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 for Arts & Sciences (CCAS) 

Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU) 

New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) 

College Board Higher Ed Colloquium (CBHEC)

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 

American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD) 

Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) 

National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) 

AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success 

AAC&U 2025 Forum on Transformational Leadership

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 

International Council for Arts Deans (ICFAD)

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

Annual Faculty Affairs Retreat (AFAR)

Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) 

 

 

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. Details on the make-up process will be shared after the start of the program with all participants. 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.