Time/Email Management
- Digital Tools to Help Campus Administrators Do Their Jobs
Elizabeth Simmons discusses how “productivity software” can smooth the path for new administrators — and offers tips on the tools she finds most useful.
Article webpage - Top Ten Email Timesavers/Productivity Enhancers
Randy Dean, MBA, gives ten discrete strategies for tackling the mountain of email.
Article PDF - A Few Notes on Productivity
Chris Long shares methods and tools for staying productive
Blog post - Robert’s Rules Online
Webpage
Budget and Finances
- Academic Finance Demystified
Elizabeth Simmons explains how a better understanding of how the money flows can help professors navigate their campuses’ budget processes.
Article PDF
Collegiality
- Special Issue of Academic Leader, the Newsletter for Academic Deans and Department Chairs
In this special issue of Academic Leader, four distinguished authors provide an in-depth look at collegiality—its significance to the functioning of the academic unit, how to address collegiality issues in faculty evaluations, U.S. courts’ views on using collegiality in personnel decisions, and advice on how to foster collegiality.
Issue PDF
Mentoring
- 5 Tips on Surviving Your First Year as a Department Head
Rob Kramer and Peter Mucha offer suggestions for new unit-level leaders.
Article PDF - How to Survive Your First Year as Department Chair
Kerry Ann Rockquemore explores strategies for moving forward during the first year of a new administrative role.
Article PDF - They Don’t Train Us for This: 13 Lessons I Wish Someone Had Taught Me Before I Became an Academic Administrator
Fred Schwarsbach reflects on important management lessons he learned when he started out in academic administration.
Article PDF
View general mentoring resources at the bottom of the Academic Career Paths page