Resources for Chairs

 

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A SUMMARY OF RESOURCES FOR CHAIRS:
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BOOKS
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The book "Chairing the Academic Department" by Allen Tucker (updated and
revised since his death by another author) is an excellent starting place.
Dr. Tucker authored a very useful commonsense column for a newsletter called "Academic Leader." That newsletter is still published by Magna Publications in Madison, WI. They have a web site I believe.

Tucker's book was based on many nation-wide surveys and then workshops
conducted under the auspices of the American Council on Education. More
recently Ann Lucas has written some good things on chairing the academic
department. They are published by Jossey-Bass.

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Lucas, Ann F. "Strengthening Departmental Leadership. A Team-Building Guide for Chairs in Colleges and Universities." Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1994. Jossey Bass has several worthwhile publications for educators.

Bensimon, Ward and Sanders. The Department Chair's Role in Developing New Faculty into Teachers and Scholars. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2000.

Gmelch and Miskin. Chairing an Academic Department. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Higgerson, Mary Lou. Communication Skills for Department Chairs. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 1996.

Seagren, Creswell and Wheeler. The Department Chair: New Roles, Responsibilities and Challenges. Washington, DC: George Washington Univ., Graduate School of Education and Human Development, 1993. (ASHE-ERIC higher education report; no. 1, 1993)

Wergin, John. Departments That Work:Building and Sustaining Cultures of Excellence in Academic Programs. Bolton, MA: Anker Publications, 2003.

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WEBSITES:
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The UNC Professional Development Portal contains resources for chairs and
deans. This is a work-in-progress, but it does contain about 160 items at
the present time.

http://www.unctlt.org/pdp/search/admin_searches.cfm
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See the website dedicated to this purpose recently posted by the American
Council on Education, at http://www.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/

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PROGRAMS/INSTITUTES/CONFERENCES/
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Strengthening University Leadership
Centre for Higher Education
A three day program design for Deans, Directors, Associates and Department
Heads.

Research and Development

Four-day institutes. You can check out the curriculum at
http://DepartmentChairInstitute.net

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The Chair Academy which is run out of the US is a good resource. They
offer leadership training and an annual conference. You can find their
website at: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/chair/

More sources.......................

Ed leadership - Chairs --

Learning to Lead in Higher Education
by Paul Ramsden (Paperback - March 1998)

From Anker Publishing.....................

A periodical:

THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR: A RESOURCE FOR ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS
A very practical 32 page quarterly publication for chairs and deans
which, I believe, is the best selling one of its kind.

And some books:

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP by Deryl Leaming
A very practical book offering an overview of the chair position and its
responsibilities.

MANAGING PEOPLE by Deryl Leaming

THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS ROLE IN DEVELOPING NEW FACULTY INTO TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS by Estella Bensimon

COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR DEPARTMENT CHAIRS by Mary Lou Higgerson

THE ADMINITRATIVE PORTFOLIO by Peter Seldin and Mary Lou Higgerson

DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK: BUILDING AND SUSTAINING CULTURES OF EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS by Jon Wergin