Full Description
More than 3,400 colleges and universities in the United States serve 20.5 million students. While each campus is unique, most campuses and institutions face common issues, including tenure and promotion; budgeting; competition among disciplines for space and funding; academic bullying; and issues of identity. These are just a few of the topics among the many vital areas of concern at schools across the country. In Bridges not Blockades, personal essays related to these cultural and political matters will allow faculty and administrators in higher education to see, hear, and better understand the inner workings of our institutions. Perhaps more importantly, this book demonstrates that faculty and staff at colleges and universities need to embrace our commonalities so that we can meet the challenges of higher education throughout the 21st century. Indeed, some of these essays may suggest ways in which faculty, staff, and administrators have moved from differences to commitment to shared goals to tackle new and existing challenges and opportunities.
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Carol Burton
1. Why We Need to Build Bridges in University Politics
Gayle Maddox
2. Organizational Physiology and Transcending Ambiguity
Betty Block
3. Building Bridges, not Blockades: Insights into Building Healthy Campus Relationships
Anita Henck
4. From Underground Struggles to a Spirit of Mutual Concession: Departmental Politics and the American Association of University Professors
Andrew Adams
5. The Politics of Newspaper Advising/Newspaper Advising as a Political Act
Melanie Mock
6. Go Back Home: Confronting Growing Incivility, Racism, and Bigotry
Amy Murphy-Nugen, Charmion Rush, Antonio M. Oakley Jr., and Carleen (Tenae) Turner
7. O God! What Have I Done!?: What New Faculty Members Should Be Aware about the Dos and Don'ts of Academia
Elwood Watson
8. Tenure, Team, Inclusivity, and the Importance of Building Bridges
Martha Diede
9. The Academic Plus One
Drew Virtue and Emily Virtue
10. Training for Academic Leadership in the 21st Century: It's All About the Group
Steve Estes
11. Living on the Edge: Embracing the Corners Where We Meet
Laura Pipe
12. It Worked for Me: The Golden Rule
Rochelle Ford
13. Professional Development: A Process in Progress
David Shapiro
14. How Shall We Then Proceed?
Martha Diede and Gayle Maddox
Contributors
Index
