Description
Book SynopsisSamels, accomplished authors and scholars of leadership in higher education, The Provost's Handbook is destined to become the go-to resource for deans, presidents, trustees, and chief academic officers everywhere.
Trade ReviewThe Provost's Handbook is essential reading for all aspiring and sitting Chief Academic Officers, and for their institutional peers. -- Margaret (peggy) Jablonski NASPA Leadership Exchange Magazine Offer[s] glimpses of the many roles a chief academic officer (CAO) plays in today's colleges and universities... The strength of this book is these individual insights and the opportunity they give for readers to assess, by comparison, their approaches to these roles. Choice This new handbook addresses changes in the role of the chief academic officer and today's best practices in faculty leadership, strategic planning, curriculum development, technology use in the classroom, and governance... A practice resource for deans, presidents, trustees, and chief academic officers. Council of Independent Colleges Newsletter Recommended. American Reference Books Annual
Table of ContentsPreface
Part I: The Academic Agenda
Chapter 1. New Skills, Old Skills, and Leading the Academic Community
Chapter 2. New Realities and Lingering Stereo types: Key Trends from the National CAO Census
Chapter 3. Professional Development Programs for Chief Academic Officers: A Key to Effective Leadership
Chapter 4. The Scope of Academic Leadership at the Top: CAOs, Presidents, and Trustees
Chapter 5. Ground Level: How to Lead the Faculty as the First among Equals
Chapter 6. The CAO as Planner: Strategic Planning and the Office of Institutional Research
Chapter 7. Difficult Change in the Provost's Domain in Curriculum, Faculty Appointments, and Teaching Strategies
Chapter 8. The CAO and the Curriculum: Developing and Implementing Effective Programs for a Contemporary Student Population
Chapter 9. Technology and the Changing Classroom Experience: Best Practices for Curriculum, Resources, and Personnel
Chapter 10. Academic Governance: The Art of Working with People
Part II: Essential Partners
Chapter 11. The CAO and the Chief Financial Officer: Managing a Critical Connection
Chapter 12. The Academic Ask: Partnering Academic Affairs and Institutional Advancement
Chapter 13. Working Effectively with the Senior Student Affairs Officer
Chapter 14. What Provosts Need to Know About Enrollment Management
Chapter 15. Increasing Accountabilities: The Provost's Role in Intercollegiate Athletics
Chapter 16. Keep Your Friends Close and College Counsel Closer: New Developments in Higher Education Law
Chapter 17. Building Bridges beyond the Quadrangle: The CAO and the External Community
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
