No one wants an academic leader who’s been “promoted to the level of their incompetence”—not hiring committees, deans or university presidents, and certainly not the faculty and staff who work with ...

A thoughtful, complete, and well designed introduction to the world of academic administration. Entirely worth the investment of time and financial resources. Professor of History, Chair of the ...

The Institutional Effectiveness and Research Administration oversees the faculty and department head assessment of deans, department heads, and associate/assistant department heads evaluation (survey ...

Unlike in most professions, retirement is not the clear finish line for a career in academic administration. Higher ed often sends its ex-leaders back to work on the faculty. To outsiders, that ...

The Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program (BTAA-ALP) is a year-long extensive leadership development program that is designed to expand the leadership and managerial skills of faculty ...

Earlier this month, I informed the faculty that we are convening a Task Force on Academic Administrative Structure, to review the role of the provost and the position’s responsibilities, and to ...

The identification, recruitment, and retention of highly qualified and talented Deans and Department Chairs/School Directors for all academic fields is a primary goal of the University of Texas at San ...

At a recent gathering of academic administrators from around the country, a seemingly simple ice-breaker question resulted in long and complicated answers from every member of my small group: Where do ...

This policy supports The University of Texas System (UT System) Regents’ Rules and Regulations 31101 Evaluation of Administrators, which states that faculty members at institutions in the UT System ...

Switching from a faculty to an administrative position is a logical step for many academics. But the path to promotion in higher education can be fraught with obstacles. Whether you are considering ...

The Academic Affairs Division of Miami University seeks a principled and effective approach to planning and utilizing physical spaces, including classrooms, laboratories, offices, and other ...