, a growing number of institutions have established dedicated teams of in-house experts to support this work and the culture change around it, broadly termed academic change or…

The academic leader is among the most misunderstood management positions in the modern world. Little empirical research has been conducted on the academic leader, especially department chairpersons. With many decisions being made at the department level, many researchers reiterate the importance of department chairs in institutions of higher…