No one wants an academic leader who’s been “promoted to the level of their incompetence”—not hiring committees, deans or university presidents, and certainly not the faculty and staff who work with ...

A few years ago at a leadership workshop, I gave a talk on “good things about being an academic administrator.” The audience was largely made up of faculty members considering the leadership path.

Unlike in most professions, retirement is not the clear finish line for a career in academic administration. Higher ed often sends its ex-leaders back to work on the faculty. To outsiders, that ...

The Institutional Effectiveness and Research Administration oversees the faculty and department head assessment of deans, department heads, and associate/assistant department heads evaluation (survey ...

The Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program (BTAA-ALP) is a year-long extensive leadership development program that is designed to expand the leadership and managerial skills of faculty ...

Earlier this month, I informed the faculty that we are convening a Task Force on Academic Administrative Structure, to review the role of the provost and the position’s responsibilities, and to ...

In a previous article, we discussed why you might want to consider a career in academic administration. Yet we also recognize that many grad students, postdocs and junior faculty members know ...

As a longtime academic staff member at Johns Hopkins University, I read Matthew Crenson’s comments on administrative bloat with disdain (“Why is college so expensive? One answer: ‘administrative bloat ...

Switching from a faculty to an administrative position is a logical step for many academics. But the path to promotion in higher education can be fraught with obstacles. Whether you are considering ...

As state and federal government leaders seek to reform higher education, it has reignited a debate about the ...

The Academic Affairs Division of Miami University seeks a principled and effective approach to planning and utilizing physical spaces, including classrooms, laboratories, offices, and other ...

Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Graham as the new vice president for academic administration and dean of the faculty pro tem. Graham joins ...