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Looking Beyond the Numbers

Looking Beyond the Numbers: The Leadership Implications of Shifting Student, Faculty and Administrator Demographics This third essay in the series Discussing Higher Education's Future explores the leadership implications of the shifting U.S. demographic landscape. It helps leaders plan and prepare for a demographically different future, and is a useful resource for retreats, strategic planning efforts and professional development.

Other ACE Resources for Campus Leaders

Campus leaders face four challenges in these trying economic times: How to be strategic; how to bring about necessary change, including terminating some activities; how to secure needed resources; and how to extend the institution's capacity without more investment. ACE offers resources in all of these areas:

Thinking Strategically

The Presidency Well-informed leaders look to ACE's The Presidency magazine, which features views from dynamic leaders in higher education on critical issues affecting campuses.

Securing Resources

Capital Campaigns In Challenging Times: What Presidents Need to Know and Do Presidents face accelerating pressure to grow private support. This two-day workshop, jointly sponsored with CASE, will address the following issues: readying the campus; campaign budgeting, staffing and structure; the role of staff and volunteers, and soliciting major gifts.

Leading Change

		Changing Course: Making the Hard Decisions to Eliminate Academic Programs Discontinuing academic programs is a disruptive decision, but potentially one of the most important a campus can make. This book's insights can help leaders examine the need to close academic programs, craft sound processes, and ensure a lasting positive impact on the institution.
		Taking Charge of Change: A Primer for Colleges and Universities This guide, based on the experiences of 26 colleges and universities, is a resources for campuses embarking on institutional change. Each chapter addresses a particular aspect of the change process, including identifying key issues and analyzing institutional culture.

Partnering Effectively

		Cooperating to Compete: A Campus Leaders' Guide to Developing Curricular Partnerships and Joint Programs Partnerships help extend institutional offerings during stress times. This publication is a roadmap for curricular joint ventures—collaborations that allow innovative colleges and universities to gain economies of scale, reach new students, share investments, and build on complementary strengths.
		The Power of Partnerships (Free PDF) The essay explores five key areas as they relate to partnerships, at home and abroad, and with corporations, non-governmental organizations, and community groups: the motivation to initiate and maintain partnerships; the economics of cooperation; conflicts inherent in cooperation; the role of government; and issues related to the special case of partnerships with the private sector.

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This page last updated 10/16/2009