Dr. Patricia Mosto has a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Drexel University and a Ph.D. in Environmental Biology. She has been a faculty member since 1989, was the Chair of the Biological Sciences Department at Rowan University, where she was also an Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs for 3 years, and the Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for 2 years. After receiving her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from SDSM&T, Dr. Dianne Dorland began her career working for Union Carbide in West Virginia. She received her PhD from West Virginia University in 1985 and over the past 42 years she has combined industry and academic experience as a process engineer, professor and engineering dean.

A Toolkit for Deans is a comprehensive, insightful array of approaches, case studies, discussion scenarios, and self-reflection guidelines. These can be used to motivate and empower deans and their management team to tackle and solve the diverse set of problems they encounter on a daily basis in today’s higher education arena. The book focuses on mentoring deans at all stages of their career on being creative, flexible, humorous, and opportunistic in responding to their leadership and management demands from peers, faculty, direct reports, supervisors, parents and students. Whether you are a new assistant dean, a long-term supervisor of many departments or a dean considering moving to a provost or college president position, this book will provide the essential step-by-step road map for proactive management, leadership, and self-assessment needed for navigating today’s rapidly changing academic environment.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Managing ourselves, our office, and planning for the futureChapter 2: Leading our peers Chapter 3: Leading and managing staff, associate deans and chairpersonsChapter 4: Leading faculty Chapter 5: Leading departmentsChapter 6: Managing student and parentsChapter 7: Managing up Epilogue: Our reflectionsReferencesAdditional Resources

Dr. Patricia Mosto has a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Drexel University and a Ph.D. in Environmental Biology. She has been a faculty member since 1989, was the Chair of the Biological Sciences Department at Rowan University, where she was also an Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs for 3 years, and the Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for 2 years. After receiving her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from SDSM&T, Dr. Dianne Dorland began her career working for Union Carbide in West Virginia. She received her PhD from West Virginia University in 1985 and over the past 42 years she has combined industry and academic experience as a process engineer, professor and engineering dean.

A Toolkit for Deans is a comprehensive, insightful array of approaches, case studies, discussion scenarios, and self-reflection guidelines. These can be used to motivate and empower deans and their management team to tackle and solve the diverse set of problems they encounter on a daily basis in today’s higher education arena. The book focuses on mentoring deans at all stages of their career on being creative, flexible, humorous, and opportunistic in responding to their leadership and management demands from peers, faculty, direct reports, supervisors, parents and students. Whether you are a new assistant dean, a long-term supervisor of many departments or a dean considering moving to a provost or college president position, this book will provide the essential step-by-step road map for proactive management, leadership, and self-assessment needed for navigating today’s rapidly changing academic environment.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Managing ourselves, our office, and planning for the futureChapter 2: Leading our peers Chapter 3: Leading and managing staff, associate deans and chairpersonsChapter 4: Leading faculty Chapter 5: Leading departmentsChapter 6: Managing student and parentsChapter 7: Managing up Epilogue: Our reflectionsReferencesAdditional Resources

Dr. Patricia Mosto has a M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Drexel University and a Ph.D. in Environmental Biology. She has been a faculty member since 1989, was the Chair of the Biological Sciences Department at Rowan University, where she was also an Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs for 3 years, and the Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for 2 years. After receiving her M.S. in Chemical Engineering from SDSM&T, Dr. Dianne Dorland began her career working for Union Carbide in West Virginia. She received her PhD from West Virginia University in 1985 and over the past 42 years she has combined industry and academic experience as a process engineer, professor and engineering dean.

A Toolkit for Deans is a comprehensive, insightful array of approaches, case studies, discussion scenarios, and self-reflection guidelines. These can be used to motivate and empower deans and their management team to tackle and solve the diverse set of problems they encounter on a daily basis in today’s higher education arena. The book focuses on mentoring deans at all stages of their career on being creative, flexible, humorous, and opportunistic in responding to their leadership and management demands from peers, faculty, direct reports, supervisors, parents and students. Whether you are a new assistant dean, a long-term supervisor of many departments or a dean considering moving to a provost or college president position, this book will provide the essential step-by-step road map for proactive management, leadership, and self-assessment needed for navigating today’s rapidly changing academic environment.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Managing ourselves, our office, and planning for the futureChapter 2: Leading our peers Chapter 3: Leading and managing staff, associate deans and chairpersonsChapter 4: Leading faculty Chapter 5: Leading departmentsChapter 6: Managing student and parentsChapter 7: Managing up Epilogue: Our reflectionsReferencesAdditional Resources