Research surrounding higher education workplace aggression is regularly focused on acts of bullying down the hierarchical chain. This paper examines the data generated from interviews with 20 faculty deans to demonstrate that a shift in negative higher education workplace behaviour is occurring. This change primarily results in the well-defined…

This study aims to examine the perceptions of the middle management (deans and heads of departments) and academicians on the dilemma order versus freedom at faculty management. It discusses how this dilemma is seen at an operational level and how it can be managed at university where both parties--with a managerial role or not--are…

The scope of this article is two-fold. First, it looks at business research in general, in various countries, as a task that the dean wants to have faculty members pursue, to attain goals such as accreditation and ranking with organizations such as the "AACSB," "Equis," the "Financial Times," and "US News &…

The organizers of the conference on Renewing Mission and Identity in Business Education invited me to offer a description of the efforts made at the University of Dayton to institutionalize its Catholic identity. Until 2006, when I left Dayton to begin leading full-time the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern…

A humanistically oriented counseling background has both positive and negative influences on becoming a successful administrator in higher education. Information from former Association for Humanistic Education and Development officers who have moved into administrative roles provides insight on these influences. (Author)

This book describes the growth and operation of for-profit colleges and universities, tracing their development and exploring their advantages and disadvantages. The chapters are: (1) "Confessions of a For-Profit Dean"; (2) "The Players"; (3) "The History of For-Profit Education in the United States"; (4) "The…

Texas teacher education faculty, department heads, deans, and chief academic officers consider deans of education to be at least moderately effective in making decisions about teacher education. Perceptions of the deans' decision making about instructional programs, research, and student, faculty, and financial affairs were studied. (PP)

Presented at the 1979 conference of the National Association for Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors in Washington, D.C. This session shared information about the participation of Blacks in this organization and launched the beginning of a long-range project by the minority concerns committee to document Black history in NAWDAC. (Author)

This book presents a concise history of the first 100 years of development of the school of speech at Northwestern University (Illinois). Following an introduction that provides an overview of the school, the first chapter focuses on both the efforts of Robert McLean Cumnock to found a school of oratory on the principles of elocution and the…

Universities have faced a wave of legalism. The lowering of the legal age of adulthood and the case law revolution that led to the death of "in loco parentis" implies a greater responsibility by the institution. Together, deans and lawyers must work to support the law and institutional purposes. (Author/CMG)

The establishment of the first documentation center in a library school early in 1955 by Jesse Shera, Dean of the Library School at Western Reserve University, has been widely interpreted as his greatest contribution to librarianship. It may have been his greatest folly, however, because information science has subsequently flooded the library…

Deans and department chairs can help faculty members experiencing conflicting expectations cope with role ambiguities about research and teaching, encourage communication among faculty in diverse scholarly fields, and help students place faculty research activities in perspective. (Author/MSE)

Discusses six theories or explanations for the remarkable persistence of criticism of library schools: conservatism, backgrounds of library school deans and directors, library educators, importance of socialization in professional education, the library student personality, and attitudes toward librarianship. An anthology of 97 years of criticism…

The criteria used by both search committees and candidates for deanships characterizing demonstrated skills include: (1) decision making; (2) program development; (3) planning and evaluation; (4) scholarship; (5) grantsmanship; (6) research; and (7) fiscal management. However, numerous differences were noted between the criteria considered most…

The continuing evolution of an application of the ecosystems perspective in a dean of students office holds promise for having a constructive impact not only within the office but on the division of student affairs and the university as well. (Author)