Sessions

Academic leaders have new challenges in managing large-scale change within an abbreviated time frame that often requires herculean effort with high risk. This “best practices” session examines strategies for major change and change leadership using the case study of a wholesale revision of the faculty handbook at two different institutions, and how handbook changes connect to larger governance and institutional reform.

Briefs from the Field is a moderated panel on the status of policy and practice in admissions and campus programming in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling: How does it feel to educate in a polarized environment?

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

Boxed lunches will be provided for all Institute participants. Roundtable discussion groups will provide opportunities to gain practical advice from colleagues. Discussion facilitators will be experienced colleagues with insight to offer on each topic.

This seminar will discuss current trends in college student mental health, major challenges, and the impact of the pandemic and other world events. The Jed Foundation’s comprehensive public health approach for promoting student mental health and reducing suicide and substance misuse will be presented and concrete strategies to support the emotional health of students will be provided. A brief overview of the Jed Campus program will be introduced and the impact of the program’s implementation on student outcomes will be discussed.

Data is not just for collection and visualizing; data can be a powerful tool in effective storytelling. As institution leaders work to more clearly and effectively tell the stories of their organization to a much wider and more skeptical audience, it is imperative to use data as a cornerstone of effective storytelling. This interactive seminar will focus on the foundations of using data as a key component of effective storytelling, while urging campus leaders to pause, reflect, evaluate, and innovate in their use of data. Participants will actively engage in table discussions and activities to practice storytelling with data.

The interactive seminars cover important issues that currently impact independent higher education. They are designed to be practical and hands on with clear learning outcomes. Each will include examples of replicable models for participants to use when faced with the situations covered by the seminars.

In this interactive seminar, two nonprofit leaders and one philanthropic funder, each with experience in mergers and partnerships, will discuss how these transactions are assessed and executed, and the role that different institutional constituents must play if the process is to be successful. The seminar will include the discussion of several real-world examples and there will be ample time for discussion and questions.

Leading positive change is now a fundamental part of every provost’s and vice president’s role. While it might not be an overt item on the senior staff agenda or professional development plan, success in this space is paramount to the success of any administration. Come discuss how to message change, demystify “innovation”, manage resistance, and ground in positive motivations. Learn 44 commonly stated objections to change within higher education, plus 11 innovation motivations that work to overcome those objections in this session that is both philosophical and tactical.