Summer Training Program for Academic Leaders at PSU

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

Dear James,

Within higher education there is much being written about the developing vacuum in leadership and the need to improve the leadership skills of academic administrators.  We at Penn State are moving forward with a shared sense of purpose, and the Center for the Study of Higher Education remains 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 James T. Harris (III), president of Widener University, Jo Allen, president, Meredith College; M. Christopher Brown, president, Alcon State University; Michael Dooris, executive director of planning research and assessment, Penn State; Mary Lou Higgerson, vice president for academic affairs, Baldwin Wallace College; Stanley Ikenberry, president emeritus, University of Illinois; Jason Lane, associate professor of education and fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany; Rodney Erickson, president, Penn State University Robert Hendrickson, professor of education and interim director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, Penn State.  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.  The number spaces are limited and we encourage you to act soon to reserve a space. 

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