Department Leaders Summer Institute

The Department Leaders Summer Institute provides an opportunity for department leaders to have face-to-face conversations about the various challenges of administering a department and to share successful practices for dealing with these challenges. The inaugural institute was held in 2018; view the recap. The second summer institute was held on June 11–13, 2019 at Loyola University, Chicago; view the recap.

The next Department Leaders Summer Institute will be held June 15 -17, 2021. The location is yet to be determined.  

Department leaders have an opportunity to assist with shaping the agenda that could include the following topics:

• Student mental health
• Connecting students to professions
• Equity and inclusion in hires and student admissions
• Methods training
• Teaching and learning outcome assessment consistency, curriculum mapping
• Service-learning and public outreach
• Supporting student research and field experiences
• Title IX & sexual harassment prevention; policy more generally
• Contingent faculty
• Advocating on behalf of your department (fending off threats)

Questions?

Please contact: Daniel Ginsberg