Resources for Chairs, Directors and Deans
Shared Governance
AAUP Resources on Shared Governance
American Federation of Teachers
AAUP Resources on a Variety of Issues in Higher Education:
Legal Issues
Chronicle.com Supplement on Legal Issues
American Council on Education (ACE) Chairs Resource Center--“Legal Issues”
AAUP “Legal Primer for New and Not-so-New Administrators (2005)”
University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources--Human Resource and Legal Practices
National Association of College and University Attorneys web site
National Association of College and University Attorneys web site--FERPA
Legal Issues and the Deanship, presented by C. K. (Tina) Gunsalus to the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Deans of Arts and Sciences, October 26, 2007.
Leadership
American Council on Education (ACE) Chairs Resource Center —“The Chair as Leader”
University of Minnesota Chairs Leadership Program
Conflict Management in Higher Education Report (On-line newsletter and links to resources):
The National Academy for Academic Leadership
Faculty Hiring and Development
American Council on Education (ACE) Chairs Resource Center—“The Chair and Faculty”
MLA Report on Evaluating Faculty Scholarship
University of Minnesota Office of Human Resources—Best Practices in Chairing an Academic Department—Faculty Development and Performance
Searchable Data from AAUP Salary Survey (On Chronicle.com):
Archive of Average Faculty Salaries at selected Four-Year Institutions (Chronicle.com):
Resource Management and Planning
ACE Chairs Resources—“Resource Management”
Miscellaneous Resources
Reflections on the Chair’s Role (from the Chronicle of Higher Ed): “Is it really that tough?”
Tips for Dealing with the Media (University of Minnesota)