CONTENTS

From the Editor

GOVERNANCE AND CHANGE

Governing Language Departments: Is Form Function?
Heidi Byrnes

Victim Narratives or Victimizing Narratives? Discussions of the Reinvention of Language Department and Language Programs
Elizabeth B. Bernhardt

DEPARTMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Educating the Dean: Who Are We and What Do We Do?
Reed Anderson

Responding to Change: The Proactive Department Chair
Judith M. Melton

Foreign Language Departments as Leaders in Globalization of the Campus
Roberta Johnson

Foreign Language Departments as Leaders
Karin C. Ryding

Meeting Today's Challenges: Two New Majors for the Language Student
Iride Lamartina-Lens and Adelia Williams

TEACHING SPANISH AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE

Teaching Spanish as a Heritage Language: A Case for Language Awareness
John R. Gutiérrez

Retrospectives, Advances, and Current Needs in the Teaching of Spanish to United States Hispanic Bilingual Students
Ana Roca

What Do Our Students Want? Some Reflections on Teaching Spanish as an Academic Subject to Bilingual Students
Rebecca Benjamin

CHANGING THE STATUS OF NON-TENURE-TRACK FACULTY MEMBERS: A CASE STUDY

How We Got Contracts for Lecturers at the University of Vermont: A Tale Of (Qualified) Success
Robyn R. Warhol

Response to Robyn R. Warhol
Brian Kent

Back Matter Fall 1997