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New Way To Be A Chair Via Distributed Shared Model, Dennis Anderson

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Being a chair in today's higher education is more stressful due to various issues related to enrollment, administration demands, and limited and shrinking resources. Chairs have to manage and juggle demands from all stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, and administration. This presentation is about how to meet these challenges by creating a shared management system that enables and empowers faculty in the department by giving them portfolios. This model moves away from chair centric model that one person holds all decision making power by controlling resources. Since my department moved to shared distributed chair model, the department productivity is higher …

The Day War Came, Alexandra Mcmillin

Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities

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Law School News: Meet Our New Board Members 06-11-2020, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law School News: A Farewell To Departing Directors 06-08-2020, Michael M. Bowden

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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When I Grow Up!, Alexia Smith

Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities

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Alternative Chairing; Academic Chair Conference Presentations From The Fringe, David A. Line, Stephen Pyle, Jeffery Youngquist

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Expectations of Department Chairs focus on managerial functions often at the expense of creativity. However, leadership expectations often require creative responses. This workshop explores the benefits of (and resistance to) creative chairing, and invites the audience to help generate and explore new and creative approaches to being an academic chair.

New And New-To-You: Transitioning To A New Chair Position, Christopher Barrick

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Whether you are chairing a department for the first time or starting a chair position at a different institution, your new job will be a challenging transition. This presentation offers practical advice and best practices for adapting to your new position as chair.

Leadership Competencies For The Community College Department Chairperson, Jason Carl Ross

Dissertations

Published in 2005, the American Association of Community Colleges developed a list of six leadership competencies deemed by stakeholders as essential to a community college leadership position. The six AACC leadership competencies include organizational strategy, resource management, communication, collaboration, community college advocacy, and professionalism, and they have been well researched with upper-level community college leadership, student services personnel, and boards of trustees. This research examined these competencies as they relate to the community college department chairperson.

Often viewed as a path to upper level leadership, the community college chairperson is both a faculty member and administrator, and chairpersons must represent …

Mentorship, Guidance, And Respect For Guiding New Faculty, Christopher Barrick, Michelle Kiec

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

Department chairs wield great power in the career of new faculty. In addition to gatekeeping functions as an evaluator, chairs serve as a role models and senior leaders. Mentorship, guidance, and respect form the foundation for chairs to propel newer faculty to senior department members.

Selecting A Comfortable Chair, Leona K. Hawks

All Archived Publications

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Aera-Sig Curriculum Newsletter, American Educational Research Association

SIG Newsletters (1970-1995)

Issue No. 23