Contents
Chapter 1: Taking the Fall into Deanship: Making the Decision
Chapter 2: Making the Deanship Happen: Finding the Open Position
Chapter 3: Getting the Call
Chapter 4: Teach Me My Job, Andrea
Chapter 5: Setting Your Own Agenda
Chapter 6: Budgeting and Budget-Related Activities
Chapter 7: Personnel Requests
Chapter 8: Promotion and Tenure
Chapter 9: Disciplinary Actions
Chapter 10: Merit Pay
Chapter 11: Austerity and Academia
Chapter 12: Knowing When to Move On
Biography
John C. Alessio is a Professor Emeritus in Sociology and has served as an academic dean at two universities during his career.
"Dr. Alessio has written an honest and accurate portrayal of what it means to be in academic leadership at the Dean level. This work blends relevant scholarship and real-world experience so that anyone thinking about this important role will have a better idea of what is required and what is needed to be an effective Dean, including the need to weigh ethics and morality (and economic realities) while working in a hierarchical structure."
--Warren Sandmann, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, William Paterson University"This book is a useful primer, written in a folksy style, that provides interesting insights into the role of a dean for those thinking about moving in that direction."
--Jim Grabowska, President, The Inter Faculty Organization"This is a rich resource both for deans and for those considering becoming a dean. The Intentional Dean is full of advice and cautions garnered honorably in years of academic administration. Read together, these chapters provide a much needed answer to the dean’s quandary: how to accomplish transformative change while making the trains run on time."
--Karen Ryan, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Stetson University
