Resource Handbook for Academic Deans: The Essential Guide for College and Univer

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Resource Handbook for Academic Deans by Andrew Adams "This volume is written by and for academic leaders in higher education. Each chapter explores a topic related to how administrative leaders are influenced by national events, local partnerships, or on-campus collaborations"-- FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This essential guide addresses the expanding, multifaceted role of college and university academic leaders.The new edition of the Resource Handbook for Academic Deans, one of the most important offerings to the academic community by the American Conference of Academic Deans, is written by and for academic leaders to address the expanding, multifaceted role of college and university administrators. Each chapter explores a topic related to how higher education leaders are influenced by national events, local partnerships, or on-campus collaborations. Among the topics covered are:• understanding educational policy at the national level• working with leaders from department heads to provosts• engaging with external partners• leading collaborative change at small colleges and universities• shifting toward student-centered campuses• making data-informed decisions• embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion• managing and balancing salaries • building effective leadership teams and mentoring future leaders• holding difficult conversations• returning to the faculty after leadershipProviding helpful advice that can be studied in short chapters and inspiring content based on personal experience, the forty-three authors in this volume hold positions from department chairs to presidents at four-year and community colleges across the country. Written during the COVID-19 pandemic and amid calls for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education, each chapter offers perceptive insights from experienced leaders who serve a broad range of institutional types. Author Biography Andrew Adams is the director of the School of Music at Western Carolina University. Table of Contents ACADPreface, by Mike WanousAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAndrew AdamsI. Leadership Insights1 A Presidents Letter to a New Dean or Academic LeaderPhilip A. Glotzbach2 Purpose-Driven Leadership: The Value in "Finding Your Why"Courtney B. SmithII. Leadership and National Contexts 3 The Critical Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Higher EducationHideko Sera and Kendrick T. Brown4 How Academic Leaders Can Bend Their Institutions toward Racial JusticePaula OLoughlin and Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain5 Navigating the Civil Rights and Social Justice LandscapeO. John Maduko6 Working toward Greater Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Benefits of Wearing Multiple HatsJamila Bookwala7 Understanding Higher-Education Policy in Order to Manage Risk and Achieve EquityMargaret Brown MarsdenIII. Leadership and Partnerships8 Educational Ecosystems for EquityMargaret Hunter9 Searching for the Butterfly: The Deans Engagement with Internal and External PartnersDel Doughty10 Higher Education and Community Collaborations in Times of CrisisJosephine Mendoza Kershaw11 Using Institutional Expertise to Foster Connections through Local Leadership Development ProgramsRoss Peterson-Veatch12 Building Reciprocal Relationships for Careers and Lifelong LearningCheryl Bailey and Wendy A. Weaver13 Narratives That Connect Our Collective Communities: Integrated Learning at St. Catherine UniversityTarshia L. StanleyIV. Leadership and the Institution14 Working with the Upper Administration and Leadership TeamGregor Thuswaldner15 Key Components of a Successful Relationship with the Advancement OfficeMichele Yapsuga Ewing and Elaine Meyer-Lee16 There Is No Known Limit to the Capacity of the Human Mind to Learn, Grow, Develop, and ChangeJ. Herman Blake and Emily L. Moore17 Leadership in the Transition from a College to a UniversityClaudine Keenan18 Leadership and Effective Use of Institutional Structures to Advance Strategic InitiativesKelly H. Ball and Lilia Cuesta Harvey19 Leading Collaborative Change for the Sustainable Future of Small Colleges and UniversitiesRon Cole and Jenna Templeton20 The Institutional Shift toward Student-Centered CampusesGina Hausknecht and Paula OLoughlin21 Leadership at the Deans Level in Community CollegesVincent WigginsV. Leadership and the College22 The Dean as Supporter in Chief: Spreading Joy in Academic CommunitiesMaria C. Garriga23 Data-Informed Decision Making in Higher EducationPete Skoner24 Creating a Culture of Possibilities: Managing and Balancing Salaries across the CollegeGeorge H. Brown25 The Line outside Your Door: Principles for Managing the College BudgetDel Doughty26 The Role of the Academic Dean in Institutional and Specialized Accreditation ProcessesAnn M. Vendrely27 Developing a Communication and Connection Plan for SuccessFeng-Ling Johnson28 Thriving as an Associate Dean: A Life-Cycle ViewJames M. SloatVI. Leadership and the Units29 Department Chair Development and MentoringJamie L. Mullaney and Elaine Meyer-Lee30 No Small FEAT: Fostering Effective Administrative TeamsDarla S. Hanley31 Reimagining Difficult Conversations as a Form of LeadershipBridget Keegan32 Mentoring to Build a Pipeline of Academic LeadersPaula OLoughlin, Angela Ziskowski, and Angela BosVII. Leadership in the Future and in the Past33 Embracing New Joy: Returning to the Faculty after the Deanship Lisa Jasinski34 The Role of the Dean of the College (1964)William C. DeVaneAfterwordAndrew AdamsContributorsIndex Review Academic deans, both new and seasoned, will benefit enormously from this collection of ruminations by experienced and successful academic leaders on the issues that are most prominent and often most vexing for those who enter the arena of academic leadership. For newcomers to the deanery, this handbook will be an eye-opener; and for veteran deans, a helpful reminder of both first principles and best practices.