Recently in saying no Category

One of the interesting things I've found about being chair is that you begin to see your role from an altered perspective. As a faculty member, I always thought a lot about my classes, my students, and the various committees I sat on. But the chair has to think about the broad perspective, and especially the department's role within the university. This means that things which might be hard for a faculty member become easier for a chair. For instance, today I had 2 students trying to get into a closed English 101: College Writing class. They had emailed the professor who gave said it was ok, but to check with the chair. That class, 101, used to be capped at 25 students but that cap was raised by the dean in the fall to 27. Though this particular section was closed, there were seats in other classes. So I said no to the override because already the cap is too high and going to 28 sends the wrong message to the dean about acceptable class sizes. So what I might say yes to as a regular faculty member, I find myself saying no to as a chair.