TY - BOOK AU - Martin,James AU - Samels,James E TI - First Among Equals: The Role of the Chief Academic Officer SN - 0801856124 (acidfree paper) AV - 378.111 M381F PY - 1997/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Deans Academic Education KW - United States KW - Chief Academic Officer Role KW - Universities and colleges Administration KW - Universities Administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230) and index; PART 1: The Academic Mission -- First Among Equals: the Current Roles of the Chief Academic Officer / James Martin and James E. Samels -- Faculty Relations and Professional Development: Best Practices for the Chief Academic Officer / Roy A. Austensen -- Leveraging Resources to Enhance Quality: Curriculum Development and Educational Technologies / James R. Coffman -- Academic Governance: The Art of Herding Cats / Mark G. Edelstein -- PART 2: The Leadership Team -- Shaping the Leadership Team: The President, Governing Board, and Chief Academic Officer / Alice Bourke Hayes -- Creating Common Ground: Student Development, Academic Affairs, and Institutional Diversity / Paula Hooper Mayhew -- Enrollment Management / Michael A. Baer and Peter A. Stace -- Financial Management and Budget Planning: A Primer for Chief Academic Officers -- Michael C. Gallagher -- PART 3: The Extended Community -- Managing a Cross-Cultural Experience: Grants and Contracts / Jon M. Strolle and Ruth Larimer -- External Relations and Institutional Advancement: Building Bridges, Seeking Friends / Georgia E. Lesh-Laurie -- College Legal Counsel and the Chief Academic Officer: Changing Times, Changing Law, and Changing Challenges / James E. Samels and James Martin -- Conclusion: The Disappearing Chief Academic OFficer / James Martin and James E. Samels N2 - First among Equals is a pioneering study of the new roles and responsibilities of the chief academic officer - now known as vice president for academic affairs or provost more often than the traditional academic dean. Contributors to this landmark volume - all present or former chief academic officers - address the growing need for vision and leadership by CAOs in an increasingly complex higher education environment. The most effective academic leaders, they conclude, combine high levels of managerial acumen with professional scholarship in challenging their institutions to provide effective programs for varied and demanding constituencies; Each chapter of First among Equals explores a different aspect of the chief academic officer's primary responsibilities, including relations with the president and the board, academic governance, curriculum development, new instructional technologies, financial planning, enrollment management, legal affairs, and faculty development UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/97011281.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/jhu051/97011281.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/97011281.html ER -