Think you want to be a dean? Janie Fouke Michigan State University NSF Women in Engineering...
-
Upload
kelley-sanders -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
0
Transcript of Think you want to be a dean? Janie Fouke Michigan State University NSF Women in Engineering...
Think you want to be a dean?
Janie FoukeMichigan State UniversityNSF Women in Engineering Leadership
Conference (10/12/00)
Why in the world?
Personal motivation?Serendipity?Life of service?Builder?Deserve it (“It’s my turn”)?The trick is this: whatever your
motivation, it will be very difficulty to assess the match!
Creating opportunity
Build your skill set Interpersonal relations Budget and finance Strategic/long-range planning Matching tactics to strategy Problem solving
Creating opportunity
Revise your resume (S)Let it be known
Enlarge your network Find advocates
Be visible Professional societies Multi-campus task forces
Evaluating opportunity
It’s not a competition!Read everything (Web-site, faculty
governance, budget, strategic planning, CV’s of faculty, college catalog, president’s speeches, local newspapers, Chronicle, various ranking services, etc)
Evaluating Opportunity
Their interview schedule is a “draft”Read about the people that you will
meetListen during your visit! Take notesAnalyze: find the dissonanceWrite it down
Mission statement
Is there one?Does anyone know?How does the reality match?How does it influence
budget/personnel?
Making the jump
Negotiations with the ProvostThat’s why you wrote it down!Short term (2-3 years) and long term
planDo your homework!
Get on the phone!Priorities
The salary is not the key to your success!
Relationships
Who reports to you? Chairs, directors, associate deans
Who should report to you? Reorganize the office/reporting
structure? Based on who you have or who you
need?
You need them: they don’t report to you!
Custodial staff Secretarial staff Land management Curriculum office Physical plant Athletic department (if you are Big Ten!) Students Alumni
Communications with faculty
Don’t count on the chairs!E-mail letter? Flyer in mailbox?Under ~200, then visit each of them
within a couple of yearsCelebrate with them; be the
cheerleader
Your Teams
Associate deans/front office Don’t leave out personnel and budget
peopleYour chairs/headsDevelopment/alumni relations peopleAlumni “kitchen cabinet”Student groupsOther services (computing, library, etc)
Budget and Finances
How is the university budget determined? Report to legislature/regents/trustees? Annual/biennial/rolling five year?
Who are the other players on campus? How are internal (dean to dean) decisions
made? Top down?What is the value on partnerships?
It can be too great!
Budget and Finance
Compare budget (the past . . . ) and expenditures (the reality)
Ask the pro’s Get quarterly reportsManage indirect cost returns/grant
commitments (this is REAL money!)
Budget and Finances
Look at several years of expenditures What is the budgeting style?
Incremental/zero-based? How much of the budget is in salaries?What tools do you have for long-range
expenditures?How much is the endowment? How is
it used and who determines that?
Alumni and Development
Critical in this climateOpportunity of a generation with the
recent economyFriend-raising and fund-raisingMethod/planControl the pathways to potential
donors
Friend-raising
Who are your partners?Focus on 25 years in addition to
now!Faculty can be valuable resourcesDon’t lose the alumniCommunicate with them!Increase the value of their degree!
Fund-raising
Plan for what you need Endowed funds for
students/faculty/programsWrite it downIdentify 3-4 prospects for each needMake your case with each of them
How do I spend my time?
Meeting with the teams (communication)
Receptions (recognition)Development (resources)Week-ends commitments?
AbsolutelySurvival tactic? Have a great team!
Final points
Take on the difficult jobsKeep physically fitNever write a nasty memoSpend an hour thinking each dayRecognize the people that you needKeep a “people” file