Seminar Series for Department Chairs
This website has been established by the BYU Faculty Center as a resource for
department chairs at BYU. A parallel website containing Faculty Development Documents
and Best Practices for Department Chairs is located on Route-Y.
This site is also co-sponsored by the Department
Chairs Coordinating Committee (DCCC), an informal committee of four department
chairs who serve at the request of the Associate Academic Vice President—Faculty.
The Committee's purpose is to serve as a catalyst to bring department chairs together
from across the university to share best practices and learn from each other how
to improve the quality of the university.
Seminar
Series for Department Chairs
This seminar series provides an opportunity
for department chairs to meet regularly as a group to discuss key issues and explore
strategies for promoting effective departmental processes and systems.
Contact
Muriel Allen (2-9381) for the upcoming
schedule.
Seminars for New Department Chairs
These seminars orient new department chairs to their roles and responsibilities.
Contact Muriel
Allen (2-9381) for the upcoming schedule.
Faculty Center Publications for Department Chairs
The following are resources available for department chairs at the Faculty Center:
The Academic Leader. The newsletter for Academic Deans and Department
Chairs. Magna Publications.
Chairperson's and Department Head's
Manual. (1994). Colorado State University.
Gmelch, W.H. & Miskin,
V.D. (1993). Leadership Skills for Department Chairs. Bolton, MA: Anker
Publishing Company.
Lucas, A.F. (1994). Strengthening Departmental
Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
The Department Chair.
A newsletter for Academic Administrators. Anker Publishing Company.
Tucker,
A. (1992). Chairing the Academic Department. New York, NY: Maxwell Macmillan
International.
Seagren, A., Creswell, J., and Wheeler, D. (1993). The
Department Chair: New Roles, Responsibilities and Challenges. Washington,
DC: Eric Clearinghouse on Higher Education.
Wergin, J.F. (1994). The
Collaborative Department: How Five Campuses are Inching Toward Cultures of Collective
Responsibility. Washington, DC: American Association for Higher Education.
