AASCU on the Hill
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AASCU Consulting
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Student Success Equity Intensive
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New Presidents Academy
Join state university peers to prepare for the specific challenges first-time presidents and chancellors are likely to face.
Register today.
The leadership program for new state college and university presidents and chancellors.
NPA is tailored to the distinctive needs of new presidents and chancellors who lead state colleges and universities.
Who Should Participate
- The 2023 academy is open to first-time AASCU member and non-member presidents and chancellors appointed after July 2022. Exceptions may be made for presidents who began prior to July 2022 if space permits.
How You’ll Benefit
- Comprehensive preparation in the areas of most critical concern to presidents
- Build a strong and supportive network of new and seasoned presidents
- Acquire core knowledge and learn strategies that will help you succeed as a new president or chancellor
- Strengthen your leadership skills
- Assess and reflect on your leadership strengths and define areas for growth
- Engage in a mentoring partnership with an experienced president.
- Connect with a diverse faculty of experienced presidents, chancellors, and experts in advancement, communications, governance, and financial management
What to Expect
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion discussions will be integrated throughout the program
- Dialogues about AASCU institutions’ commitment to access and student success outcomes will be included throughout
- We are committed to creating a supportive, engaging, and customized learning environment built on trust, confidentiality, and safety among the cohort
- Program content is reevaluated each year to ensure we are meeting the needs of current presidents and chancellors and covering topics critical to the current context of higher education leadership
- Support new presidents with a practical orientation to the presidency.
- Create a community of support for new presidents to include peers and experienced (current and retired) presidents. The NPA network is an invaluable resource for presidents throughout their careers
- Explore the president’s multiple roles
- Assess current state of university including the effectiveness of the senior team
- Role of the president
- Crisis management
- Equity-minded, student-centered leadership
- Fundraising
- Strategic planning
- Advocacy, government relations and advancement
- Building and engaging your leadership team
- Financial management
The 2023 NPA will take place from July to December 2023.
The program will feature:
- Four-day, in-person gathering (July 26-29, 2023 at the Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, California)
- Monthly interactive cohort gatherings held over three months (August, September, and October)
- Half-day in-person gathering in conjunction with AASCU’s Annual Conference (November 5, 2023 at the Fairmont Chicago, Illinois)
- Optional small group reflection and discussion sessions regarding each participant’s leadership challenge
- Asynchronous learning modules (pre-reads)
- Formal mentoring with NPA faculty and current and retired AASCU presidents and chancellors
- Access to AASCU (phone a friend) resource list of AASCU presidents and chancellors
The in-person gathering for the 2024 NPA will be July 24-27, 2024, at the Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, CA.
- The 2023 academy is open to first-time AASCU member and non-member presidents and chancellors appointed after July 2022.
- Exceptions may be made for presidents who began prior to July 2022 if space permits.
- All eligible members will be admitted as space allows.
- Nonmembers who are eligible will be allowed to register if space is available.
No formal application is required.
2023 Registration Fees
- Presidents/Chancellors from AASCU member institutions: $4,500
- Presidents/Chancellors from non-member institutions: $5,500
- The registration fee covers the virtual program, materials, and meals for 4 days, in-person gathering.
Scholarships
- Limited scholarships are available to accepted applicants from AASCU member institutions.
Cancellation Policy
- Cancellation requests received on or after June 1, 2023 are NOT eligible for a refund.
- If you need to cancel after May 1, please email leadershipdevelopment@aascu.org to explore if you are eligible for a deferral to a different iteration of NPA or receive a credit toward a different program.
Meet the 2023 NPA faculty.
NPA has convened an impressive faculty of current and former presidents, chancellors, cabinet-level administrators, and national subject matter experts.
Testimonials
NPA is an absolute must for all new college and university presidents. The depth of knowledge of the faculty and laser focus on mission critical best practices for success are extremely valuable. The intentionality and rich diversity of the NPA faculty and cohort members also speaks volumes about AASCU’s preeminent role in shaping the future of higher education.
