Please find below the call for proposals for the edited collection Deirdre announced in Denver. Note that there are multiple options for how you might contribute. For the essay or narrative, we are asking for a proposal by 9/30. For the short response, we are asking for an initial draft by 10/15. Please pass this on to other thoughtful women in academic leadership. All the best, Michelle Navarre Call for proposals: Creating the New Landscape:HERS Alumni and the Future of Higher Education We seek submissions for an edited collection on the future of higher education from the women currently creating this future. Where formerly positions of importance on campuses in America were almost entirely occupied by men, women leaders can now be found in every area from the admissions office to the President’s office. These women are creating the future of higher education with transformative leadership at a time of exciting change in the academy. In this collection, women in the vanguard of higher education explore and offer new leaders strategies for navigating this future. If you are relatively new to higher education administration, we encourage you to consider partnering with a senior woman leader to write a submission. We are particularly interested in submissions that address any of the following: • The changing demographics of students, faculty or administrators and the implications for the future of higher education • Funding and economic challenges • Inclusivity, diversity, retention and success • Collaboration and or communication • Innovation and flexibility • Alternative delivery • The future of residential colleges • New research on learning and the future of higher education • The future competitive landscape of higher education • The future of global learning, civic engagement, community-based or service learning. • Unbundling the faculty role • The value of disciplines and working past and across them • The future of the liberal arts, arts, STEM fields, professional degrees or another area in higher education • Creating the future in any one of the following roles: Chancellor or Head of System, President, Provost, VP, Dean, Associate Dean, Director, Chair, CFO, CIO, Registrar Submission options: • A 15-20 page essay in which you identify a specific challenge for the future of higher education, provide an overview of how this challenge is currently being addressed, and offer a well-detailed solution. Please send a 200-500 word proposal that identifies the challenge, how it is currently being addressed and your proposed solution by August 31, 2013. • A 3-paragraph response to the following questions: What do you think is either the most pressing or most overlooked challenge that will face some specific sector of higher education in 10 years? Why? What is one specific step that you recommend for addressing this challenge? Please send a first draft by September 15th. • A 2-page narrative describing how you have successfully implemented some specific strategy or solution to make change happen in the academy. Please send a 150-300 word proposal via email as a rich text format document by September 30, 2013 to Deirdre Pettipiece Dean of Arts and Humanities Lehman College, City University of New York [email protected] Timeline: September 30th Long-essay and narrative proposals due October 15th First drafts of 3-paragraph submissions due. November 15th Reply to proposals January 1st First draft of submission due February 10thst Response to submissions March 21st Final drafts due
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:42:10 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015