Friday, June 29, 2007

CCCU Department Chair Workshop

Led by Dr. Kina Mallard (kina.mallard@gordon.edu), the CCCU and Gordon College co-sponsored a much-needed conference for academic "middle management" (anyone in Christian higher education between the level of CAO and the faculty) -
http://www.cccu.org/conferences/eventID.412/past_conferences_detail.asp. A rough estimate would put the total of available attendees between 2,000 and 3,000, and since we had 54 people attend (2 times the number we had originally estimated would show up), there's still a huge potential audience. Kina and company did a fabulous job, and those who were involved appeared to find it very helpful, so I hope it will continue.
My own presentation at this conference focused on the way in which "middle management" has the difficult task of balancing the needs of those "above" and "below" them in the institution while still being leaders and problem solvers. If you're interested, I can send you the powerpoint of the presentation.