Reporting to the dean of engineering, the department heads provide visionary leadership to advance the mission of their respective departments. Responsibilities include recruiting and mentoring ...

Some professors go into administration as a career choice, scaling institutional ladders. Some are coerced into serving temporarily as department chair because of rotating-leadership rules. And some ...

If you have questions or suggestions about the department head offerings please contact the Faculty Career Development team at [email protected]. New Department Heads will receive an Outlook invitation.

The department-chair role has a longstanding reputation as a position that nobody wants — the old joke is that any tenured professor who shows up late to a faculty meeting runs the risk of being ...

When I first began serving as a department head, it was the best of times . . . and the worst of times. In the first few months, there was a great deal of involvement and activity. There were several ...

As Buller (2012) notes, “The job of chairing a department is probably the most important, least appreciated, and toughest administrative position in higher education.” Yet, it is a role that can bring ...

Lt. Ann Scroggs stands watch in the combat information center aboard the amphibious dock landing ship Ashland in 2022. (MC2 Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy) Retention among surface warfare officers going ...

After a competitive search, Purdue University has announced Jianguo Mei, Richard and Judith Wien Professor of Chemistry, will take on the role of head of the Department of Chemistry, effective July 1, ...

In 1994, the value of a Secretariat-wide network of Departmental Focal Points for women was recognized. The terms of reference of the Departmental Focal Points were first issued in the form of a ...