Sessions

This session will appeal to veteran chief academic officers as well as those with 4–5 years in their roles thinking about what is next. How do they create systems and organize their work so that they don’t stagnate? How do they ensure that they remain current and contemporary as they stay in their roles? What sustains and rejuvenates them in the midst of disruption?

How often have you heard or felt, “Our program is our best-kept secret—we just need to promote it.”? Promotion, while important, is not a sustainable strategy for every program—especially if there are not enough resources to promote every program individually. Join this panel of marketing and academic officers as they illustrate outcomes of strong collaborations that not only unlock the potential for a robust academic program portfolio but also drive long-term programmatic success.

As mental health continues to be a topic for educators, students, and campus communities, the need for sharing creative interdisciplinary solutions is rapidly increasing. This presentation includes an overview of an interdisciplinary framework to increase the use of Trauma Informed practices in course design, faculty interactions, and creative activities to teach students, faculty, and staff about trauma's impacts on the learning process. Techniques such as classroom simulations, guest presentation designs, and campus-wide assessment tools help cultivate collaboration surrounding emotional literacy and trauma-informed higher education.

Support from national foundations can be transformative for smaller colleges and universities, funding initiatives that foster faculty development, provide programming and resources to students, and offer opportunities for experimentation and innovation. Join CIC for a behind-the-scenes look at how foundation officers choose the areas of support they do, why they choose to fund certain projects, and how CIC member institutions can position themselves for success.

This session describes how one campus employed a radical approach to achieving the goal of building and maintaining an inclusive academic affairs division. It provides examples of strategies that chief academic officers can employ and shares lessons about how to work with deans, department heads, and others in academic affairs (library, registrar, student tutoring, and teaching and learning centers) to implement campus diversity goals.

This panel presents the findings of the 2022 HEDS Survey on Collaboration between Advancement and Academic Affairs and leads participants in a discussion about cooperation on their campuses. The study arose from the need to better understand how fundraising professionals and academic leaders can effectively collaborate, especially in the context of rising financial and enrollment […]

Join a panel of five chief academic officers who attended the ASU/GSV Summit (a collaboration between Arizona State University and Global Silicon Valley) to hear reports about what was shared at the summit and how panelists are experiencing AI on their campuses. All participants will be invited to contribute to the discussion.

In this session, presenters draw upon the quote from the late poet Muriel Rukeyser to amplify the importance of stories for philanthropic success, whether conveyed through in-person opportunities, photography, video, web content, brochures, etc. They will include several examples and provide opportunities for feedback. Presenters will also present stories from their own institutions.

CIC colleges and universities are distinguished by our emphasis on mission. However, in an era of rapid change in both our institutions themselves and in the broader culture of higher education, commitment to mission can become fraught. What happens when institutional change challenges how core constituencies understand what the mission is or should be? Examples […]

One affinity group meeting will be held during this time. Click to view details.