The Professional school dean
Subtitle: meeting the leadership challenges
By: Michael J. Austin, Frederick L. Ahearn, Richard A. English, editors.
Contributors: Austin, Michael J.; Ahearn, Frederick L.; English, Richard A.
Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series; New directions for higher education -- no. 98 (Summer 1997); New directions for higher education -- no. 98.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Deans (Education); Educational leadership; Universities and colleges -- Administration
Description: Although the role of college and university presidents has received considerable attention over the past several decades, very little attention has been given to the role of deans. This is particularly apparent with respect to deans of professionals schools. This volume of New Directions for Higher Education begins to fill the void by focusing on the demanding leadership roles assumed by deans of social work, law, engineering, nursing, and divinity. Although the case illustrations draw primarily on the experiences of deans of social work, the contributors to this volume confirm that their deanship experiences are similar to those found in other professional schools.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A; title: day in the life of a dean -- Frederick L. Ahearn -- The; title: deanship as a cross-cultural experience -- Richard A. English; title: Guiding organizational change -- Michael J. Austin, Frederick L. Ahearn, Richard A. English -- The; title: peer support group needed to guide organizational change processes -- Michael J. Austin -- The; title: role of the dean in strengthening faculty and student scholarship -- Rino J. Patti; title: Getting chalk: distant reflections of deaning -- Stuart A. Kirk; title: Serving as dean: a public university perspective -- Paula Allen-Meares; title: Looking back: perspectives of a former dean, provost, and president -- Thomas Ehrlich -- The; title: leadership role of a dean -- Claire M. Fagin; title: What does a dean do? -- Clarence G. Newsome -- The; title: dean as advocate for change-- John J. McCoy.