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 Academic Leadership for the 21st Century
CIC, in partnership with the American Academic Leadership Institute
(AALI) and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
(AASCU), has developed a new program that helps prepare CAOs to
serve as effective college presidents. The year-long program focuses
on aspects of institutional leadership that are often outside the CAO’s
purview and consists of two seminars, ongoing webinars and reading
exercises, experiential programs and activities focused on specific areas
of presidential responsibility, and mentoring. The need for such a program is evident, given recent reports from search
consultants about smaller applicant pools in many presidential searches,
an increase in the median age of those currently serving as presidents
that will likely lead to a large number of presidential retirements in the
coming years, and a decrease in the number of chief academic officers
pursuing presidencies.
Funder: American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI)
Program Status: Twenty CAOs from CIC institutions and 21 CAOs from AASCU institutions were admitted to the first round of the program. The first seminar, which covers many of the nonacademic
content areas of the president’s role, took place August 4–6, 2009; the second took place January 13–14, 2010, both in Washington, DC.
The first seminar of the second round of the program will take place on July 12-16, 2010, in Annapolis, MD.
Questions regarding the Academic Leadership for the 21st Century program should be directed
to Barbara Hetrick, CIC Senior Vice President, at bhetrick@cic.nche.edu or (202) 466-7230.
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