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…

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)

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)

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)

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)

Literature about the roles of college deans and department heads is reviewed, issues confronting these administrators are discussed, and their information needs are examined. A guide to the categories, types, and sources of useful information is provided. (MSE)

The sources of faculty perspectives on the personal effectiveness of administrators are analyzed. It is proposed that faculty will be predisposed to see administrators in different lights, depending on structural elements in decision making and the orientation of the faculty members. Attention is directed to Talcott Parson's theory for classifying…

In a reflection upon the characteristics of effective schools and colleges of education, descriptions are offered on the qualities of effective leaders, management teams, and organizations. The dean is characterized as the key to the effectiveness of a teacher education institution. The dean must not only have a clear mission and high…

As campus computing is decentralized, new responsibilities will devolve to deans. These can be met by appointing faculty committees to develop academic computing plans for teaching and research, assigning departmental staff to administrative systems project development teams, and forming new alliances with directors responsible for academic and…

This study points out the similarities between the backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers (CEOs) and academic deans. It notes that most CEOs are fairly well educated white males who rose through the ranks of middle management to reach their current positions; the typical dean has a doctoral degree, has often been a department chair or…

The current role of the provost in higher education was investigated to gather data for discussion of the adoption of the provost title at Chicago State University (CSU). The study was based on analyses of the institutional entries in HEW's 1976-77 Education Directory and 1971-72 Directory and on the responses to questionnaires sent to those…