Chairing the Academic Department: Leadership among Peers Book

The preeminent study of this key role in college and university administration, this book is also a systematic guide to developing competency in leadership, planning, and management for all department or division heads. It is designed to define the primary issues faced by department chairs and to spur chairpersons to analyze their own departments and generate solutions to common problems. New to the third edition are discussions on affirmative action, getting and surviving the job, improving the quality of teaching, and coping with assessment and evaluation.