Leadership Development Program Application

Apply to the Becoming a Provost Academy, Emerging Leaders Program, Executive Leadership Academy, Millennium Leadership Initiative, and Student Success Institute.

The deadline for applications and endorsements is February 10, 2025.

A full submission requires candidates to complete this form, and an endorser to endorse your candidacy (via a separate form) by February 10, 2025. You will receive a confirmation email once your submission is complete (this may take 2-3 business days after submitting application and endorsement).

Please note that you must complete this form in one sitting. Some fields are conditional; select the program for which you are applying to view all required application questions. You may wish to prepare your responses in a word document and then paste them into the appropriate fields.

Please contact leadershipdevelopment@aascu.org with questions.

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Applicant Information

Full Name*

First Last

Title/Role*

Institution*

No abbreviations please.

Email*

Which leadership development program are you applying for?*

Becoming a Provost Academy

Emerging Leaders Program

Executive Leadership Academy

Millennium Leadership Initiative

Student Success Institute

Becoming a Provost Academy (BAPA): for experienced deans, assistant or associate provosts, and other academic affairs senior administrators who aspire to become a provost. Preference is given to candidates from AASCU member institutions. → More information.

Emerging Leaders Program (ELP): for academic and administrative professionals who are exploring opportunities to advance to higher administrative positions. Preference is given to candidates from AASCU member institutions. → More information.

Executive Leadership Academy (ELA): campus leaders and cabinet-level officers aspiring to presidencies and other senior executive positions. → More information.

Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI): for vice presidents and cabinet-level officers traditionally underrepresented (women, people of color, LGBTQIA, and others) who are one to two career advancements away from becoming a university president. Preference is given to candidates from AASCU and MLI member institutions. → More information.

Student Success Institute (SSI): for provosts and vice presidents of student affairs with more than one year in the role, focused on student success. Participants may come alone or as a team. → More information.

Program Information

What goals have you set for yourself regarding your own personal and professional development as a leader? (both long and short-term). Please provide 3-5 goals.*

Please explain what you hope to gain by participating in this leadership development program. How will it contribute to your leadership aspirations?*

ELP Project Category*

Participants will lead a project or initiative at their home campuses over the course of the academic year, under the guidance of a designated mentor. The project will have an impact on the campus community and also align with the participant’s professional goals. Please select up to two categories that align with your project’s focus and/or desired outcomes.

Teacher Education

Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Justice; Belonging

International Education

Steward of Place for Institutional and Regional Sustainability

Student Success and College Completion

Sustainability and Sustainable Development

Civic Learning and Community Engagement

Promising Practices

Other

Campus Project

Please follow this format for this response:

1-2 sentence general description of your project
2 desired outcomes using bullet points
1-2 sentences explaining how your project connects to your professional/leadership goals. Visit the ELP webpage for details and examples of Participant-led Projects or Initiatives.

Describe your campus project and its impact on your professional short and long-term goals:*

What are your institution's top student success goals and recent accomplishments?*

What are the most prominent barriers or challenges to achieving institutional student success goals?*

How will your participation in this program help to promote institutional student success goals?*

Upload your current resume/CV*

PDF format accepted.

Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Confirm Availability

MLI Program Format and Timeline

Programming will be a blended format with 2 in-person and up to 7 virtual engagements. In-person programming will not be livestreamed or otherwise recorded. 100% attendance and participation is expected. Virtual programming will take place on select Tuesdays between 3 and 5 p.m. ET (exact dates TBD).

Two in-person seminars in Washington, DC (June 11-14, 2025 and March 11-13, 2026)
Up to 7 interactive 60- to 120-minute virtual sessions – select Tuesdays between 3 and 5 p.m. ET between August 2025 and March 2026 (exact dates TBA)
Mentoring with current AASCU presidents and chancellors (September 2025 – March 2026)
Coaching with MLI President in Residence (November 2025-March 2026)

Please check the box to commit to full participation in MLI.*

I commit

ELP Program Format and Timeline

Programming will be a blended experience, with in-person and virtual programming. In-person programming will not be livestreamed or otherwise recorded. 100% attendance and participation is expected. Virtual programming will take place on select Wednesdays and Fridays between 3 and 5 p.m. ET (exact dates TBD).

Up to 12 interactive 60-to 120-minute interactive virtual sessions (May 2025 and August–December 2025)
An intensive in-person program at AASCU’s Washington, D.C. office (June 24–26, 2025)
A project or initiative the participant leads on their home campus

Please check the box to commit to full participation in ELP.*

I commit

BAPA Program Format and Timeline

Programming will be delivered in a blended format, with in-person and virtual programming. In-person programming will not be livestreamed or otherwise recorded. 100% attendance and participation is expected.

Two in-person seminars (July 17-18, 2025, Indianapolis, IN and July 2026) which will be held in conjunction with the AASCU Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders
Regularly scheduled virtual workshops (August 2025 – June 2026)
The creation of a Professional Experience Plan (PEP), a highly individualized plan of activities developed by the participant and their mentor
Mentorship by both the participant’s campus mentor and the program director designed to fill the identified gaps in the participant’s expertise and experience

Please check the box to commit to full participation in BAPA.*

I commit

ELA Program Format and Timeline

Two in-person seminars in Washington, DC (June 16-17, 2025 and June 12-13, 2026)
Regularly scheduled virtual workshops (July 2025–May 2026)
The creation of a highly individualized Professional Experience Plan (PEP) designed to fill “gaps” in the participant’s expertise and experience
Mentorship by both the participant’s current president and the program director

Please check the box to commit to full participation in ELA.*

I commit

SSI Program Format and Timeline

An intensive in-person program at AASCU’s Washington, D.C. office (September 9-11, 2025)
Two interactive virtual workshops (November 2025 and February 2026)
Regular coaching sessions with program faculty (December 2025 – June 2026)
A student success plan that the participant designs for their campus
Campus plan presentations at the AASCU 2026 Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders (July 2026, date and location TBA)

Are you applying as a pair?*

Optionally, a provost and a vice president for student affairs may both apply/enroll in SSI and work on the same campus plan.

Yes

Please check the box to commit to full participation in SSI.*

I commit

Demographic Information

What is your race? (Please check all that apply)*

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander

White

Other

Prefer not to say

Are you Hispanic or Latinx/a/o?*

Yes

Prefer not to say

What is your gender?*

Man

Woman

Non-binary

I use another term

Prefer not to say

Do you identify as transgender?*

Yes

Prefer not to say

What is your sexual orientation?*

Straight/Heterosexual

Gay or Lesbian

Bisexual

Queer

I use another term

Prefer not to say

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Leadership Development Program Application

The deadline for applications and endorsements is February 10, 2025.

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Leadership Development Program Application

The deadline for applications and endorsements is February 10, 2025.

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