Creating Unity in the Music Unit through Collaborative Strategic Planning: Developing a "Hedgehog Concept"

28 February 2009 John Graulty is chair of the music department at Delaware State University. He brings leadership experience in both academe and the military to his work for the CMS Committee on Academic Leadership and Administration, and, through this essay as well as...

Results of the 2009 CMS Survey of Department Chairs, Directors, and Other Administrators

01 November 2009 During the 2008 CMS National Conference in Atlanta, the CMS Committee on Academic Leadership & Administration decided it needed to know more about their colleagues in administrative and leadership positions across the country to better serve their...

Academic Citizenship and the Importance of Applying Musical Skills for More Effective Communication and Shared Governance

11 May 2011 about their perspectives regarding academic citizenship issues. After two very brief presentations by Sang-Hie Lee and John Graulty on leadership styles and literature related to academic citizenship, attendees were invited to break into small groups of...

Now That I’m Here, What Should I Do? Encouragement and Advice for New Department Chairs: Part 1

31 August 2008 administrator. Contributors to this article: Charles Boyer (Adams State College, Emeritus) Karen DeMol (Dordt College) John Graulty (Delaware State University) Judith Kritzmire (University of Minnesota Duluth) Anne Patterson (Fairmont State University)...

Now That I'm Here, What Should I Do? Encouragement and Advice for New Department Chairs: Part 2

31 October 2008 In the first of this two-part article members of the Committee on Administration, now titled the Committee on Academic Leadership and Administration, offered words of reflection and advice to faculty entering administration. In this second article...