College Deans: Leading From Within - Hardcover

Wolverton, Mimi; Gmelch, Walter H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1573563943 ISBN 13: 9781573563949

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

College Deans is based on the National Deans Survey, which was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Academic Leadership and included 800 deans from all U.S. 4-year academic institutions. The book consists of two main sections: 'Deans: Their Campuses and Colleges' and 'Dimensions: Duties and Challenges.' The first section describes the deanship in general, the national study in particular, and the background of current academic deans. It then gives a profile of deans: who they are and where they work. The second section of the book discusses the position of dean itself. This section looks at academic leadership in general and, more specifically, at what deans in this study believe were their primary roles and responsibilities, where role ambiguity and conflict came into play, and how they characterized stress and its relationship to job satisfaction. In addition, this section has a separate segment devoted to gender-related issues and a final chapter that highlights the most pressing challenges deans see in the near future.

About this title

About the Author:

MIMI WOLVERTON is Associate Professor and Higher Education Administration Program Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. With more than 20 years of executive experience in private sector organizations, she writes extensively in the areas of leadership, organizational change, educational policy, curriculum and instructional improvement, and innovation.
WALTER H. GMELCH is Dean of the College of Education at Iowa State University, Ames.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1573563943
• ISBN 13: 9781573563949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168