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    A Case-Study Approach to Academic Leadership for Associate and Assistant Deans

    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
    Pity the humble academic. Moving from a faculty position to an administrative office frequently entails gaining considerable responsibility-but ambiguous power. The hope of these two authors is that this volume will serve as a reference and a source of support for current associate and assistant deans and as a window into these jobs for faculty who may be considering such a role. Staff positions ... Read more

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  • A Pocket Guide to Mentoring Higher Education Faculty

    Making the Time, Finding the Resources

    by Tammy Stone ...
    This book is written for senior faculty and administrators at resource-strapped institutions who are not trained in higher education administration who are concerned with mentoring. It is written in accessible, nontechnical language but references the more scholarly and statistically based journals and books for those who wish to dig deeper. The book covers the mentoring of junior faculty on the ... Read more

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    Repairing Harm And Rebuilding Trust In Response To Student Misconduct

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    Here’s a call to colleges and universities to consider implementing restorative practices on their campuses, ensuring fair treatment of students and staff, while minimizing institutional liability, protecting the campus community, and boosting morale. From an Associate Dean of Student Affairs who has put these models to work on his campus. ... Read more

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  • Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs

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    Developing and Sustaining Successful First -Year ProgramsFirst-year programs and interventions have become critical launching pads for student success and retention in higher education. However, these programs often flounder not because of what they are trying to do, but because of the ways in which they are implemented.Developing and Sustaining Successful First-Year Programs offers faculty, ... Read more

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  • Assessment for Excellence

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    Series series The ACE Series on Higher Education
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    How does graduate admissions work? Who does the system work for, and who falls through its cracks? More people than ever seek graduate degrees, but little has been written about who gets in and why. Drawing on firsthand observations of admission committees and interviews with faculty in 10 top-ranked doctoral programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, education professor ... Read more

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  • The Essential Academic Dean or Provost

    A Comprehensive Desk Reference

    Series series Jossey-Bass Resources for Department Chairs
    The go-to reference for academic leaders seeking practical answers to everyday challengesThe Essential Academic Dean or Provost explains the "how" of academic leadership, providing a practical, comprehensive, reality-based reference for almost any problem, challenge, or opportunity. This updated second edition includes new chapters on the difference between leadership and management in higher ... Read more

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  • Transforming a College

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    George Keller’s case study of Elon University’s transformation from a struggling college with a limited endowment into a top regional university is now available in paperback.Ten years after the publication of Transforming a College, Elon University continues to thrive as a school that reinvented itself and its community around the idea of inspiring and guiding students. George Keller’s now ... Read more

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  • Managing Diversity Flashpoints in Higher Education

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  • The University of Illinois

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  • Leadership in Theological Education, Volume 2

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    Series series ICETE Series
    The ICETE Programme for Academic Leadership (IPAL) was officially established in 2010 and arose out of the need to provide training to theological institutions in different regions of the world. IPAL provides a three-year cycle of seminars for the professional development of evangelical academic leaders and administrators to help institutions in their pursuit of quality and excellence in ... Read more

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  • Learning to Lead

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