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June 21, 2017
Inside the Role of Dean: International Perspectives on Leading in Higher Education
- Author
- Clift, Renee T.; Loughran, John; Mills, Geoffrey E.; and Craig, Cheryl J., eds.
- Publisher
- Routledge, New York, NY
- ISBN
- 9781138828629
- Table of Contents
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PART I
Understanding self in relation to role
1 A process of change: the transition to becoming a dean
John Loughran
2 At your service: an associate dean’s role
Renée T. Clift
3 A dean’s roles in different contexts: simply a matter of boundary crossing?
Douwe Beijaard
PART II
Explicating leadership
4 Fortress days—1,278 of them
Peter Gronn
5 Twenty-five years of deaning: a colourful journey
Theo Wubbels
6 Academic leadership: careerism with a sense of calling
Peter P. Grimmett
PART III
A focus on leading in teacher education
7 The dean as cultural leader
Michael Schratz
8 Beyond the campus: a dean’s “external roles” and the impact on college priorities
Donna L. Wiseman
9 The art of diplomacy: looking back at the position as Head of Teacher Education
Kari Smith
PART IV
Learning when to leave
10 Outside the circle of knowing: life beyond the dean’s office
Geoffrey E. Mills
11 The impossible dream: doing deanship with pessimistic optimism
Jennifer M. Gore
12 Deaning: duty and desire
Cheryl J. Craig and Lily Orland-Barak
Despite deans playing critical roles in education, little is known about the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for the job, or the practical dilemmas they face on an almost daily basis. Each chapter of this international collection opens the role up for examination and critique, developing a deeper understanding of what it means to be a dean, and offering insights into the transition into the role, managing the daily demands and expectations of it, and what it means to exit the deanship. The book brings being a dean and the leadership inherent in the position into sharp focus based on international perspectives on doing the job.