department chairs
Academic division heads
Department chairs are faculty members who lead academic departments within colleges or universities.
They handle administrative duties—scheduling, budgets, hiring—while typically continuing to teach and research.
The role sits between regular faculty and higher administration: She served as department chair for six years before returning to full-time teaching.
Also called department heads.
- provostSenior academic administrator
- deanSenior academic administrator
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- annual reviewPeriodic employee evaluation
- consensus-buildingCreating widespread agreement
conflict resolution · academic freedom · ivory tower · mediation · strategic planning · budget planning · budget cuts · advocacy · university · faculty senate · workload distribution · tenure track · directors · faculty meetings · performance evaluation · scheduling · office hours · hiring
- Faculty Termsprofessors, lecturers, deans, tenure, faculty senate
- academic HRtenure track, adjunct, adjuncts, professor, professors
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, professor, thesis statement
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
department chairsuniversity presidents
Leaders of higher education institutions
chancellors · graduate students · teaching assistants · undergraduates · first-year students
department chairsadjuncts
Supplementary additions or elements
assistant professors · teaching faculty · lecturers · instructors