Contents -- Preface -- I: The Academic Agenda -- 1 New Skills, Old Skills, and Leading the Academic Community, James Martin and James E. Samels -- 2 New Realities and Lingering Stereotypes: Key Trends from the National CAO Census, Bryan J. Cook, Christopher J. Nellum, and Meredith S. Billings -- 3 Professional Development Programs for Chief Academic Officers: A Key to Effective Leadership, Richard Ekman -- 4 The Scope of Academic Leadership at the Top: CAOs, Presidents, and Trustees, R. Michael Tanner -- 5 Ground Level: How to Lead the Faculty as the First among Equals, Linda A. McMillin -- 6 The CAO as Planner: Strategic Planning and the Office of Institutional Research, John D. Simon -- 7 Difficult Change in the Provost's Domain in Curriculum, Faculty Appointments, and Teaching Strategie, Robert M. Groves -- 8 The CAO and the Curriculum: Developing and Implementing Effective Programs for a Contemporary Student Population, Lon S. Kaufman and Saul J. Weiner -- 9 Technology and the Changing Classroom Experience: Best Practices for Curriculum, Resources, and Personnel, John G. Flores -- 10 Academic Governance: The Art of Working with People, James R. Stellar and Michael A. Baer -- II: Essential Partners -- 11 The CAO and the Chief Financial Officer: Managing a Critical Connection, James Gandre and Miroslava Mejia Krug -- 12 The Academic Ask: Partnering Academic Affairs and Institutional Advancement, Bradley W. Bateman, Wesley R. Fugate, and Julia Beyer Houpt -- 13 Working Effectively with the Senior Student Affairs Officer, Penny Rue and Suresh Subramani -- 14 What Provosts Need to Know About Enrollment Management, Robin Mamlet, David W. Pershing, and Sheila Murphy -- 15 Increasing Accountabilities: The Provost's Role in Intercollegiate Athletics, George H. VanderZwaag and William Scott Green.

16 Keep Your Friends Close and College Counsel Closer: New Developments in Higher Education Law, James E. Samels and James Martin -- 17 Building Bridges beyond the Quadrangle: The CAO and the External Community, Mark B. Lapping -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.