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ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers

Institute Details

What:		Practical executive leadership development for CAOs in their first three years on the job.

When:		The Institute meets three times per year. Participants are expected to attend all three meetings. Aug. 3–5, 2011: Minnesota Jan. 12–13, 2012: Florida June 14–16, 2012: Washington, DC

Cost:		ACE Members: $3,850 Non-Members: $4,350

Our 2011–12 class is full, and we are no longer accepting applications.

Resources

•	Sample Application (PDF)
•	Current Class Photo
•	List of Past Participants

Information for our Alumni and Current Class

Institute Alumni Meeting June 15–16, 2012 Washington, DC

Secure Login Area for 2010–2011 Class Click here for access Online registration for January 2012's meeting at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay Hotel

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 the winter and continues into the spring.

Invest in your institution through this investment in leadership.

The Institute provides new CAOs 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.

Who Participates:

ACE selects up to 35 new Chief Academic Officers to participate. We also will invite four or five experienced CAOs and presidents to participate in each of the three meetings to facilitate conversations and serve as resources.

What to Expect:

All sessions are highly participatory and use 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."

Scholarship Opportunities

Thanks to the generous support of the TIAA-CREF Institute, some partial scholarships are available to those who would not otherwise be able to attend. For more information, please contact us by email at leadershipprograms@acenet.edu.

This page last updated on 10/07/2011