A creature of our own making : reflections on contemporary academic life /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olson, Gary A., 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]
Temas:
Education, Higher > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Educational leadership > United States.
Leadership en éducation > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher
Educational leadership
Universities and colleges > Administration
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What conspiracy?
  • Avoiding academe's ax murderers
  • How to get what you want in academe
  • That's your opinion
  • Holding ourselves accountable
  • If universities were democracies
  • Creating a culture of mutual respect
  • A culture of openness
  • To party, or not to party
  • Yes, big brother is watching
  • How to join the dark side
  • The importance of protocol
  • The administrator as magician
  • The burden of confidentiality
  • Avoiding the hunker-down strategy
  • Resist the rush to judgment in disputes
  • Why rules matter
  • We can't do that here
  • The delicate art of rejection
  • Let's just do our jobs
  • The cost of doing business
  • The unkindest cut of all
  • If only I knew then
  • Carnegie matters
  • Growing pains
  • Why universities specialize
  • Why universities reorganize
  • The importance of external boards
  • Certifying online research
  • Why universities are streamlining their curricula
  • Should we ditch football?
  • How not to reform humanities scholarship
  • The limits of academic freedom
  • Exactly what is "shared governance"?
  • When to dissolve a faculty senate
  • It is who you know, and who knows you
  • Praising you as we should
  • How we value faculty work
  • We really like you
  • A creature of our own making
  • How not to measure faculty productivity
  • Fight your own battles
  • How to run a meeting
  • Don't just search, recruit
  • Why settle for second best?
  • The proper way to court
  • But she was our top choice
  • The academic job search and the Internet
  • I'm your millstone
  • Commencement matters
  • Can you spare a dime?
  • The ethics of technology
  • E-mails are forever
  • Keeping your emeriti close
  • What deans expect of department heads
  • How not to evaluate your department head
  • Investigate me, please
  • Safety first.

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