Full Description
As the chief academic officer, the provost plays the central role in the contemporary university or college. He or she leads the faculty and serves as their key representative to the administration while simultaneously acting as the administration's spokesperson to the academic faculty. How has this essential leadership position evolved over the past few decades, and what are the best practices to adopt for succeeding in specific operational areas? In seventeen essays written by some of the most successful chief academic officers in the United States, The Provost's Handbook outlines key topics related to the changing environment of higher education while explaining what constitutes effective leadership at the college and university level. How, for example, does the provost lead in a time of disruption and shifting needs? What skills should he or she nurture in new faculty? What role should data and institutional research play in decision making? How can a provost navigate the often stormy situations of shared governance? These questions-and many more challenges presented by this role-are addressed in this essential volume. Assembled by James Martin and James E.
Samels, 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.
Contents
Preface
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
