The 2005 Presidents Institute, scheduled for January 4-7 in Marco Island (FL), will feature distinguished speakers, a confidential seminar with case studies on the issues that presidents face, and a hands-on workshop on how presidents and their staff can successfully convey messages about the effectiveness of the educational program at their institutions.
    Major speakers and their topics include Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, “The United States and Globalization”; Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie professor of public affairs at Columbia University and former director of the U.S. Census Bureau, “Demography, Diversity, and What’s Ahead for America’s Colleges”; Deanna Marcum, associate librarian of the Library of Congress, “The Challenges of Managing Information—For Learning, Research, and Posterity”; and Richard Chait, professor of higher education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, “Governance as Leadership: The New Covenant Between Boards and Presidents.”
    Sessions will focus on the difficult choices that college and university presidents must make—and the inevitability of institutional change—in today’s competitive higher education environment. Participants will explore effective approaches to strengthening educational quality; marketing and branding; pricing and student aid; facilities design and financing; and presidents as moral leaders. Other sessions will focus on:

• Approaches and principles of strategic planning
• The impact of enrollment management on financial performance
• Media perspectives on higher education
• Discovering the fit between presidential vocation and institutional mission
• Fundraising essentials for presidents and boards
• How presidents can be “active listeners” to hear relevant messages
• Decisions about the transformation of the campus library
• Student employees and the “work college” concept
• Emerging trends in the president-board relationship
• Using the CIC Key Indicators Tool in making decisions

    Traditional features, including a workshop for new presidents and a professionally-oriented spouses program, are also included. Click here to view the complete program and registration information.