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ONLINE TRAINING
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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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From Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach, and Arthur Zajonc, professor of physics at Amherst College and director of the academic program of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, comes this call to revisit the roots and reclaim the vision of higher education. The Heart of Higher Education proposes an approach to teaching and learning that honors the whole human being—mind, heart, and spirit—an essential integration if we hope to address the complex issues of our time. The book offers a rich interplay of analysis, theory, and proposals for action from two educators and writers who have contributed to developing the field of integrative education over the past few decades. 



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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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    WHAT'S THE DEAN THINKING?
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    Assisting Your New Dean's Transition

    Assisting Your New Dean's Transition Read More.

    What Deans Need from Chairs

    What Deans Depend on Chairs to Provide Read More.

    What Deans Appreciate

    Q. What do deans appreciate from their chairs? Read More.

    Keeping Confidences

    Keeping Confidences Read More.

    Opposing Sides of an Issue

    Q. What should chairs do when the faculty and the dean are on opposing sides of an issue? Read More.

    Approaching the Dean

    Approaching the Dean: The How and When Read More.

    Tough Conversations with the Dean

    Strategies for Tough Conversations with the Dean Read More.

    Ten Things the Dean Doesn't Want to Hear

    Ten Things the Dean Doesn't Want to Hear from (or About) the Chair Read More.

    Sharing Information with the Dean

    Q. How much information should chairs share with the dean? Read More.

    How to Handle an End Run

    Q. What should a dean do when a faculty member end-runs the chair and brings a complaint directly to the dean? Read More.