Academic Leadership
Selected Bibliography

• Periodical: The department chair: A resource for academic administrators. Anker Publishing, Williston, VT, 01740-0249.


• Periodical: Effective practices for academic leaders. Stylus Publishing, Sterling, VA, 20166.


• Periodical: Academic leader: The newsletter for academic deans and department chairs, Magna Publications, Madison, WI, 53704.


• Austin, M. J., Ahearn, F. L., & English, R. A. (Eds.). (1997). The professional school dean: Meeting the leadership challenges (Vol. 98). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Balderston, F. (1995). Managing today's university: Strategies for viability, change, and excellence (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Baldrige National Quality Program. The 2003 criteria for performance excellence in business. (2003). from www.quality.nist.gov/Education_Criteria.htm


• Bender, B., & Miller, T. (Spring 2005). “Students’ Expectations and Institutional Realities: Creating Connections to Enhance Student Success,” in Leadership Exchange, Volume Three, Issue One.


• Bender, B. E., & Schuh, J. H. (Eds.). (2002). Using benchmarking to inform practice in higher education (Vol. 118). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Bennis, W. (2000). Linkage Inc.'s best practices in leadership development handbook. In D. Giber, L. Carter & M. Goldsmith (Eds.).San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Bensimon, E., Birnbaum, R., & Neumann, A. (1989). Making sense of administrative leadership, the "l" word in higher education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report (1).


• Bernstein, D., Burnett, A.N., Goodburn, A., & Savory, P. (2006). Making teaching and learning visible: Course portfolios and the peer review of teaching. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.


• Birnbaum, R. (1992). How academic leadership works: Understanding success and failure in the college presidency. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Boyer, E. L. (1997). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Brukardt, M.J., Percy, S.L., & Zimpher, N.L. (Eds.). (2006). Creating a new kind of university: Institutionalizing community-university engagement. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.


• Buller, J.L. (2006). The essential department chair: A practical guide to college administration. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.


• Characteristics of excellence in higher education: Eligibility requirements and standards for accreditation. (2002). Philadelphia: Middle States Commission on Higher Education.


• Chu, D. (2006). The department chair primer: Leading and managing academic departments. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.


• Clifton, R. A., & Rubenstein, H. (2000). Collegial models for enhancing the performance of university professors, Fraser Institute Digital Publications.


• Cooper, R. K., & Sawaf, A. (1997). Executive EQ: Emotional intelligence in leadership and organizations. New York: Penguin Putnam.


• Dalton, J. C., & McClinton, M. (Eds.). (2002). The art and practical wisdom of student affairs leadership. (Vol. 98). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Diamond, R. M. (Ed.). (2002). Field guide to academic leadership. San Francisco:
       Jossey-Bass.
• Fogg, P. (2001). Can department heads be trained to succeed? Chronicle of Higher Education, 48(8), A10-A11.


• Garvin, D. A. (1998). Building a learning organization. In Knowledge management. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press.


• Giber, D., Carter, L., & Goldsmith, M. (2000). Best practices in leadership development handbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Gmelch, W. H. (2000). Leadership succession: How new deans take charge and learn the job. Journal of Leadership Studies, 7(30), 68-87.


• Gmelch, W. H., & Miskin, V. D. (1995). Chairing an academic department. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.


• Gmelch, W. H., & Seedorf, F. (1989). Academic leadership under siege: The ambiguity and imbalance of department chairs. Journal for Higher Education Management, 5, 37-44.


• Goleman, D. (1998). What makes a leader? Harvard Business Review, Nov-Dec.


• Harvard Leadership Development Program. (2003). http://atwork.harvard.edu/pdf/LeadFoundations.pdf


• Hecht, I. W. D., Higgerson, M. L., Gmelch, W. H., & Tucker, A. (1999). The department chair as academic leader. Phoenix, AZ: American Council on Education/ Oryx Press.


• Heifetz, R. A. (1994). Leadership without easy answers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.


• Higgerson, M. L. (1996). Communication skills for department chairs. Bolton, MA: Anker.


