Topic: leadership
The Power of the ACE Fellows Program: Preparing Leaders to Serve
Sherri Lind Hughes, a former ACE Fellows Program participant and now director, writes about the power of the program to prepare leaders in higher education.
Women’s March on Washington: Where Do We Go From Here?
California State University, San Marcos, President Karen Haynes on the implications of the women’s march and higher education.
Higher Education Can Lead the Way Toward a More Tolerant Society
As Americans, we are privileged to have the world’s premier system of higher education, writes ACE’s Lorelle Espinosa. And as a laboratory for ideas and exchange, higher education can further lead the way to a more tolerant society through the actions of its leaders and the engagement of its whole community of learners.
Budgeting for Institutional Success
When higher education leaders gather, no theme is more common—or as tension-filled—as budgeting. ACE Leadership Director Jim Sirianni looks at the budget models available to colleges and universities institutions, and the need to move forward together on a high-impact change when adopting a new model.
Shared Governance, Shared Responsibility: One CAO’s Lessons Learned
In many ways, these are times of upheaval in American higher education. Operating assumptions that institutions have relied upon to guide practice seem no longer to be reliably practical or even wise. Birmingham-Southern College (AL) Provost Michelle Behr shares tips culled from BSC’s experience with engaging faculty to help address the challenges facing their college.
What Should Boards Know About Teaching?
The Association of Governing Boards’ Trusteeship Magazine recently asked Kevin P. Reilly, president emeritus and Regent Professor at the University of Wisconsin System, about his work with the new national teacher training and credentialing program spearheaded by ACUE and ACE, and why it’s so important that boards understand what good teaching is and how to promote it on their campuses.
Q&A: Margaret Drugovich, New Chair of ACE Women’s Network Executive Council
Sook-Yi Yong, senior program manager for ACE Leadership, recently sat down with Hartwick College (NY) President Margaret L. Drugovich to talk about the most pressing issues facing higher education, her path to becoming a college president, and her plans for the ACE Women’s Network, a national system of networks within each state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia that works to advance and support women in higher education.
ACE Fellows Program Opening Retreat: Mile High Management and Leadership in Action
Since 1965, more than 1,800 vice presidents, deans, department chairs, faculty, and other emerging leaders have participated in the ACE Fellows Program. Over the next nine months, ACE Leadership Vice President Lynn M. Gangone will bring an inside look to the program as the members of the 2016-17 cohort embark on a path to senior higher education leadership. First up, the opening retreat.
The American College President: Reflections and New Developments for ACE’s Signature Study
Earlier this year, ACE’s Center for Policy Research and Strategy distributed the survey for the eighth edition of the American College President Study (ACPS), which was first administered in 1986. Across three decades, the ACPS has earned a reputation as a one-of-a-kind research tool that presents a unique and comprehensive portrait of the presidency and the higher education leadership pipeline.
Individual Acts of Inclusivity Have the Greatest Impact
There has been a great deal of energy expended on diversifying the faculty on college campuses in recent years, and the discussion has ramped up lately with the focus on student protests and demands for a more inclusive campus climate. ACE’s Kim Bobby discusses effective processes for building and retaining a diverse faculty—and how true inclusivity takes individual self-reflection and action.