When Leadership Comes at a Cost: Planning for Faculty-to-Administrator Transitions
Brad Fuster • Provost and Vice President, Academic & Student Affairs • San Francisco Bay University • San Franciso, CA
Peter White • Dean of the School Nursing and Health Sciences • Colby-Sawyer College • New London, NH
May 25, 2026
A structural challenge in higher education emerges through the allocation of course releases to high-performing faculty who assume essential administrative responsibilities. Institutions frequently rely on energetic and capable faculty members to coordinate General Education programs, lead institutional or discipline-specific accreditation efforts, and design or manage new academic programs. When these assignments are expected of early-career faculty who demonstrate initiative and institutional commitment, a tension of priorities invariably arises. Read more >
