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ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers
2009–2010 Class meeting dates:
August 5–7, 2009 (Minneapolis, MN); January
14–15, 2010 (Miami, FL) and June 17–18, 2010
(Washington, DC)
The ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers (CAOs), designed
for CAOs in their first three years on the job, provides practical
executive leadership development. Begun in 2004, the Institute is a
yearlong program with three gatherings throughout the academic year.
Each session is highly participatory, using a combination of discussions
facilitated by experienced CAOs and presidents, case studies presented
by program participants, conversations with peers from similar and
diverse institutions, and briefings by national experts. Our goals are
to identify topics and issues of immediate concern to new academic vice
presidents and provide the means to address them. Recruiting begins in
late fall and continues over the winter.
Invest in your institution through this investment in leadership.
The Institute is intended to help new chief academic officers achieve
their goals by providing them with the following:
- Lessons and insights about the leadership challenges faced by
CAOs.
- Different (and competing) perspectives from peers with different
experiences.
- A low-risk setting to test ideas.
- An understanding of how common issues and challenges play out in
different types of institutions.
- An extended professional network of fellow CAOs from a cross-section
of institutions.
The Institute holds three 2–3 day meetings a year, in
August, January and June. Participants are expected to attend all
three meetings.
ACE selects up to 35 new Chief Academic Officers to participate. We
also will invite four or five experienced CAOs to participate in each of
the three meetings to facilitate conversations and serve as
resources.
All sessions will be highly participatory using a combination of the
following:
- Mini-cases written and presented by participating CAOs.
- Facilitated discussions with seasoned CAOs.
- Cross-sector and intra-sector conversations.
- Short briefings on key issues with national leaders.
Meeting participants have said:
- "I have found it THE single best program of this kind I have ever
been in. It consists of three sessions (2–4 days each) with about
35 other newly appointed provosts. The peer learning is absolutely
fantastic, and the general presentations by experienced academic leaders
are quite useful as well."
- "I gained much more than I expected. It provided me different
perspectives to look at my job, which I feel is very important to know
to survive in this high pressured job."
- "This was exactly what I needed at this time. I've got some very
good 'big picture' concerns to ponder and some wonderful suggestions for
tackling the challenges of the everyday."
The cost to attend the program is $3,850 for participants from ACE
member institutions and $4,350 for those from nonmember institutions.
Those who would not otherwise be able to attend may request partial
scholarships by contacting ACE at leadership_programs@ace.nche.edu.
These scholarships are possible because of the generous support of
the TIAA-CREF Institute. Participants are responsible
for their own travel and lodging. Full payment is due 30 days after
notification of acceptance to the Institute.
Please direct questions about this page to:
Leadership_Programs@ace.nche.edu
This page last updated on 10/28/2009
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