The paper outlines the advantages of fixed term appointments for graduate school deans, discusses the character of decanal leadership, and explores the place of power and authority within leadership. Decanal leadership is described as the process by which deans induce faculty, students, university administrators, and alumni to further the…

"Communicator" is the newsletter of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Each issue contains an article on a featured topic and information about the activities and programs of the CGS. Each issue also contains profiles and notes about CGS personnel and academic appointments at member institutions. Meetings and conferences are…

A small group of Association of American Universities (AAU) institutions was surveyed by the graduate school at the University of Florida in 1987 as part of a review of its own policies on faculty members pursuing graduate degrees and appointment to the graduate faculty. This was intended to give the graduate council a basis for comparison with…