eBook

How to Chair a Department

Dettmar, Kevin

2022

Overview

A practical, accessible handbook for chairing a department. Over the course of a typical academic career, most faculty will serve at least one term as chair of a department. It's a leadership and service role that's at the very heart of faculty satisfaction and student success, yet few receive any training on how to do the job. How to Chair a Department is a practical, accessible handbook for new and prospective chairs, providing both principles and practices for effective departmental leadership. Based on his dozen years of chairing departments, Kevin Dettmar provides invaluable advice on: • hiring tenure-track and visiting faculty • mentoring faculty colleagues at every stage of their careers • working with staff and other departmental administrators • managing department resources and budgets • meeting the needs of students • dealing with stress and conflict • connecting the department to the larger university or college as a whole • overseeing the department's curricula • maintaining a scholarly or creative profile • preparing for career moves after chairing a department How to Chair a Department demystifies this important faculty position and argues that the role of chair, though sometimes seen as a burden, can prove to be a genuine opportunity for personal and professional growth.

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Subject: Administration / College department heads / College department heads-United States-Handbooks, manuals, etc / EDUCATION / Higher / Leadership / Universities and colleges / Universities and colleges-United States-Departments-Handbooks, manuals, etc
• ISBN: 1421445247, 9781421445243, 9781421445236, 1421445239