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On the administration or running of an academic department or organization, or the people associated with this role. [administration] is mainly concerned with overseeing regular operations, while [governance] involves strategic tasks of setting goals and direction.
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Power of a Department Chair?
This varies quite a bit between universities and colleges within the US and probably even more when you consider the academic systems in other countries.
In some cases (particularly in smaller depart …
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Suggestions on how to organize a chair rotation
There are arrangements with a strict rotation and arrangements in which the next chair is nominated by a vote of the faculty. In either case, a higher level dean will probably have to approve the app …
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FERPA and confidentiality of information when university officials contact school
FERPA distinguishes between directory information (generally public unless the student has requested confidentiality) and other student records such as grades that are always confidential except for u …
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Do course buyouts happen in pure mathematics?
The NSF won't generally allow a faculty member to take more than 2 months of salary per year from NSF grants. Since you would typically want summer salary before buying out of teaching, this effectiv …
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Purpose of meeting with the dean and provost during campus visit
You can also look for any signs of tension between the administration and the academic department. For example, are their expectations of your teaching and research activity in agreement? … If you get inconsistent answers from the administration and the academic department then that is an indication of discord within the institution. …
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What are the major differences between PhD programs in mathematics and PhD programs in other...
I'm going to focus on the third question: "Is it normal for math departments to disregard students' research interests in favor of mandatory coursework?"
In comparison with PhD programs in many other …
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What steps can faculty and staff take to promote excellence in, and importance of, teaching?
Putting in place a better system for evaluating teaching than today's student evaluation forms would be a good start. Getting serious about the assessment of student learning outcomes (rather than si …
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