Summary
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This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.
What's Next after 10 Years as Dean?: Reflections of a Reemerging Professor
What's Next after 10 Years as Dean?: Reflections of a Reemerging Professor
The Context
I had been the dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University for 10 years. After a decade as an academic administrator, I stood at a crossroads, with signs pointing to a number of possible different paths. I could seek a position as dean at a similar school or a position as dean at a larger school. I could consider a position in industry through the extensive executive network that I had developed as dean. I could return to the faculty.
There was no certainty in my thinking at the time I stepped down. I promised myself that ...
