Leading the Academic Department

Discussion Papers

June 19-22, 2008

To download all papers within a session as a zip file, just click on the session, or download individual papers in pdf by clicking on file name.

Session I

• Coming in as Chair.pdf
• Dealing Across Departments.pdf
• Departmental Management.pdf
• Vision 21.pdf

Session II

• I Have a Dream.pdf
• Mentoring Faculty.pdf
• Mentoring-The Chairs Role.pdf
• Too Late to Change.pdf

Session III

• Faculty Review.pdf
• Merit Pay.pdf
• The Contrary Mentors.pdf
• The Hazards of Multiple Reviews.pdf

Session IV

• At the Line of Battle.pdf
• TA Trouble.pdf
• The Disruptive Student.pdf
• The Non-placing Placement Test.pdf
• Undergraduate Student Recruitment I.pdf
• Undergraduate Student Recruitment II.pdf

Session V

• Curriculum Renewal I.pdf
• Curriculum Renewal II.pdf
• Curriculum Renewal III.pdf
• Jump-Starting Curriculum Change.pdf
• Revising the Major.pdf
• Technology in the Classroom.pdf
• The Interdisciplinary Team.pdf
• Undergraduate Major.pdf

Session VI

• Budgets.pdf
• Dean vs Chair.pdf
• Hiring and Firing.pdf
• Managing Conflict I.pdf
• Managing Conflict II.pdf
• Resolving Conflict I.pdf
• Resolving Conflict II.pdf