First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer - Hardcover

Martin, James; Samels, James E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801856124 ISBN 13: 9780801856129

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

This study examines new roles and responsibilities of the chief academic officer, now more often called vice president for academic affairs or provost than the traditional academic dean. The book addresses the need for vision and leadership by these individuals in an increasingly complex higher education environment. Contributors to this volume - all present or former chief academic officers - conclude that the most effective leaders combine high levels of managerial acumen with professional scholarship while challenging their institutions to provide effective programmes for complex and demanding constituencies. Each chapter explores a different aspect of the chief academic officer's primary responsibilities, including relations with the president and the board, academic governance, curriculum development, new instructional technologies, enrollment management, legal affairs, and faculty developments, among others. As higher education institutions compete to unprecedented degrees for the brightest students and the most accompliched faculty, this book provides guidance for those who occupy or aspire to this position, both in understanding its expanding number of tasks and in becomining expert at performing them.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

James Martin is a professor of English at Mount Ida College and academic vice president of The Education Alliance.

James E. Samels is CEO and president of The Education Alliance and founder of Samels & Associates, a law firm concentrating in higher education law. They are the authors of Turnaround: Leading Stressed Colleges and Universities to Excellence; Presidential Transition in Higher Education: Managing Leadership Change; Merging Colleges for Mutual Growth: A New Strategy for Academic Managers; and First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer, all published by Johns Hopkins.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0801856124
• ISBN 13: 9780801856129
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
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