AMININISTRATOR INTERVIEW AND REFLECTION
Introduction
Gaining more knowledge about a position that I aspire to work in the near future from an individual holding the actual position is a great experience. The office of the dean of the college of arts and sciences of a Midwestern public University seems to be like any regular office. However, around campus, not all offices are filled with documents that barely leave an empty spot on the desk. Also, the walls have many different pictures and articles about the different parts the world. Moreover, the only window of the congested looking room is blocked by a pot of flowers, which look well maintained. Nevertheless, the willingness to sit down for an interview in order to enlighten me about the work of a dean is the most important and appreciated.
The dean of the college of arts is somebody that I have been in contact with many times …show more content…
The first aspect that is clearly related to class topics is the governance of the dean. For example, in Schloss and Cragg, pg. 35 its states that the dean reports to the provost, which reaffirm one of the answers of the dean. Also, the dean has a mission to be a leader that promote and direct its department, which helps understand why the dean is considered to be the chief governance of the department. Also, the dean position has the power to hire and to terminate staff and faculty. Like I have already seen in class material, I understand that the dean has to be a tremendous administrator. One of the main thing that the dean has to have, is the capacity to make a liaison between different campus entities. Schloss and Cragg, pg. 35 also mentioned that one of the responsibilities of the dean is to ‘‘facilitate collaborations between teachers, and researchers with similar interests, to promote the intellectual experience of their faculty and students, and to further knowledge in the disciplines of their
Introduction
Gaining more knowledge about a position that I aspire to work in the near future from an individual holding the actual position is a great experience. The office of the dean of the college of arts and sciences of a Midwestern public University seems to be like any regular office. However, around campus, not all offices are filled with documents that barely leave an empty spot on the desk. Also, the walls have many different pictures and articles about the different parts the world. Moreover, the only window of the congested looking room is blocked by a pot of flowers, which look well maintained. Nevertheless, the willingness to sit down for an interview in order to enlighten me about the work of a dean is the most important and appreciated.
The dean of the college of arts is somebody that I have been in contact with many times …show more content…
The first aspect that is clearly related to class topics is the governance of the dean. For example, in Schloss and Cragg, pg. 35 its states that the dean reports to the provost, which reaffirm one of the answers of the dean. Also, the dean has a mission to be a leader that promote and direct its department, which helps understand why the dean is considered to be the chief governance of the department. Also, the dean position has the power to hire and to terminate staff and faculty. Like I have already seen in class material, I understand that the dean has to be a tremendous administrator. One of the main thing that the dean has to have, is the capacity to make a liaison between different campus entities. Schloss and Cragg, pg. 35 also mentioned that one of the responsibilities of the dean is to ‘‘facilitate collaborations between teachers, and researchers with similar interests, to promote the intellectual experience of their faculty and students, and to further knowledge in the disciplines of their