…life by occasionally stepping on the brakes instead of the academic accelerator. Our productivity and peace of mind depend on it. Thomas R. McDaniel is a professor of education, senior…
…Leadership (2007), and The Essential College Professor: A Practical Guide to an Academic Career (forthcoming). (All are published by Jossey-Bass.) Excerpted from Creating a Parents’ Council, November 2008, Academic Leader….
…Guide to College Administration (2006), The Essential Academic Dean: A Practical Guide to College Leadership (2007), and The Essential College Professor: A Practical Guide to an Academic Career (forthcoming). All…
Controversies surrounding promotion and tenure can lead to legal trouble for departments and institutions. It’s up to academic leaders to guard against possible pitfalls by adopting, disseminating, and implementing equitable…
…and academic disciplines reap the results. See Chu (2006) 3–6. More accurately, Chu says, an academic department should be regarded as an “open system” in which both the stakeholders and…
…about the view that they hold.” Stanley and Ouellett contend that each academic program needs include multicultural learning as an integral learning goal. “One of the first places to start…
When faculty members receive phone calls from parents about their children’s academic work, the response is often, “Our contract is with the students, not the parents,” says Marjorie Savage, parent…
…to them not being successful in their courses. My role at the college where I teach is focused on assisting and remediating the students who are not meeting our academic…
