In the Aspiring Leaders Academy, mid-career faculty who are interested in leadership, but have not yet served in a major leadership position, will receive structured counsel from academic leadership experts. Faculty in the Aspiring Leaders Academy will also be paired with an existing university leader, with whom they will work together on new and existing initiatives. Participants will take the skills learned during the pedagogical component and apply them in a practical setting while benefiting from personalized mentorship. Participants will also develop a cohort of peers, who are at a similar career stage, for continued support during their shadowing experience.

The Provost’s Distinguished Leadership Service Academy (DLSA) provides a formal organization of distinguished senior professional-track and tenured faculty members with extraordinary contributions and accomplishments across their professional portfolios and particularly in terms of their excellence in leadership, mentoring and service to their college or school, the university, the state and the nation.

The Research Leaders Academy will be run in partnership with the Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors (OVPR). This Academy is designed for established principal investigators, who aspire to lead, or who are already leading, large-scale research initiatives. Participants will learn how to scope a large-scale, shared scholarly vision with interdisciplinary colleagues, how to secure external funding to realize that shared vision, and how to successfully implement and manage their vision.

SEC Academic Leadership Development Program fellows engage in discussions and development initiatives designed to deepen their capacity to think and act effectively as future leaders in academia. This program partners with other SEC institutions to prepares faculty and academic leaders to advance their careers in a three-tiered fashion: a university-level development program, two SEC-wide workshops held on alternating campuses, and, lastly, a competitive fellowship designed to provide administrative growth opportunities.

The workshop sessions will include topics central to academic leadership development. Past topics have included strategies for resource management, communication strategies for leaders, navigating government relations, and programming for faculty development. During each session, participants will hear from SEC leaders and engage in discussion with their peers.