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List of national leadership opportunities in family policy

Compiled by the NCFR Family Policy section
  • AAC&U Institute on Campus Leadership for Sustainable Innovation.  A weeklong experience for teams of faculty members and an academic administrator to create learning-centered institutions.   http://www.aacu.org
  • AASCU Millenium Leadership Institute (MLI) is a four-day professional development institute held each June, followed by a year-long mentoring component with an assigned president or chancellor.  Designed to train people with the potential to become campus executive officers.  http://www.aascu.org/mli
  • ACE (OWHE) National Leadership Forums play an important role in the continuing identification and promotion of women for senior-level positions, especially presidencies.  Forums are invitational and are held twice each year.  Approximately 200 of the over 1,000 women who have attended a Forum have subsequently become college or university presidents.  http://www.acenet.edu/programs/owhe/forum.cfm
  • ACE (OWHE) Presidents’ Roundtable, a program of the Office of Women in Higher Education, provides college presidents with the opportunity to network, share perspectives on a particular topic or concern, consult with ACE on presidential staying power, and contribute their observations to the Roundtable. http://www.acenet.edu/programs/owhe/roundtable.cfm
  • ACE State Network Leadership Development Programs is an affiliation of State Coordinators that organize state planning committees to sponsor programs to identify qualified women leaders, develop their leadership in a variety of ways, advance them into administrative positions in higher education and assist them with staying power. http://www.acenet.edu/programs/owhe/network-state.cfm
  • ACE’s (OWHE) Leadership Development Service is for individuals at the department chair, director level, and above who are interested in being considered for leadership development opportunities. http://www.acenet.edu/programs/owhe/developing.cfm
  • The African-American Leadership Program is a program for experienced African-American managers designed to stimulate a process of growth that will help each participant become more successful and productive.  In addition, it offers a secure forum for African-American professionals to explore, in a substantive way, those issues that impact their career objectives.  Individuals evaluate their own leadership styles, discuss how others perceive their effectiveness, and receive guidance in developing realistic, practical and effective plans for personal and professional growth.  Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership.  http://www.ccl.org/programs/aalp/index.html/
  • The American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program is a year-long higher education leadership development program.  It identifies and prepares senior faculty and administrators seeking to strengthen higher education through leadership development.  http://www.acenet.edu/programs/fellows/ or e-mail at fellows@ace.nche.edu
  • Asheville Institute in General Education.  A weeklong experience for teams of faculty and administrators working on a specific plan to improve their general education programs. 
  • Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute has a variety of leadership programs to address the challenges facing Asian American and Pacific Islander women and to nurture trusteeship within their communities.  http://www.apawli.org/
  • The Center for Creative Leadership offers a variety of leadership programs.  These programs are held in several locations throughout the country.  http://www.ccl.org/
  • Chairing the Academic Department, a program within ACE’s Center for Institutional and International Initiatives (CIII) is designed for division and department chairs and deans and focuses on departmental leadership.  These workshops seek to support the development of the chair as an academic leader within the department and within the institution as a whole.  http://www.acenet.edu/programs/dlp/
  • Council for Christian Colleges & Universities Women’s Leadership Development Institute (WLDI) is designed to identify and equip women who have been gifted and called by God to senior academic positions in Christian higher education.   http://www.cccu.org/news/
  • Foundations of Leadership is for managers in the early stages of their leadership careers, as well as more experienced managers who haven’t had a leadership training experience and would like to start with the fundamentals.  The program teaches the basics of effective leadership, focusing on personal awareness and growth, working relationships, influence skills and conflict resolution.  It creates a foundation for understanding the challenges facing a new manager and for helping the individual improve leadership skills and behaviors at a formative stage in his or her career.  Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership. http://www.ccl.org/programs/fol/index.html
  • The Gannon Center for Women and Leadership (Loyola University of Chicago) promotes women’s studies programs and progress and provides archives documenting women in leadership and education.  It contributes to the development of women as scholars and leaders by providing outstanding role models and mentors, and by offering resources and research data enabling women to expand their contributions to the workplace, academia, and the community.  http://www/luc.edu/orgs/gannon/
  • The Harvard Seminar for New Presidents.  The Seminar provides new, first-time presidents with a practical and conceptual orientation to the presidency.  It familiarizes new presidents with the opportunities and hazards they will likely face, and prepares them to respond to the multiple responsibilities and constituencies of their new office.  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ppe/programs/newpres/programs.html
  • Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) and the Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education offers women faculty and administrators intensive training in education administration pertinent to the management and governance of colleges and universities.  It is designed to improve the status of women in middle and executive levels of higher education administration pertinent to the management and governance of colleges and universities.  It is designed to improve the status of women in middle and executive levels of higher education administration.  http://www.brynmawr.edu/summerinstitute/
  • Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) and The Management Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College involves five sequential weekends throughout the academic year for women faculty and academic professionals.  Objective of the program is to prepare women for deanships and other senior-level positions.  http://www.wellesley.edu/WCW/Hers/Frm_Home.htm
  • Institute for Educational Management (IEM) is designed for the most senior-level administrators.   Examine critical leadership issues at colleges and universities.  Learn effective approaches to balancing internal and external leadership roles; leading in a changing context; articulating a powerful vision for your institution; and enlisting others in that vision.  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ppe/programs/iem/program.htm
  • Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) offers leadership training programs to advance a comprehensive strategy of Asian Pacific Americans.  http://www.leap.org
  • Leading Creatively is a program for experienced managers who could benefit from new creative perspectives to deal with challenging leadership issues.  Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership.  http://www.ccl.org/programs/lc/index.html
  • NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) provides professional development, promotes practices by helping senior student affairs officers and administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and other educators enhances student learning and development.  http://www.naspa.org/
  • The Management Development Program (MDP) of Harvard University is designed for deans, directors, and other administrators who are good at leading their units but want to improve.  Participants gain useful ideas about the critical management issues they face including budgeting, human resource development, planning, and effective leadership.  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ppe/programs/mdp/program.html
  • The MLE Leading Transformation and Change is a two-week institute offered by the Harvard School of Graduate Education for skilled, experienced administrators, including deans, directors, provosts, and vice presidents who will help their institutions adapt to a changing future.  Information on other institutes is available on this site as well.  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ppe/programs/mle/program/html
  • NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) provides professional development, promotes practices by helping senior student affairs officers and administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and other educators enhances student learning and development.  http://www.naspa.org/
  • The National Hispanic Leadership Institute is a nonpartisan, non-profit, organization.  It is committed to the education and leadership development of Hispanic women.  http://www.nhli.org/
  • Women Administrators in Higher Education (WAHE) is an informal network of women professionals from national higher education associations and DC metropolitan area colleges and universities, supporting the professional and personal development of members through conferences, networking opportunities, cultural and educational events, and topical discussions with guest speakers.  http://www.waheweb.info/
  • The Women’s Leadership Program is for women in middle- and senior-level managerial positions and focuses on issues and perceptions surrounding women’s leadership and work experiences.  Offered by the Center for Creative Leadership.  http://www.ccl.org/programs/wlp/index.html
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