--Richard Ekman, president, The Council of Independent CollegesACAD has created an extraordinary resource for the entire postsecondary community. For new and seasoned deans alike, the ACAD handbook offers a wealth of generous, wise, and practical guidance. Presenting lessons learned both from lived experiences and from organizational scholarship, the handbook will help deans succeed in their myriad essential roles.--Carol Geary Schneider, president, Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesACAD meetings and electronic communications are marked by collaboration and by sharing means for encouraging faculty and student success. The handbook exemplifies that spirit of collaboration as members articulate their candid and helpful recommendations for enhancing work with faculty and students.--Scott E. Evenbeck, president, Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeThere is no map for thriving as a dean, but this handbook offers an essential guidebook and compass for the journey. Both informed and inspired, it is above all humane in presenting the purpose, practice, and privilege of a deans good work.--William J. Craft, president, Concordia College Promotional This essential guide addresses the expanding, multifaceted role of college and university academic leaders. Long Description This essential guide addresses the expanding, multifaceted role of college and university academic leaders. The new edition of the Resource Handbook for Academic Deans, one of the most important offerings to the academic community by the American Conference of Academic Deans, is written by and for academic leaders to address the expanding, multifaceted role of college and university administrators. Each chapter explores a topic related to how higher education leaders are influenced by national events, local partnerships, or on-campus collaborations. Among the topics covered are: * understanding educational policy at the national level * working with leaders from department heads to provosts * engaging with external partners * leading collaborative change at small colleges and universities * shifting toward student-centered campuses * making data-informed decisions * embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion * managing and balancing salaries * building effective leadership teams and mentoring future leaders * holding difficult conversations * returning to the faculty after leadership Providing helpful advice that can be studied in short chapters and inspiring content based on personal experience, the forty-three authors in this volume hold positions from department chairs to presidents at four-year and community colleges across the country. Written during the COVID-19 pandemic and amid calls for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education, each chapter offers perceptive insights from experienced leaders who serve a broad range of institutional types. Review Text Academic deans, both new and seasoned, will benefit enormously from this collection of ruminations by experienced and successful academic leaders on the issues that are most prominent and often most vexing for those who enter the arena of academic leadership. For newcomers to the deanery, this handbook will be an eye-opener; and for veteran deans, a helpful reminder of both first principles and best practices. --Richard Ekman, president, The Council of Independent Colleges ACAD has created an extraordinary resource for the entire postsecondary community. For new and seasoned deans alike, the ACAD handbook offers a wealth of generous, wise, and practical guidance. Presenting lessons learned both from lived experiences and from organizational scholarship, the handbook will help deans succeed in their myriad essential roles. --Carol Geary Schneider, president, Association of American Colleges and Universities ACAD meetings and electronic communications are marked by collaboration and by sharing means for encouraging faculty and student success. The handbook exemplifies that spirit of collaboration as members articulate their candid and helpful recommendations for enhancing work with faculty and students. --Scott E. Evenbeck, president, Stella and Charles Guttman Community College There is no map for thriving as a dean, but this handbook offers an essential guidebook and compass for the journey. Both informed and inspired, it is above all humane in presenting the purpose, practice, and privilege of a deans good work. --William J. Craft, president, Concordia College Promotional "Headline" This essential guide addresses the expanding, multifaceted role of college and university academic leaders. Details ISBN1421444518 Author Andrew Adams Short Title Resource Handbook for Academic Deans Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English ISBN-10 1421444518 ISBN-13 9781421444512 Format Hardcover Subtitle The Essential Guide for College and University Leaders Pages 416 Edition 4th Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-03-14 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2023-03-14 US Release Date 2023-03-14 UK Release Date 2023-03-14 Edited by Andrew Adams Edition Description fourth edition Alternative 9781421444529 DEWEY 378 Illustrations 2 Illustrations, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2023-03-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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