Absolutely amazing. The right experience at the right time. I can see tangible ways that this is going to help me accelerate my transition, listen more deeply, and advance the work among a network of equity-minded colleagues.
Meet the 2022 Cohort
Ericke S.
Cage
President
West Virginia State University
Bret
Danilowicz
President
Radford University (VA)
Wendell
Godwin
President
East Central University (OK)
Janet
Gooch
Chancellor
University of Illinois Springfield
Bo
Hannaford
President
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Adreain
Henry
President
Mercy College of Health Sciences (IA)
J. Carlos
Hernandez
President
Sul Ross State University (TX)
John L.
Hoffman
President
Bemidji State University (MN)
Sheila Edwards
Lange
Chancellor
University of Washington Tacoma
Ming-Tung “Mike”
Lee
Interim President
Sonoma State University (CA)
Carolyn Ringer
Lepre
President
Salisbury University (MD)
Michelle
Malott
Former Interim Chancellor
Indiana University East
Steven
Mauro
President
“State University of New York, Alfred State College of Technology”
Shari G.
McMahan
President
Eastern Washington University
James T.
Minor
Chancellor
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Nancy S.
Niemi
President
Framingham State University (MA)
Milagros “Milly”
Peña
President
Purchase College, State University of New York
Stephen
Perez
Former Interim President
San José State University (CA)
Vanya
Quiñones
President
California State University Monterey Bay
Stacey
Robertson
President
Widener University (PA)
Kelly A.
Ryan
President
Eastern Oregon University
David
Schecter
President
East Georgia State College
Todd
Shields
Chancellor
Arkansas State University Jonesboro
Aswani
Volety
Chancellor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Lisa
Vollendorf
President
“State University of New York, Empire State College”
Darrell P.
Wheeler
President
State University of New York at New Paltz
Daniel K.
Wims
President
Alabama A&M University
Richard
Yao
President
California State University Channel Islands
Our Partners
Application Details
The 2023 academy is open to first-time AASCU member and non-member presidents and chancellors appointed after July 2022. Exceptions may be made for presidents who began prior to July 2022 if space permits. All eligible members will be admitted as space allows. Nonmembers who are eligible will be allowed to register if space is available.
Application Requirements
- No application required
Important Dates
- Registration for 2023 NPA is open. Register today.
Join us as part of our 2023 NPA cohort.
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Presidential Postsecondary Value Commission Task Force
AASCU works to expand life-changing opportunities and close opportunity gaps. We know it is more important than ever to better understand and communicate the value of postsecondary education.
Learn more.Answering the call.
AASCU and our members play a vital role in reimagining a postsecondary education system centered on ensuring equitable value and reimagining our postsecondary system as an instrument to create a stronger and more just society together.
AASCU presidents answered the call to action issued by former AASCU Board Chair and President of the Arkansas State University System Chuck Welch to engage in a coordinated and organized effort to further the work of the 2021 Postsecondary Value Commission (PVC) report that proposed a new approach for measuring the value of education after high school. AASCU President Mildred García co-chaired the commission.
Following the call, AASCU formed the Presidential Postsecondary Value Commission Task Force. The task force is focused on the five key areas the PVC Commission outlined:
- Equalize access to increase postsecondary value
- Remove affordability as an impediment to postsecondary value
- Eliminate completion gaps and strengthen post-college outcomes to ensure postsecondary value
- Improve data to expose and address inequitable postsecondary value
- Promote social justice by providing equitable postsecondary value
Task Force Goals:
- Engage in a coordinated and organized effort to further the work of the Postsecondary Value Commission report to place a spotlight on AASCU institutions as a collective.
- Share the equity work outlined in the report that our institutions are already doing via promising practices that demonstrate value added through personal enrichment, preparation for successful careers, and contributions to society.
Share your promising practice.
To help AASCU institutions tell their story as it relates to the action agenda, we created an online portal for members to submit their promising practices.
Share practices.AASCU member campuses are taking charge for a better tomorrow. Read and share what your colleagues around the country are doing to make a difference.
