Leading Academic Units provides academic leaders in these roles the opportunity to learn strategies for leading and supporting student success efforts within and beyond their academic units. Regardless of the initiative that each community member has been tasked with leading, during their year in this community, they will learn effective leadership techniques for ensuring that student success remains a priority for their academic units and that strategies they use are appropriate for their student population, institutional structure, and organizational culture.
Dates: To be announced.
Current or newly-appointed leaders of academic units or academic efforts that span units such as:
Teams of academic leaders from the same institution are encouraged to enroll together. Such groups may include fellow deans from the same institution or a combination of deans and chairs from the same institution.
During the year-long community, you will gain the following competencies as you act to reduce student outcome disparities and successfully transform institutional practice:
Helping you align student success efforts to academic unit goals and institutional mission
Using institutional data to assess student outcomes and intervention efforts in order to identify potential barriers to success
Evaluating domains and strategies for improving student success against the context and resources of their institution
Identifying your levers of influence as a leader and building a cross-functional coalition for your initiative
Applying leadership strategies to implement mandated student success initiatives
Planning for the continuous improvement of student success efforts using data-driven decisions and cross-functional input
Registration opens soon!
Monthly virtual meetings with opportunities to network with and learn from peers in similar roles at other institutions.
Expert facilitators addressing timely strategies for leadership, student success, and change management.
Guidance and support as members implement or launch a student success initiative at their own institutions.
To be announced.
Teams of academic leaders from the same institution are encouraged to enroll together. Such groups may include fellow deans from the same institution or a combination of deans and chairs from the same institution.
Register as a team of 4 or more from the same institution and receive a 10% discount for all participants.
Updated: March 12, 2026
