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CIC Expands Leadership Development Programs
CiC will significantly strengthen and expand
its leadership development activities with
a new grant of $300,000 from the Henry Luce
Foundation.
in announcing the grant, CiC president
Richard ekman said, “We are delighted that the
Luce Foundation recognizes the need for more
leadership development
opportunities for the nation’s
college and university leaders and that
Luce is placing its confidence in CiC
to develop programs to meet that need.
There are alarming indications that
traditional pathways to senior leadership
positions in higher education are less well
populated than they once were. At the
same time, a large proportion of people
now in senior leadership positions on
campus are rapidly nearing retirement.
Thus, the need to prepare future leaders
of colleges and universities has never been
greater.” ekman added, “This grant from
the Luce Foundation will make it possible
to create, expand, and deepen several CiC
leadership development programs, will
magnify the impact of those programs,
and will enable us to serve many more leaders.”
potential leaders.”
in addition to developing its own
programs over the past few years, CiC
has worked with other organizations—
including the Aspen institute, American
Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and
especially the American Academic Leadership institute (AALi)
and Academic Search, inc.—to develop and pilot several new
programs focused on the “leadership pipeline” and that address
the leadership needs of new and continuing academic department
and division chairs, mid-level administrators, new and continuing
chief academic officers, vice presidents interested in becoming
presidents, and new and continuing presidents.
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“this grant from the Luce
Foundation will make it
possible to create, expand,
and deepen several CIC
leadership development
programs, will magnify the
impact of those programs,
and will enable us to
serve many more potential
The Luce Foundation grant will enable CiC to expand the
following programs over three years, through 2015:
Senior Leadership Academy—This year-long Academy is
for mid-level administrators in higher education who aspire to
senior leadership positions in independent colleges or universities.
The purpose of the Academy is to prepare prospective leaders to
assume positions as the chief officers in any division—including
academic affairs, student affairs,
finance, enrollment management, and
advancement—in independent higher
education. The program consists of
seminars, readings and case studies
on college and university leadership,
experiential activities developed by
the participant, and mentoring by the
nominator and the program director, Ann
die Hasselmo, president of AALi and
president emerita, Hendrix College (AR).
Building on the support provided by AALi
and Academic Search, inc., Luce funds
will enable CiC to offer the program to a
group of up-and-coming campus leaders
each year for three years beginning in
2012.
Executive Leadership Academy—
This program helps prepare provosts
and vice presidents to serve as effective
college presidents. it was offered for the
first time in 2009–2010 for provosts only.
The year-long program focuses on aspects
of institutional leadership that are often
outside the vice presidents’ purview and
experience. (See story, page 17.) The Luce grant will support such
activities for each of three years.
Colloquium on Leadership for Chief Academic Officers:
Classic and Contemporary Readings—Offered for the first
time in July 2010 and cosponsored by AALi, this week-long
seminar was moderated by John Churchill, secretary of the
phi Beta Kappa Society, and combined text-based discussion
with pragmatic considerations of leadership issues. Sixty CAOs
applied, 25 were selected, and 23 participated in this seminar.
With Luce funding, Colloquia will be offered twice during the
three-year grant period.
—Richard Ekman, CIC