Looking for development resources and references for higher ed faculty, staff, and/or administrators? Below you’ll find a wide selection of resources on topics including leadership development, leadership challenges, faculty careers, diversity, higher ed itself, and role-specific challenges.
Books of Interest: Development Resources
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General Resources
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The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul Laura van Dernoot Lipsky |
We draw on this in our course Overwhelm in Academia: Restoring Hope and Choice in an Academic Career. | |
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Becoming the Writer You Already Are Michelle R. Boyd |
We have benefitted ourselves from Michelle Boyd’s workshops and writing. If you, or your students, are looking for something to help get to the writing AND to the pleasure of writing, take a look at this. |
Strategies for Leadership Challenges
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An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence (The MIT Press) by Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian |
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How Colleges Change (2nd Ed.) by Adrianna Kezar |
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Working Effectively with Faculty: Guidebook for Higher Education Staff and Managers by Susan Christy |
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Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down by John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead |
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Working with Problem Faculty: A Six-Step Guide for Department Chairs R. Kent Crookston |
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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t Robert I. Sutton |
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity David Allen |
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Work and Peace in Academe: Leveraging Time, Money, and Intellectual Energy Through Managing Conflict James R. Coffman |
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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition (Business Books) Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler |
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Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations Paul Axtell |
The Nature of Leadership in Academia
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Leadership in Place: How Academic Professionals Can Find Their Leadership Voice 1st (first) Edition published by Anker Publishing Company, Inc. (2006) Jon F. Wergin (Ed.) |
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Work and Peace in Academe: Leveraging Time, Money, and Intellectual Energy Through Managing Conflict James R. Coffman |
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At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory, Second Edition Kathy Barker |
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Leadership and Ambiguity: The American College President Michael B. Cohen and James G. March |
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Academic Duty Donald Kennedy |
Role Specific Leadership Resources
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How to Be a Dean (Higher Ed Leadership Essentials) George Justice Available March 12, 2018 |
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At the Helm: Leading Your Laboratory, Second Edition Kathy Barker |
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The College Administrator’s Survival Guide C. K. Gunsalus |
Diversity Resources
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Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time) Claude M. Steele |
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Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women Virginia Valian |
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Challenging Racism in Higher Education: Promoting Justice Mark Chesler, Amanda E. Lewis, James E. Crowfoot |
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Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity: Reflections on Teaching in Higher Education Mark Chesler, Alford A. Young Jr.Documenting and interpreting faculty members’ social identities and pedagogical practices, Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity explores how professors address the diverse racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities of their students. For more information, you can also visit Paradigm Publishers. |
Academia: Overview, Analysis and Critique
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The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time (Norton Paperback)) Louis Menand |
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Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate Charles E. Glassick, Mary Taylor Huber, Gene I. Maeroff |
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The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein |
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Rethinking Faculty Work: Higher Education’s Strategic Imperative Judith M. Gappa, Ann E. Austin, Andrea G. Trice |
Faculty Careers
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Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University Anna Neumann |
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Faculty Careers and Work Lives: A Professional Growth Perspective: ASHE Higher Education Report (Volume 34) KerryAnn O’Meara, A. L. Terosky, Anna Neumann |
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Preparing for Promotion, Tenure, and Annual Review: A Faculty Guide Robert M. Diamond |
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Serving on Promotion, Tenure, and Faculty Review Committees: A Faculty Guide Robert M. Diamond |
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Evaluating Faculty Performance: A Practical Guide to Assessing Teaching, Research, and Service Peter Seldin |
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Professor Mommy: Finding Work-Family Balance in Academia Rachel Connelly, Kristen Ghodsee |
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Faculty Priorities Reconsidered: Rewarding Multiple Forms of Scholarship KerryAnn O’Meara and R. Eugene Rice |
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The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure–Without Losing Your Soul Kerry Ann Rockquemore |
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The Coach’s Guide for Women Professors: Who Want a Successful Career and a Well-Balanced Life Rena Seltzer |
Faculty Development
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Creating the Future of Faculty Development: Learning From the Past, Understanding the Present Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Ann E. Austin, Pamela L. Eddy, Andrea L. Beach |
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A Guide to Faculty Development Kay J. Gillespie, Douglas L. Robertson, and Associates |