Read stories.Meet the Presidential Postsecondary Value Commission Task Force
Heidi M.
Anderson
President
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Virginia (Ginny)
Arthur
President
Metro State University (MN)
José Luis
Cruz Rivera
President
Northern Arizona University
Kelly
Damphousse
President
Texas State University
Kristin G.
Esterberg
Chancellor
University of Washington Bothell
Mildred
García
President
AASCU
Robert
Glenn
President
University of Houston-Victoria (TX)
Sandra D.
Haynes
Chancellor
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Saúl
Jiménez-Sandoval
President
California State University, Fresno
Brad
Mortensen
President
Weber State University (UT)
Timothy
Mottet
President
Colorado State University-Pueblo
Katricia
Pierson
President
East Central University (OK)
Ashish
Vaidya
Senior Fellow
AASCU
Charles L.
Welch
President
Arkansas State University System
Alisa
White
President
Sam Houston State University (TX)
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AASCU 2022 Annual Conference
Engage with topical experts and colleagues in exploring how to be effective in the new leadership landscape.
Drawing Data-Driven Blueprints: Synthesizing Market and Student Trends to Build Stronger Online Programs
Study trends and share findings to support enrollment strategies and online learner engagement.
Committee on Sustainable Development
AASCU’s Committee on Sustainable Development is responsible for exploring educational and operational practices that raise awareness and promote implementation choices for AASCU and for member campuses.
Learn more.
The Sustainable Development Committee was established by the AASCU Board of Directors in July 2014. It is responsible for exploring educational and operational practices that raise awareness about sustainability and sustainable development, and for promoting implementation choices for the Association and its member campuses.
The Committee is guided by three core commitments:
- Economic activity is understood to serve the common good, is self-renewing, and builds local assets and self-reliance.
- Education communicates that people are part of nature, that nature has limits, and that communities are responsible for protecting and building natural assets.
- Citizenship is seen as an opportunity for equitable distribution of resources and full participation in all activities, benefits, and decision-making of a society.
Sustainability Resources
HEASC Resource Center
Visit websitePrimer
Sustainable Development Primer for Higher Education Presidents, Chancellors, Trustees and Senior Leaders
Download PDFLearn more about the Committee on Sustainable Development.
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Committee on Teacher Education
Advises AASCU on programs, projects, and federal and state public policy initiatives needed to improve teacher education, and the committee advises member presidents on ways to strengthen campus programs and enhance their credibility with policymakers and the public.
Learn more.The Committee on Teacher Education advises AASCU on programs, projects, and federal and state public policy initiatives needed to improve teacher education, and the committee advises member presidents on ways to strengthen campus programs and enhance their credibility with policymakers and the public.
The Committee, which includes representatives of the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU), is responsible for screening applications for the annual Christa McAuliffe Excellence in Teacher Education Award.
Bette
Bergeron
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
State University of New York College at Potsdam
Ernest
Black
Systemwide Director, CalStateTEACH
California State University
Deborah
Bordelon
Provost and Executive Vice President
Columbus State University (GA)
Lisa
Kirtman
Dean, College of Education
California State University Fullerton
Laurie
Mullen
Dean, College of Education
Towson University (MD)
Mark A.
Nook
President
University of Northern Iowa
Susana
Rivera-Mills
Provost and Executive Vice President
Ball State University (IN)
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Committee on Student Success
The Committee on Student Success assists AASCU in shaping the direction of its student success activities.
Learn more.The Committee on Student Success is charged with:
- Identifying programs and services that can assist member campuses in achieving greater levels of student success;
- Providing input and guidance as on AASCU student success strategy, including its grant funded initiatives such as the Student Success Equity Intensive.
Joseph
Bertolino
President
Southern Connecticut State University
Clarence
Green
Interim President
Northwest Missouri State University
John L.
Hoffman
President
Bemidji State University (MN)
Ellen
Junn
President
California State University, Stanislaus
Tomás D.
Morales
President
California State University, San Bernardino
Cynthia
Teniente-Matson
President
San José State University (CA)
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