To help address possible future shortages of campus leaders and prepare future leaders of colleges and universities, CIC has been working to expand its leadership development activities. Boosting the effort, CIC last year received a $300,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to strengthen several campus leadership development programs. For more information on the programs, see
www.cic.edu/meetings-and-events.
Cosponsored by CIC and the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI), the 2012–2013 SLA is a year-long program designed to enhance the skills of mid-level college and university administrators for future roles as vice presidents and “cabinet” officers. The program this year consists of seminars in San Antonio, Texas (November 2–4, 2012) and Washington, DC (June 16–18, 2013). The program also includes readings, experiential activities and initiatives, mentorship by the participant’s nominator and the program director, executive career coaching, and bimonthly conference calls with the mentor and program director. The program director is Ann Die Hasselmo, president of AALI and president emerita of Hendrix College (AR). The deadline to nominate SLA participants was March 30; CIC will announce the selected participants by April 13.
The 2012–2013 ELA is a year-long leadership development program that helps prepare provosts and vice presidents to serve as effective college presidents. The program consists of two two-day seminars in Washington, DC (August 1–3, 2012, and June 19–21, 2013), readings on presidential leadership, experiential activities and initiatives, mentorship, executive career coaching, and bimonthly conference calls. The ELA focuses on fundraising, comprehensive campaigns, student affairs, endowment and board development, institutional strategic planning, alumni affairs, marketing and branding, and legal issues. Ann Die Hasselmo is the program director. Cosponsored by CIC, AALI, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the deadline to nominate ELA participants was March 16.
To foster perspectives and skills that can lead to success in complex and unpredictable times, CIC and AALI are cosponsoring the Colloquium on Leadership for Chief Academic Officers: Classic and Contemporary Readings. The five-day seminar will take place July 17–21, 2012, in Annapolis, Maryland. John Churchill, secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, will lead the Colloquium, which will examine case studies drawn from classical and contemporary thought and compare them with situations faced by today’s chief academic officers. After discussions in the morning and over lunch, participants will have afternoons to reflect on the day’s topics and prepare for future discussions. The deadline to nominate Colloquium participants was March 30; CIC will announce the selected participants by April 20.
Members of the 2011–2012 Executive Leadership Academy participated in two national seminars, periodic webinars, individualized experiential activities, and mentorship experiences. Participants acquire the knowledge, skills, and experiences germane to the portfolio of responsibilities and activities central to the work of the president.