Advanced Track

The Advanced track is designed for faculty who want to explore campus-wide leadership opportunities and who have some administrative or leadership experience. With a smaller cohort of fifteen, this track focuses on group discussions and problem solving as participants build leadership skills and capacity. Through this program, participants will learn from both current Five College leaders and each other as they engage with workshops, case studies, and reflective practice over the course of the academic year. The Advanced track meets for three 1-day retreats and six shorter 90-minute meetings. In addition to these meetings, participating faculty will also select and meet regularly with a mentor throughout the year who will advise them on their leadership growth. This program includes a $4,000 participatory stipend and a $2,500 travel stipend for attendance at a leadership conference.

Eligible Faculty:

• Currently teach in the humanities or humanistic social sciences.
• Have some administrative or leadership experience at the department, center, or committee level.
• Want to learn more about a campus-wide leadership role or are currently serving in such a role.
• Tenured faculty, or faculty who are off the tenure line (e.g., professor of the practice), are eligible to apply. Tenure-track faculty are ineligible to apply.

• September 13 (all day):    Your Academic Leadership Path 
• October 25:                       Self-Care and Time Management 
• November 15:                   Incorporating DEI Goals into Leadership Work
• December 13:                   Managing Crises
• January 31 (all day):         Conflict and Leadership 
• February 28:                     Managing Budgets 
• March 28:                         Advocating for the Humanities on your Campus
• May 2:                              Applying to Leadership Roles 
• May 21 (all day):              Making Institutional Changes 

* All meetings with the exception of the last one will take place on Fridays. The shorter meetings will be held in the morning, 9am-10:30am. Information about each session will be sent out a week in advance and will include agenda, resources, venues and other logistical information.   

Information for current program participants can be found here.

2023-2024 

• September 15 (all day):  Your Academic Leadership Path | Amherst College
• October 6:                         Incorporating DEI Goals into Leadership Work | Hampshire College
• November 3:                     Authentic leadership and Self-Care | Smith College
• December 8:                     Prioritizing and Time Management | UMass
• January 26 (all day):        Conflict and Leadership | Mt Holyoke College
• February 16:                      Advocating for the Humanities on your Campus | Amherst College
• March 15:                           Applying to Leadership Roles | UMass
• April 19:                             Crisis Management | Hampshire College
• May 22 (all day):              Making Institutional Changes | Smith College

* All meetings will take place on Fridays. The shorter meetings will be held in the morning.  

Please contact Diana Marginean (dmarginean@fivecolleges.edu) with any questions.