2023-2024 Intro Program Information

National leadership conferences offer an excellent opportunity to meet other academic leaders and hear how campuses nationwide are tackling challenges in the always-shifting landscape of higher-ed leadership and administration. In order to encourage program attendees to attend conferences like this, every participant in this program receives a $2500 travel stipend for leadership-related travel. The travel stipend supports attendance at a professional conference, leadership training, or a comparable event related to the goals of the grant. These funds are intended to encourage new experiences and may not be used to support research-related travel. Below, we have listed some sample non-disciplinary conferences that would satisfy the stipulations. These are all great opportunities, but they are not the only options to use these funds. For example, in certain instances, discipline-specific conferences have panels or aspects on administration that might support leadership growth.

Once you make a plan to use your Travel Stipend, feel free to check with Assistant Director Diana Marginean (dmarginean@fivecolleges.edu) to confirm that it qualifies if it is not among the conferences listed below. And, because we like to learn from and keep track of participant experiences, we will ask everyone to write up a short paragraph describing your planned or completed travel for our records at the end of the program. 

Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences (CCAS) 

Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU) 

New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) 

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 

Second Nature 2024 Higher Education Climate Leadership 

American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD) 

SXSW EDU 2024 Conference and Festival (SXSW EDU) 

Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) 

National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) 

AAC&U Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success (AAC&U) 

Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 

AAC&U Conference on General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment (AAC&U)  

National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education (NCORE) 

Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) 

The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) July 21-23, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA

International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) October 10-11, 2024* in Montreal, Quebec

Sustainability Leaders (SL) October 2024 in The Garden of Amsterdam

New England Humanities Consortium (NEHC) 2024 Annual Meeting to be announced.

Leadership Development Program for Higher Education (LEAP) 2024 Advance Program dates to be announced. 

Arts Administrators in Higher Education (AAHE) 2024 Annual Meeting to be announced.

Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) 2024 Annual Conference to be announced. 

 

Please note, grant project staff often attend several of these each year. If you intend on attending any of these conferences and meetings, please let us know. We will connect participants and staff who plan to attend the same conference.

*The travel stipend is to be used by June 30, 2025.

Our attendance policy is designed to ensure that all participants are fully engaged in our professional development program. We also realize that 'life happens' and unforeseen events arise that must be attended to. For the Introductory program, missing one session counts as one absence. Participants are expected to make up the first and second missed sessions. The make-up format is flexible. The program will provide a learning opportunity, or participants may suggest a two-hour professional development opportunity for approval from the program. Because the stipend for this program is meant as compensation for your engagement with this program, any absences beyond that will reduce the amount of your stipend, regardless of the reason.