American society thrives on innovation, which is advanced by the quality and productivity of research from higher education faculty. It is therefore typical for the responsibility of nurturing and sustaining faculty research to fall upon department chairs and deans at postsecondary schools. In The Research-Productive Department, the authors recognize the importance of this task, and share tested strategies for facilitating quality faculty research and promoting an institution's overall vitality.

Many such books written for department chairs and deans have chosen to address the full...

Faculty Success through Mentoring provides practical tools for higher education leaders to implement a formal mentoring program that will lead to a vital and diverse faculty across all stages of an academic career. The authors not only describe the tangible benefits of formal mentoring programs, but they also outline the characteristics of effective mentors and mentees, and they cover other models such as group and peer mentoring.