The Chronicle's Higher-Ed Leadership Institute | May 2026

Fostering Collaboration and Resiliency to Navigate Change

The foundations of higher education continue to be tested, with new threats emerging each day—and no signs of slowing down. Our Higher-Ed Leadership Institute has been designed to support leaders across both academic and administrative roles in embodying the skills needed to advance their personal, team, and institutional goals.

Program Structure: Choose from three focused workshop intensives, or join all three for the All-Access experience. Those registering for All-Access will also receive exclusive access to:

• A 90-minute Capstone session on June 16 at 1 PM ET to help carry the concepts from all three intensives forward in your daily work.

Intensive 1: Showing Up  | May 12, 12 - 4 PM ET

Leadership Competencies in Challenging Times

Even the most experienced leaders can have difficulty showing up the way they want to amidst constant turbulence and uncertainty. In this four-hour virtual workshop, program facilitators will break down concepts and tools that can help you embody your best leadership qualities and understand your own reaction and response to outside environmental factors. 

Intensive 2: Engaging Others  | May 13, 12 - 4 PM ET

Building Trust and Resiliency Across Your Teams

As a leader, one the greatest challenges you might come across is balancing the needs of your team members, ensuring that they are supported in being their most innovative and productive versions of themselves. In this four-hour workshop, participants will explore their impact on their team and learn ways to positively leverage their influence to increase trust and encourage action.

Intensive 3: Driving Change  | May 21, 12 - 4 PM ET

Creating Sustainable and Dynamic Impact

On a strategic level, your role as a leader within the institution is ultimately to deliver sustainable and dynamic innovation to drive success. In this four-hour workshop, participants will explore their potential to influence institutional initiatives by embodying core skills of collaboration, innovation, and exploration. 

All packages also include:

• The Chronicle Report, Today’s Mission Critical Campus Jobs
• The Chronicle Report, Preparing for Tough Conversations
• A Guided Leadership Development Workbook

All Zoom links and event access instructions will be sent to participants separately. Please add workshops@chronicle.com and workshops@cs.chronicle.com to your approved senders to ensure that all instructions arrive to your inbox directly. 

Discounted rates and custom programming are available for groups of 10 or more. Contact workshops@chronicle.com for more information. 

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

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