Strategic-Leadership Program All-Access Package | January 2025

Join us in January for a virtual professional development program which will help department chairs overcome the challenges of their unique role and create a strategic vision for individual and departmental growth, with the support of seasoned academic leaders.

Program Structure

Each of the four elements of this program will help department chairs understand their next steps in the role, in the context of their department, their institution, and in higher ed more broadly.

Part I: Contexts Seminars

The first two sessions in the program will provide chairs with information on the national higher-ed context in which they and their institutions are operating. These seminars include:

• National Trends in Higher Education | Tuesday, January 21, 11 a.m. ET
• Understanding the Higher Ed Business Model | Tuesday, January 21, 2 p.m. ET

These sessions will be recorded and distributed to registrants upon conclusion.

Part II: Foundations Workshop

This small-group collaborative workshop will:

• Provide chairs a space to process and contextualize the previous seminars
• Dive into thinking about individual and departmental goals

You will be able to select your session time at checkout, and this session will not be recorded.

Part III: Application Seminars

These seminars will provide chairs with practical opportunities to engage with experts on the management side of interpersonal relationships within their departments. These seminars include:

• Managing Conflict | Friday, January 24, 11 a.m. ET
• Creating a Culture of Belonging in Your Department | Friday, January 24, 2 p.m. ET

These sessions will be recorded and distributed to registrants upon conclusion.

Part IV: Synthesis Workshop

This small-group collaborative workshop will:

• Provide chairs a space to synthesize the content from the full program with their individual reflections
• Guide chairs in creating a robust go-forward plan for personal or departmental action.

You will be able to select your session time at checkout, and this session will not be recorded.

Please be sure to make calendar reminders for your selected workshops, and to save these times so that you have them in your records. All program times are in Eastern time.

Additional Resources

In addition to collaborative workshops and high-level seminars, you'll also receive additional resources, including digital copies of:

• The Chronicle Guide to Departmental Leadership, a comprehensive manual of critical data, advice, and analysis
• Building a Faculty That Flourishes, a Chronicle report
• The Chronicle’s Trends Report
• A Toolbox for Department Chairs, a Chronicle article collection

Workshop participation is limited to current, incoming, or acting department chairs. We will review all registrants, and refund as necessary. Not a department chair? Register for the seminars.

Your purchase includes access to the two workshops and the associated six seminars. Zoom links and event access instructions will be sent separately from workshops@chronicle.com. Please add workshops@chronicle.com and workshops@cs.chronicle.com to your approved senders to ensure that communications arrive directly to your inbox.

Discounted rates are available for groups of 10 or more department chairs. Contact workshops@chronicle.com for more information.

If you are registering on behalf of a department chair, please email workshops@chronicle.com with the event attendee's first/last name, email address, title, and institution.

Visit the event page to learn more.

*Time of seminar topics is subject to change.

Refund Policy: For planning purposes, there are no refunds, including for missed sessions.