Jeffrey L Buller: 16 books
Positive Academic Leadership
How to Stop Putting Out Fires and Start Making a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
"A book that every academic leader should read and put into practice." —Kim Cameron, associate dean of executive education, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Praise for Positive Academic Leadership
" Buller has produced a book that every academic leader...
Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation
A Practical Guide for Academic Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Praise for Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation
"Jeffrey Buller, a leading and respected voice in higher education, has written a truly practical and highly useful book on the increasingly important topic of faculty evaluation. This highly readable book is a 'must have/must read' book...
Academic Leadership Day by Day
Small Steps That Lead to Great Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
It can seem at times as though all of academic administration today is focused only on the need for continual change and the endless pursuit of "the big idea." But most academic leaders, from department chairs and program directors through university presidents and chancellors, are far too...
The Essential Department Chair
A Comprehensive Desk Reference
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
THE ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENT CHAIR
This second edition of the informative and influential The Essential Department Chair offers academic chairs and department heads the information they need to excel in their roles. This book is about the "how" of academic administration: for instance,...
Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees
How to Review Applications and Interview Candidates
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
The essential guidebook for effective faculty hiring committees
Best Practices for Faculty Search Committees presents a clear, direct action plan for faculty and administration involved in hiring. Written by a veteran university administrator, this book lays out a step-by-step process for selecting...
The Essential Academic Dean or Provost
A Comprehensive Desk Reference
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
The go-to reference for academic leaders seeking practical answers to everyday challenges
The Essential Academic Dean or Provost explains the "how" of academic leadership, providing a practical, comprehensive, reality-based reference for almost any problem, challenge, or opportunity....
by Robert E. Cipriano, Jeffrey L. Buller Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
A Toolkit for College Professors is designed to give new and established faculty members the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem-solving activities, this book offers college professors a valuable resource for...
World-Class Fundraising Isn't a Solo Sport
The Team Approach to Academic Fundraising
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
An African proverb says, “If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, travel together.” World-Class Fundraising Isn’t a Solo Sport is about how to travel far in the world of academic development. It provides practical, field-tested strategies for building strong academic...
Going for the Gold
How to Become a World-Class Academic Fundraiser
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
What do faculty members, academic administrators, or development officers need to know if they want to be successful fundraisers in higher education? Colleges and universities are such complex institutions that it is difficult for those who work in development to understand how the academic side of...
Change Leadership in Higher Education
A Practical Guide to Academic Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Initiate innovation and get things done with a guide to the process of academic change
Change Leadership in Higher Education is a call to action, urging administrators in higher education to get proactive about change. The author applies positive and creative leadership principles to the issue...
Building Academic Leadership Capacity
A Guide to Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
A clear, systematic road map to effective campus leadership development
Building Academic Leadership Capacity gives institutions the knowledge they need to invest in the next generation of academic leaders. With a clear, generalizable, systematic approach, this book provides insight into the...
Authentic Academic Leadership
A Values-Based Approach to College Administration
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
The book explores how to build an approach to academic leadership based on your own personal values, convictions, and principles. Rather than trying to assert that only certain values (or even virtues) are essential for good leadership, the approach taken is to begin with who you really are, “your...
Hire the Right Faculty Member Every Time
Best Practices in Recruiting, Selecting, and Onboarding College Professors
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Hire The Right Faculty Member Every Time is a concise guide for hiring authorities at colleges and universities. The book provides insight into the state of faculty hiring at colleges and universities today, advice on the best way to design positions, recommendations on how to conduct an interview,...
by Robert E. Cipriano, Jeffrey L. Buller Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
A Toolkit for Department Chairs is designed to give academic administrators the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem solving activities, the book offers chairs a valuable resource for negotiating the real-life...
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