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New: So You Want to Be a Higher Education Academic Administrator?--Avoid Crossing to the Dark Side or What They Don’t Tell You In Leadership Institutes

So You Want to Be a Higher Education Academic Administrator?
Avoid Crossing to the Dark Side or
What They Don’t Tell You In Leadership Institutes

Ric Brown, Paul Noble, Rosemary Papa
  • Essential Guide to Higher Education Career Advancement—-and Integrity Preservation
  • Success Strategies for University Professionals
  • Well suited for Higher Ed. Admintration Courses and Training
  • Workplace Know-How for Chairs, Provosts, Deans, Presidents—and Their Assistants
The business of education is knowledge and people, and the business of higher education is knowledgeable people. But not all higher educators know how to navigate the politics, power and role-playing in universities and colleges. This book provides that know-how as a succinct yet detailed introduction to the pathways (and pitfalls) of a higher education career. Its goal is to help higher education administrators and professors understand and anticipate the tasks and skills of managing people, money, and power in the increasingly complex bureaucracy that is U.S. higher education—while at the same time preserving one’s perspective, humor, and integrity. For those teaching courses in higher education So You Want to Be a Higher Education Academic Administrator is a valuable textbook. For professionals seeking to move into or within academic administration, the book is an essential guide to career advancement.

Table of contents

Part I. Organizational Leadership

1. You’ve Been Appointed As An Administrator—Now What? Or, Be Careful What You Wish For
2. Academic Leadership: Avoid Being Blinded By Vision
3. Chief Academic Officers: First Among Equals
4. The Care and Feeding Of Presidents
5. Working With The Other Administrators: Sleeping With One Eye Open
6. Deans: You Gotta Love ‘em
7. Being A Chair: It Should Be More Than Just Your Turn
8. Faculty Consultation: Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of The Way

Part II. Sociological Perspective

9. The Purgatory That Is “Interim”
10.Students: Why We Do What We Do
11. Advancement: It’s Not Just Fund Raising Anymore
12.International Forays And The Ubiquitous MOU
13.The “B” Word: Always Follow The Money
14.Long Range Planning-It’s The Process Stupid
15.Critical Issues: Ignore At Your Own Risk
16.How Do You Know When It’s Time To Go: Moving On Or Moving Out

ISBN: 1-885-432-43-7 112 pages, 6x9, soft cover,Index, bibliography. $29.95.


   

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