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3/8/2012 12:00 AM
Spring Series
Our two popular online seminar series are back for Spring 2012. Series One: The Essentials will equip new department chairs to succeed in their role. Series Two: Best Practices offers academic leaders the best counsel available on handling the key challenges of the chair position.


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BOOKS
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Best Practices for Supporting Adjunct Faculty
The number of part-time faculty members is increasing steadily, to the point that most colleges and universities could not function efficiently without them. The evening and weekend availability of adjunct faculty enables us to expand class schedules to serve the educational needs of nontraditional students, and their expertise offers students important real-world perspectives.Yet there is often a lack of preparation or support for their vital role. Best Practices for Supporting Adjunct Faculty is written for a full range of academic leaders, including instructional administrators, department chairs, and directors of teaching and learning centers. It showcases proven initiatives at a variety of institutional types—two- and four-year, public and private—that help achieve the needs of adjunct instructors, while increasing their effectiveness within institutions’ existing delivery systems.


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JOURNAL
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This quarterly periodical for department chairs and deans features practical advice, useful information, and up-to-date resources. Its applications, techniques, case studies, strategies, and guidance are directly relevant to today's academic leaders.
E-NEWSLETTER
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DEPARTMENT CHAIR SPOTLIGHT
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RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT
A Guide for Making a Difference
Revised to reflect the new pressures and challenges in higher education and the increasing importance of department chairs in responding to them, this book provides the practical information chairs need to do their jobs well. It includes proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues and its concise format is ideal for busy chairs who need a brief but informative resource. More.

JOURNAL
Women in Academic Leadership
The department chair position has many challenges, but women in leadership roles may face even more obstacles. When you subscribe to The Department Chair journal you’ll have access to helpful strategies for female chairs, such as Patricia Mitchell’s article “Women in Academic Leadership: Tips for Chairing,” which features ten tricks of the trade to help women succeed in the department chair position. The article is exclusively available to subscribers of The Department Chair. More.

ONLINE SEMINARS
Best Practices
We know that busy department chairs don’t always have the time or resources to get the training and support they need. That’s why we are offering innovative 90-minute seminars led by top experts who bring valuable content right to your desktop for discussion, strategy sharing, and networking with other department chairs.

Registration for our two new online seminar series in Spring 2012 is now open. Sign up now for either the Essentials Series or the Best Practices Series.

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What the Dean Is Thinking
What Deans Depend on Chairs to Provide Read More.
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The Department Chair Primer provides the practical information that chairs need to do their jobs well. Many of the book’s ideas come from practicing chairs and are proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues.  Read More.
Ask the Experts
Q. How do you deal with a staff personality that is contrary to the department’s overall personality as well as yours—in a time with severe budget cuts so that it would be difficult to even hire a “warm body” in their place? Read More.
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