How Do We Create Better Departments?

Some of the work I’ve found most rewarding lately is thinking about how to make academic departments better – for faculty, for staff, for deans, for students. In this 6 minute video, I talk about concepts from our new Better Departments series in our online catalog.

And on a Related Note

Can you improve department functionality through making conflict productive? If this question intrigues you, see our post on Achieving the Benefits of Conflict in Academia.

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