Table of Contents
The General Picture
- Role of Department Chairs
- Length of Term and Transition to a New Chair
- Departmental Cultures and Chair Styles
The Biggest Responsibilities
- Searches
- New Faculty Orientation
- Care of and Attention to Untenured Faculty
- Shared Appointments
- Relationship to Tenured Faculty
- Retirement
- Dealing with Complaints and Problems Concerning Faculty
- The Department Curriculum
- Course Scheduling
- Enrollment Management
- Majors and Minors
- Assessment
The Day-to-Day Tasks
- Delegating
- Department Meetings
- Role of Non-tenure-track Positions
- Sabbaticals and Leaves
- Working with Faculty Secretaries and Other Support Staff
- Cultivation and Stewardship of Donors
- Budgets & Money Transactions
- Paper Flow
- Maintaining the Department Website