• Holton, S. (Ed.). (1995). Conflict management in higher education (Vol. 92). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Jackson, N., & Lund, H. (2000). Benchmarking for higher education. London: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press.


• Johnson, B. T., & O’Grady, C.R. (Eds.). (2006). The spirit of service: Exploring faith, service, and social justice in higher education. Williston, VT: Anker Publishing.


• Johnson, M., Hanna, D., & Olcott, D. (2003). Bridging the gap: Leadership, technology, and organizational change for deans and department chairs. Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.


• Jones, J. E., & Bearley, W. L. (1996). 360 degree feedback: Strategies, tactics, and techniques for developing leaders. Amherst, MA: HRD Press.


• Kaplan, R. S., & Norton, D. P. (1996). The strategy-focused organization. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School.


• Kecskes, K. (Ed.). (2006). Engaging departments: Moving faculty culture from private to public, individual to collective focus for the common good. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.


• Knight, P. T., & Trowler, P. R. (2001). Departmental leadership in higher education. Buckingham, England: Open University Press.


• Kotter, J. P. (2001). What do leaders really do? Harvard Business Review, 79(11), 85-97.


• Lees, N. D. (2006). Chairing academic departments: Traditional and emerging expectations. Williston, VT: Anker Publishing.


• Lucas, A. (1994). Strengthening departmental leadership: A team building guide for chairs in colleges and universities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Martin, J., Samels, J., & associates. (2004). Presidential transition in higher education, managing leadership change. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins.


• McLaughlin, J. B. (Ed.). (1996). Leadership transitions: The new college president (Vol. 93). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Miller, T., Bender, B., Schuh, J., (Eds.) (2005). Promoting reasonable expectations: Aligning student and institutional views of the college experience. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Newman, F., & Couturier, L. K. (2001). The new competitive area: Market forces invade the academy. Change, 33(5), 10-17.


• North Central Accrediting Association. Higher learning commission's academic quality improvement project. (2002). From http://AQIP.org


• Ramsden, P. (1998). Learning to lead in higher education. London: Routledge.


• Roach, J. H. L. (1976). The academic department chairperson: Roles and responsibilities. Educational Record, 57(1), 13-23.


• Ruben, B. D. (2006). What leaders need to know and do: A competency-based leadership scorecard. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Business Officers.


• Ruben, B. D. (2005). Excellence in higher education: An integrated approach to assessment, planning, and improvement in colleges and universities. Washington, D.C.: National Association of College and University Business Officers.


• Ruben, B. D. (Ed.). (2004). Pursuing excellence in higher education: Eight fundamental challenges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Schroeder, C. C. (1999). Partnerships: An imperative for enhancing student learning and institutional effectiveness. In J. H. Schuh & E. J. Whitt (Eds.), Creating successful partnerships between academic and student affairs (Vol. 87). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.


• Seagren, A., Creswell, J., & Wheeler, D. W. (1993). The department chair. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 22(1).


• Seldin, P. (2006). Evaluating faculty performance: A practical guide to assessing teaching, research, and service. Williston, VT: Anker Publishing.


• Spangehl, S. D. (2000). Aligning assessment, academic quality, and accreditation. Assessment and accountability forum, 10(2), 10-11, 19.


• Stanley, C. A. (Ed.). (2006). Faculty of color: Teaching in predominantly white colleges and universities. Williston, VT: Anker Publishing.


• Useem, M. (1998). The leadership moment. New York: Random House.


• Waltzer, H. (1975). The job of the academic department chair. Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education.


• Walvoord, B., et al. (2000). Academic departments, how they work, how they change. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports, 27(8).


• Wheeler, D. W. (2001). New unit administrators: How long do they pursue the challenge? Department Chair, 12(2), 14.


• Wilson, R. (2001). Beggar, psychologist, mediator, maid: The thankless job of a chairman. Chronicle of Higher Education, 47(25), A10-A12.


• Witherspoon, P. D. (1997). Communicating leadership. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.


• Wolverton, M., et. al. (2001). The changing nature of the academic deanship. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, 28(1).


• Wolverton, M., & Gmelch, W. H. (2002). College deans: Leading from within. Westport, CT: American Council on Education, Oryz Press.