UCEA Center for Academic Leadership
The UCEA Center for Academic Leadership, under the auspices of the University Council for Educational Administration, engages in broad-based studies of higher education leadership. In its efforts to do so, researchers attached to the Center have conducted four national/international research projects on the department chair, and two national/international projects on academic deans. The department chair studies included survey research conducted at 100 research and doctorate-granting institutions (both UCEA and non-UCEA) in the United States and replication studies with all department chairs in Australia. In addition, research was also conducted on community college chairs. From this research base the Center disseminated 14 editions of the Center's newsletter (formerly the Center for the Study of Department Chairs Newsletter), published three books and more than 20 articles, developed leadership training projects and materials, and presented workshops for department chairs.
In 1998, the Center expanded its research agenda to deans and other academic leaders and adopted its current name, The Center for Academic Leadership. To date, one national study of 1,400 deans, one international study of all Australian deans, and several qualitative studies have been conducted. From this research base, Center researchers have produced three editions for the Center's newsletter (CAL), presented more than a dozen papers at conferences, and published several articles. In addition, one monograph has been released (The Changing Nature of the Academic Deanship, Jossey-Bass), and another is forthcoming from ACCTE. A book, College Deans: Leading from Within, is scheduled for release in the fall by Oryx/Greenwood Press.
For more information, contact:
- Co-Directors
- Dr. Vicki Rosser (vicki.rosser@unlv.edu)
- Dr. Edith Rusch (edith.rusch@unlv.edu)
- Dr. Walt Gmelch (walt.gmelch@usfca.edu)