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Academic Leadership In The Research University: Responsibilities For Faculty Governance, Michael Miller, Richard Newman Jul 2005

Academic Leadership In The Research University: Responsibilities For Faculty Governance, Michael Miller, Richard Newman

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Faculty working in research-intensive university environments find a variety of challenges to their time, energies, and resources, including finding balance between the traditional areas of teaching, research, and service. In most research universities, the research focus becomes all encompassing, and institutional service commitments are called into question. The current study of over 500 faculty in research university environments demonstrates the need for shared governance to be clear and purposeful in its work and intentions in order to muster faculty support.


A Case Study, Initiating A Peer Mentoring Program At A State University With A Diverse Student Body, Frank Andrews Jul 2005

A Case Study, Initiating A Peer Mentoring Program At A State University With A Diverse Student Body, Frank Andrews

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The focus of this paper is on leading and guiding the change process as it applies to a Peer Mentoring Program begun this semester in the College of Management (CoM) at U.Mass Lowell (UML). Specifically, this paper will discuss the fieldwork with respect to the initiation and adoption of the program. A second case paper will look at the actual implementation and hopefully institutionalization of the program.


Character Education: A Resurgence To Safety, A Perspective In Curricula Trend, Joseph Brown Jul 2005

Character Education: A Resurgence To Safety, A Perspective In Curricula Trend, Joseph Brown

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing the need for character education in schools.


New And Old South Elementary School, Gary Peters Jul 2005

New And Old South Elementary School, Gary Peters

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A case study of demographics in elementary schools.


Ricardo Semler: Creating Organizational Change, Christopher York, Peter A. Maresco Jul 2005

Ricardo Semler: Creating Organizational Change, Christopher York, Peter A. Maresco

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A review of "Creating Organizational Change" by Ricardo Semler.


In The Beginning, Mack Hines Iii Jul 2005

In The Beginning, Mack Hines Iii

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Volumes of research have documented the implementation of peer assessment in higher education (Falchikov, 1986; Huba & Freed, 2000). The literature doesn’t denote the impact of peer assessment on teacher education students. This study filled that void by investigating first-year teacher education students’ views of peer assessment.


Table Of Contents - Summer 2005 Jul 2005

Table Of Contents - Summer 2005

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2005 table of contents.


Half Is Great The Rest Only Good, Craig Johnson Jul 2005

Half Is Great The Rest Only Good, Craig Johnson

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A book review of Good to Great by Jim Collins.


Table Of Contents - Spring 2005 Apr 2005

Table Of Contents - Spring 2005

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Academic Leadership Journal Spring 2005 table of contents.


Lead Is An Action Verb, Kathy Dale Apr 2005

Lead Is An Action Verb, Kathy Dale

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing the difference between dialog and discussion.


Leadership Excellence: Constructing The Role Of Department, Pamela Benoit Apr 2005

Leadership Excellence: Constructing The Role Of Department, Pamela Benoit

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The role of department chair in today’s colleges and universities is much different and more multifaceted than it was just a decade ago. Academic department chairs must conduct performance reviews, oversee budgets, carry out strategic planning, and negotiate their department’s identity within highly complex institutions (Hecht, Higgerson, Gmelch, & Tucker, 1999). Evidence gathered from ACE workshops indicated that as many as two-thirds of the chairs had no prior administrative experience and yet they face a demanding role requiring a wide range of talents (Hecht, Higgerson, Gmelch, & Tucker, 1999).


Leading Community College Distance Education, John Adams Apr 2005

Leading Community College Distance Education, John Adams

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Technological, demographic, and competitive changes in distance education (DE) pose complex leadership and strategic issues for community colleges. Leaders must establish institutional and academic objectives, develop financial and technological strategies, and organize, market, and evaluate DE initiatives. Their objectives and strategies should anticipate and help shape the developing competitive environment in which their colleges operate. This qualitative case study examined DE administrative and staff leadership roles, organization structures, and strategies at three Midwestern community colleges with expanding DE programs. Leadership teams were small. New roles and organizational structures were evolving, and the colleges were maintaining strong video delivery while developing …


Preserving The Future Of Rural Schools And Communities In The Plains, G. Mills Apr 2005

Preserving The Future Of Rural Schools And Communities In The Plains, G. Mills

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

There is a well-documented pattern in rural areas across the plains, as well as in other parts of the United States, of population loss and the associated consolidation or closing of literally thousands of rural schools. There is also dramatic evidence of the demise of a great many, once prosperous, small communities surrounding those same schools. It is time for more effective and sustained intervention, particularly in strengthening a sense of ‘citizenship of the place’ in those communities, especially among current school-aged children. Without this kind of thoughtful change in philosophy, the pattern of decline will continue to be repeated. …


Strengthening Academic Programs With Proactive Fiscal Management And Other Innovative Strategies, David Buckholdt Apr 2005

Strengthening Academic Programs With Proactive Fiscal Management And Other Innovative Strategies, David Buckholdt

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Price pressures in the form of escalating tuition will continue to impinge upon colleges and universities in an unabated fashion. While distance learning experiments and electronic assisted teaching may provide some relief in training-centric sectors of higher education, the university enterprise remains a labor intensive endeavor. Technology and healthcare expenses will continue to grow at most institutions at a rate far above the cost-of-living index. Public institutions are finding strong resistance to additional support based on tax revenue. Private institutions are increasingly being questioned about the “valueadded” they provide and whether it justifies their premium tuition.


