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Direct linkFernandez, Maya Thomas – College and University, 2021
This quantitative study was designed to explore the factors that most impact the job satisfaction of community college deans in one North Texas district. Quantitative data was collected to compare results among deans with titles ranging from dean, assistant dean, associate dean and executive dean. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Community Colleges, Deans, Questionnaires
Wold-McCormick, Kristi – College and University, 2020
Mary Callahan is the Registrar and Senior Associate Dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was named Registrar in 1999 and Senior Associate Dean in 2015 and sets the strategic direction for a continuum of student and faculty support activities. Among her many responsibilities are oversight of registration, grades, degree…
Descriptors: Deans, Higher Education, Administrator Responsibility, Women Administrators
Paterson, Wendy A.; Chicola, Nancy A. – College and University, 2017
In this article, the authors describe how they "accidentally" developed an informal yet powerful way for them to connect with each other, debrief, deconstruct, detox, and demystify their respective new jobs as a department chair and college dean. They found a very natural way to connect with each other as women leaders. As two women…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mentors, Women Faculty, Higher Education
Levine, Jeffrey P. – College and University, 2012
The chief academic officer to whom the author once reported gave him the freedom to be creative in implementing their institution's then-new, three-year strategic enrollment management (SEM) plan. For the fall 2010 semester, they had already exceeded projected net-tuition dollar amounts for the entire academic year. Just five months prior to…
Descriptors: Deans, Enrollment Management, Enrollment, Tuition
West, Kim – College and University, 2008
This article presents an interview with Joe F. Head, Dean of University Admissions and Enrollment Services at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Georgia, who has more than 35 years of experience in admissions and enrollment services. After completing an M.Ed. in higher education at Georgia Southern University, Head immediately landed a position as…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Admissions Counseling, School Registration, Interviews
Peer reviewedSchuh, John H. – College and University, 1975
Results of this study indicated that deans have a vital role in the decisionmaking process as approval figures. However, issues were initiated and implemented most frequently by faculty and department chairmen, thus emphasizing their importance in the decisionmaking process of liberal arts colleges. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Colleges, Deans, Decision Making
Peer reviewedPrice, William C. – College and University, 1977
Middle managers will be under the greatest strain as colleges and universities continue to adopt more efficient administrative practices and cut costs. They will meet the challenge by watching their time carefully and by maintaining professional development. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Deans, Department Heads
Peer reviewedScott, Robert A. – College and University, 1977
Suggestions for ways that middle managers can help themselves are offered in this discussion of administrative and staffing issues affecting the deans, directors, and assistants of support services. (LBH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Peer reviewedWeller, L. David – College and University, 1986
A comparative study of the attitudes of deans of liberal arts and education, regarding the extent and causes of grade inflation on their campuses, found widespread concern but only partial agreement on the causes. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Deans
Helms, Robin Matross – College and University, 2003
This article presents an interview with Dr. Charles Nolan, the former Dean of Admission at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, in Needham, Massachusetts. Chartered in 1997, Olin College has taken a new approach to undergraduate engineering education by providing its students with both a solid engineering background and knowledge in the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Enrollment Management, Engineering, Scholarships
Peer reviewedBaum, Edward – College and University, 1983
Two surveys on administrator evaluation practices at Ohio University and other institutions are reported, focusing on faculty and administrator perceptions of the processes. Significant gaps were found between the systems' objectives and perceptions of them. A need is seen for greater clarity of expectations, measurement methods, and use of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Deans, Evaluation Criteria
