A Penn State summer program for future academic leaders... hmm

SUBJECT: Reminder: Penn State offers summer training opportunity for future academic leaders

Dear James,

These past few months have tested the character and resilience of the Penn State community in ways we never could have imagined. Many of you may have shared our shock and surprise as the news unfolds. However, we are to moving forward with a shared sense of purpose, and we in the Center for the Study of Higher Education are committed to providing valuable professional development experience to academic leaders throughout the industry.

In an effort to prepare future academic leaders, Penn State invites you to nominate academic leaders to enroll in its 3rd annual Academic Leadership Academy, to be held June 24-28, 2012. The academy prepares department heads, associate deans, deans, and associate provosts from all over the country to have the skills to succeed as academic administrators and advance to higher levels of responsibility and leadership.

The presenters will include Jo Allen, president, Meredith College; M. Christopher Brown, president, Alcon State University; Michael Dooris, Director of Planning Research and Assessment, Penn State; Rodney Erickson, president, Penn State; Robert Hendrickson, professor of education and interim director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, Penn State; Mary Lou Higgerson, vice president for academic affairs, Baldwin Wallace College; Stanley Ikenberry, president emeritus, University of Illinois; and Jason Lane, associate professor of education and fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany. The topics to be covered will include leadership development, organizational dynamics, shared governance, communication, faculty employment issues, faculty development, strategic management, budgeting, conflict resolution, and organizational change.

After the summer’s onsite session, the Academic Leadership Academy continues for the next academic year. During the year, participants attend a series of virtual sessions on topics that they selected. The virtual sessions also provide participants with an on-going network of academic leaders to share challenges and best practices.

We encourage you to visit the Academy website, www.ala.psu.edu, and nominate academic leaders from your institution to enroll in the Academy. The cost for the summer session and the virtual sessions is $3,245/ individual and $2,995/individual in a team of 3 or more.

We look forward to hearing from you and to having the opportunity to work with members of your academic leadership team through this year’s Academy.

Best regards,

Bob

Robert M. Hendrickson

Interim Director and Senior Scientist

Center for the Study of Higher Education

Penn State University

814 865 9740 office

814 777 7434 mobile

814 865 3638 fax

rmh6@psu.edu