Teacher Perceptions Of Systems-Driven Quality Teaching Initiatives, Carol Mullen Apr 2005

Teacher Perceptions Of Systems-Driven Quality Teaching Initiatives, Carol Mullen

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Teacher Perceptions of Systems-Driven Quality Teaching Initiatives by Carol Mullen.


Table Of Contents - Fall 2004 Oct 2004

Table Of Contents - Fall 2004

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Academic Leadership Journal Fall 2004 table of Contents


Benchmarking Succession Planning & Executive Development In Higher Education, Jonathon Clunies Oct 2004

Benchmarking Succession Planning & Executive Development In Higher Education, Jonathon Clunies

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Higher education has historically been slow to adopt many corporate management processes. Succession planning is an especially difficult concept to apply in academia due to dramatic cultural differences between the boardroom and the campus. College and universities often have complex and sometimes bureaucratic procedures for hiring compared with many business corporations (Rosse & Levin, 2003). In a tightening economic and growing competitive climate, innovative colleges and universities are re-examining whether succession planning, coupled with executive development, could be adapted for more cost effective transitions of power and authority.


Budget Woes In Higher Education: A Call For Leadership, Steven Graham Oct 2004

Budget Woes In Higher Education: A Call For Leadership, Steven Graham

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing leadership in the face of budget deficits in academia.


Doing Business With The Bard, William "Skip" Boyer Oct 2004

Doing Business With The Bard, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article using Shakespeare's words to demonstrate business management values.


Engaged, But Not Heroic, Academic Leadership, John B. Bennett Oct 2004

Engaged, But Not Heroic, Academic Leadership, John B. Bennett

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Over the years, I have explored leadership challenges faced by department chairpersons and school deans. In this essay I reflect on some findings, noting that they also apply to other educational leaders such as faculty senate members and student affairs officers. Most mid-level leaders struggle with the tradition of defining leadership in terms of individualistic values and mythologies of seeing the leader in terms of the individualistic, heroic cowboy of the Western film and novel. Then I examine the position of institutional president. Here too some leaders aim to be heroic figures, like the fabled cowboy. Almost inevitably, their behaviors …


Four Dimensions Of Leadership In The Problem-Solving Of Education Deans, Antonia Donofrio Oct 2004

Four Dimensions Of Leadership In The Problem-Solving Of Education Deans, Antonia Donofrio

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

This study links personal attributes of deans of schools and colleges of education to the problem solving contexts in which they make decisions that affect the programs they serve. We describe the mix of intellect, emotion, social acumen, and moral attributes that deans draw upon when they respond to vignettes that capture the multifaceted nature of problem solving in their positions. This study is a continuation of research that attempts to identify characteristics of deans of education who have survived in their role. This is an important issue, as schools and colleges report difficulty in identifying deans who can meet …


Faculty Learning Communities And Teaching Portfolios As A Mentoring Model, Andrea C. Wade Oct 2004

Faculty Learning Communities And Teaching Portfolios As A Mentoring Model, Andrea C. Wade

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Beginning a career in college or university teaching can be a terrifying exercise in trial and error. Unlike elementary and secondary school teachers, many college faculty members begin their teaching careers with little or no formal preparation in pedagogy. Despite being well-versed in the content discipline, faculty members in their first few semesters of teaching often lack access to the kind of frequent assessment and mentoring that would shorten the learning curve and enhance the experience for both instructor and student. Through the years, a number of different strategies have been proposed to foster interactions between college faculty members. Typically, …


Review: Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, And Spirituality, Deryl R. Leaming Oct 2004

Review: Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, And Spirituality, Deryl R. Leaming

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A book review of Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, and Spirituality by John B. Bennett.


Table Of Contents - Summer 2004 Jul 2004

Table Of Contents - Summer 2004

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2004 table of contents.


How To Demoralize The Faculty: A Six-Step Program That Works, Howard B. Altman Jul 2004

How To Demoralize The Faculty: A Six-Step Program That Works, Howard B. Altman

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A satirical article discussing faculty morale.


Review: Free The Beagle - A Journey To Destinae, Don Litzenberg Jul 2004

Review: Free The Beagle - A Journey To Destinae, Don Litzenberg

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A review of Free the Beagle: A Journey to Destinae by Roy H. Williams


The Challenges Of A New Department Chair: Success Despite Reality, Jeanneine P. Jones Jul 2004

The Challenges Of A New Department Chair: Success Despite Reality, Jeanneine P. Jones

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

A narrative demonstrating the need for administrative training for department chairs.


Smile When You Call Me That…, William "Skip" Boyer Jul 2004

Smile When You Call Me That…, William "Skip" Boyer

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing the difficulties of communicating effectively through electronic means.


An Examination Of Oral Communication Patterns And Emergent Groupings Among Faculty Governance Units, Michael Miller Jul 2004

An Examination Of Oral Communication Patterns And Emergent Groupings Among Faculty Governance Units, Michael Miller

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing decision making in higher education.


I'Ve Got Vision And The Rest Of The World Wears Blinders . . ., James P. Evans Apr 2004

I'Ve Got Vision And The Rest Of The World Wears Blinders . . ., James P. Evans

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

An article discussing the need for vision in leadership.