{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-dean-paperback","title":"How to Be a Dean - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Justice\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential guide to the hardest job in higher ed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deanship in higher education is an exciting but complex job combining technical administration and academic leadership. On one hand, the dean is an institutional leader, standing up for the faculty, staff, and students. On the other, the dean is a middle manager, managing personnel, curriculum, and budgets and trying to live up to the expectations of the governing board, president, and provost. But what is it really like to be a dean?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Dean\u003c\/i\u003e, George Justice illuminates both of these leadership roles, which interact and even conflict with each other while deans do their best to help faculty members and students. Providing tested advice, Justice takes readers from the job search through the daily work of the dean and, ultimately, to the larger questions of leadership, excellence, and integrity the role provokes. He also explores the roles of \"different\" deanships in the broader context of academic leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the author's experience as a dean at two large research universities, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Dean\u003c\/i\u003e is clear, engaging, and opinionated. Current deans will use this book to reflect on the work they do in productive ways. Faculty members considering administrative work will find in this book some idea about the day-to-day work required of their institutional leaders. And finally, readers who are simply curious about what deans do will find pointed analysis about what works and what doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Justice \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English at Arizona State University. He has served as dean of the humanities at Arizona State University and dean of the graduate school at the University of Missouri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42119227310215,"sku":"9781421428789","price":50.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3a56dc17671bb44db7b560e724321d4c.webp?v=1732539744","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-dean-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}