Field Guide to Academic Leadership

Name: Field Guide to Academic Leadership
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ISBN: 9780787960599

ISBN-10: 0787960594

ISBN-13: 9780787960599

Edition: 2002

Authors: Robert M. Diamond, Bronwyn E. Adam

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Offering a crash course on academic management, this is a compendium of practical information about leadership roles on campuses in a time of reform and change. Contributors offer a range of leadership topics including the academic infrastructure and financial and technical resources.

Book details

List price: $68.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/9/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 8.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English



National Academy for Academic Leadership


The Authors


To the Reader



Basics



Pressures for Fundamental Reform: Creating a Viable Academic Future




Requisites for Sustainable Institutional Change




Leadership



Leadership and Change




Mission and Vision Statements: An Essential First Step




Moving Mountains: Institutional Culture and Transformational Change




Building on Style for More Effective Relationships and Results




Academics



Research on Learning and Student Development and Its Implications




Student Development: Monitoring the Quality of Learning and Development




Curricula and Courses: Administrative Issues




Teaching Strategies for the Twenty-First Century




Technology in the Learning Process




Improving Academic Advising: Issues and Action Areas for Campus Leaders




Faculty Development: An Investment for the Future




Assessment



Evaluation and Assessment: An Institutional Context




Academic Program Review




Leadership in Faculty Evaluation




The Mission-Driven Faculty Reward System




Other Issues



Supportive Financial Systems




Enhancing Student Learning Through Collaboration Between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs




Dealing with Technology: Administrative Issues




Diversity Issues




Position-Specific Issues for Academic Leaders



The Role of Governing Boards: Issues, Recommendations, and Resources



Creating Change: Suggestions for the New President




Transforming the Small College: A Challenge for Presidential Leadership




Presidents and Chief Academic Officers of Community Colleges




Chief Academic Officers




Academic Deans




Chairs as Institutional Leaders




Conclusion



Some Final Observations




Participants at Minnowbrook Conferences


Glossary of Academic Terms


Name Index


Subject Index