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| About the Author | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Dean's Role | |
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| The View from the Middle | |
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| Preparing for the Dean's Role | |
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| What Kind of Dean Are You? | |
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| Creating a Vision for the College | |
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| Building a Shared Vision for the College | |
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| Launching Initiatives | |
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| Leading Reform | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Role | |
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| The Dean's Constituents | |
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| Students | |
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| Parents | |
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| Faculty | |
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| Challenging Employees | |
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| Department Chairs | |
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| Staff | |
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| Other Deans | |
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| Upper Administrators | |
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| Friends of the College | |
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| Donors and Potential Donors | |
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| Boards, Trustees, and Legislators | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Constituents | |
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| The Dean's Staff | |
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| Searching for and Building a Strong Administrative Team | |
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| Interviewing a Candidate | |
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| Closing the Deal | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Staff | |
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| The Dean's Budget | |
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| Setting Budgetary Priorities | |
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| Supervising a Budget | |
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| Implementing Budget Cuts | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Budget | |
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| The Dean's Documents | |
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| Budget Proposals | |
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| Faculty Evaluations | |
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| Chair Evaluations | |
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| Position Requests and Descriptions | |
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| Program Reviews | |
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| Policies and Procedures | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Documents | |
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| The Dean's Leadership | |
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| Leadership When Meeting One on One | |
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| Leadership When Chairing Committees | |
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| Leadership from the Middle | |
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| Leadership in Development and Increasing Revenue | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Leadership | |
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| The Dean's Challenges | |
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| Terminating a Faculty Member | |
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| Replacing a Chair | |
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| Responding to Emergencies | |
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| Dealing with the Media | |
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| Intellectual Property Disputes | |
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| Addressing Differences with Other Administrators | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Challenges | |
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| The Dean's Unique Opportunities | |
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| The Honors College | |
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| The Professional School | |
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| The Graduate School | |
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| Consortia, Centers, and Institutes | |
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| The Unionized Environment | |
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| Promoting Diversity | |
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| The Dean as Chief Academic Officer | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Unique Opportunities | |
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| The Dean's Next Step | |
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| Knowing When It's Time to Go | |
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| Changing Institutions | |
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| Returning to the Faculty | |
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| Planning for a Higher Administrative Role | |
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| A Scenario Analysis on the Dean's Next Step | |
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| Epilogue: A Checklist for the Essential Academic Dean | |