Trinity University’s Duane Coltharp’s Inside Higher Ed article highlights the unique pressures department chairs face amid higher ed’s crises. Positioned between administration and faculty, chairs often lack power and resources yet must foster inclusion, support colleagues, and maintain boundaries. Coltharp urges chairs to avoid overpromising, separate personal activism from official duties, use empathy and small gestures to boost morale, and connect people to institutional support when crises arise.
Note: Inside Higher Ed is an American online publication of news, opinion, resources, events, and jobs in the higher education sphere.