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The Dean and Educational Effectiveness

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Deans in theological schools face increasing demands to demonstrate educational effectiveness from accrediting agencies and constituents. For many theological schools, and for new deans, this can seem like an imposing challenge. Demonstrating educational...

The Dean and Change: Willfulness or Necessity?

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Theological school deans serve in the capacity of institutional change agents. By virtue of leading from the center, deans bring about change through vision, influence, and, by pushing against inertia. As a person...

Five Essential Functions of the Dean

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond I agree with Stephen Graham’s assertion that “Right now, theological schools need leaders, not just managers.”(1). He wrote, “Theological schools need leaders who are willing to name the changes that have taken place,...

The Dean as Positive Deviant

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Albert Einstein said, "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even inapable of forming such opinions." Every organization does...

“The Dean and the Educational Fundamentals”

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond At a recent consultation with a school I once again encountered the dilemma faced by school leaders who lack a background in the field of education. This school has been in existence for...

The Dean and Organizational Change

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Bringing about organizational change isn’t rocket science, but it’s not easy either. Those deans who step into a leadership position that requires engaging in institutional and organizational development, in effect and by default,...

The Dean in the System

Rebecca Slough Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary When some members of the first Deans Colloquy group were together this past January, we spent a part of one day reviewing basic principles of systems theory. Two themes, in particular, that we discussed...

The Vocation of the Dean

Steven Schweitzer Bethany Theological Seminary “When I grow up, I want to be Dean.” Somehow, I doubt that many of us who currently occupy the office of Chief Academic Officer said this when we were kids. I remember thinking about...

Pedagogies of Context and Position - Thinking Like a Dean

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Sometimes, when someone takes on a new administrative role in an organization I say, "Welcome to the other side of the desk." Going from a staff or teaching position to that of administration...

The Dean as an agent of change

Israel Galindo Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond At a recent conference on leadership I was again struck by how the level of energy (anxiety?) in the room increased when the topic focused on change. This is natural, of course, since...