Tiger Roholt, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Montclair State University, has started a new online discussion group for philosophy department chairs.

He writes:

As a philosophy department Chair, I have a hunch that I am recreating the wheel at least two times each week. Some other philosophy Chairs probably encounter similar challenges, attempt similar initiatives, and so on. Even though different philosophy departments have different goals and concerns, I think it would be helpful to have a discipline-specific group where philosophy Chairs can post quandaries, questions, information, and resources. Clearly, a philosophy Chair can get helpful advice from the Chairs of other departments in the Chair’s own institution, but I’m interested in a discipline-specific layer of discussion. Perhaps other Chairs are interested in this kind of discussion as well.