Enhancing departmental leadership: the roles of the chairperson

pt. 1. Roles and responsibilities of chairs. A few suggestions to new department chairs / Artin Arslanian Chairing the small department / Robert E. Wolverton Common and uncommon concerns : the complex role of the community college department chair / Myrna Goldenberg Communicating effectively / Kenneth E. Eble Chairperson and dean : the essential partnership / Charles O. Warren I wanted to be an administrator; now how do I cope with the stress? / Jerry R. May and Robert B. McBeath pt. 2. Faculty and staff hiring and evaluation. Successful proactive recruiting strategies : quest for the best / William J. Hynes Women in academic departments : uneasy roles, complex relationships / Lois Vander Waerdt Faculty evaluation : the roles of the department chair / John B. Bennett Managing part-time faculty / George E. Biles and Howard P. Tuckman The department chair's leadership role in supervising nonfaculty personnel / Donald V. DeRosa and Quelda M. Wilson

pt. 3. Faculty development. Chairpersons and faculty development / Kenneth E. Eble

Tactics and strategies for faculty development / Wilbert J. McKeachie

Teaching the nontraditional student / Sister Eileen Rice

Chairs as facilitators of scholarly writing ; Coping with difficult colleagues / Robert Boice

pt. 4. Legal issues. Legal liability : reducing the risk / David J. Figuli

Sex in the department / Mark Hurtubise

Dealing with the chemically dependent employee / David J. Figuli

The department chair's dilemma : bad apples in the department / Lois Vander Waerdt

pt. 5. Determining departmental priorities and direction. The department chair's transforming role in "strategic" academic planning : how to work in concert with the faculty / Robert G. Cope

Five indices pf program vitality / Thomas A. Emmet and John B. Bennett

Positioning the department for survival and growth : an exercise / John Minter

Clarifying priorities through paired choices / Elwood B. Ehrle

The department chair and enrollment management : some strategies / Antoinette Iadarola

Developing community-based programs : a prescription for success / P. Anthony Zeiss.