Most academic leaders assume their positions with very little training or support at the institutional level. We offer a comprehensive suite of trainings and resources for Department Chairs, Deans, Associate/Assistant Deans, and Faculty Affairs professionals to help them be successful in their roles.
Our approach combines leadership development with the practical, skills-based training academic leaders need to lead effectively at the personal, team, and division levels each day. Our training and resources are all firmly rooted in the academic context and presented by vetted experts with firsthand experience as academic leaders themselves.
Department Chairs
Training to help Chairs build leadership skills and manage their faculty and departments more effectively.
ONLINE BOOTCAMP
Leading and Influencing as a Department Chair Bootcamp
September 21 – October 26, 2022
ONLINE BOOTCAMP
Managing Difficult Faculty and Staff: A Bootcamp for Leaders
October 4 – 25, 2022
COACHING PACKAGE
Surviving the Uncertainty of Leadership Changes: Maintaining Momentum & Support for Department Chairs
WEBCAST RECORDING
Your First Year as Department Chair: Building Trust, Communication, and Community
Deans and Associate Deans
Training to help Deans and Associate Deans manage change, innovate and think creatively, and grow and sustain their Colleges financially and competitively.
ONLINE BOOTCAMP
Leading as an Assistant/Associate Dean: An Online Bootcamp
May 25 – June 29, 2022 or
October 10 – November 14, 2022
FREE WEBCAST
What’s Keeping Deans Up at Night: A Free Webcast for Academic Leaders
June 8, 2022
VIRTUAL TRAINING RECORDING
Deans Summit: Maintaining Strategic Focus Through Financial Challenges
VIRTUAL TRAINING RECORDING
Growing and Shaping Your Academic Program Portfolio in a Post-COVID Era
MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE COURSE
Inclusive Hiring Best Practices: Removing Barriers and Mitigating Search Committee Bias
Faculty Affairs Leaders
Training to help faculty affairs leaders recruit and hire a more diverse faculty, create stronger systems of support for faculty, and foster an inclusive and supportive climate.
ONLINE BOOTCAMP
Designing a New Faculty Mentor Program: A Bootcamp for Faculty Leaders
June 23 – July 21, 2022
WEBCAST RECORDING
Revising the Promotion and Tenure Process: A Conversation Space for Faculty Affairs and Academic Leaders
WEBCAST RECORDING
Best Practices for Supporting First-Year Faculty: Lessons Learned During COVID-19
VIRTUAL TRAINING RECORDING
Building Academic Leadership Development Programs on Your Campus
VIRTUAL TRAINING RECORDING
Recruit & Retain Diverse Faculty through Cluster Hiring and Mutual Mentorship
VIRTUAL TRAINING RECORDING
Improving Promotion and Tenure Reviews by Using a Deliberative Decision-Making Model
All Academic Leaders
Training to help academic leaders become more productive in their work and relationships, regardless of their role.
VIRTUAL TRAINING
Conflict Resolution: It’s What You Said AND How You Said It
May 24, 2022
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Special Perks
For a limited time, get special perks when you become a member before June 30, 2022.
Is the Great Resignation impacting hiring efforts at your institution? Diversify your workforce with Academic Impressions’ job board, HireEd Careers. Take advantage of your free postings to reach a diverse population of higher education professionals who are invested in their own growth and professional development.
Why Post Jobs with HireEd Careers?
- Our database is more diverse than the general higher ed population
- Our database consists of those leaders and professionals who attend our professional development trainings
Free Job Posting Based on Membership Size:
- 10-user: 1 job posting worth $500
- 25-user: 2 job postings worth $1000
- 50-user: 3 job postings worth $1500
- 100-user: 5 job postings $2,500
- Enterprise: Unlimited Subscription worth up to $12,500 in value
The goal of our roundtables is to bring together a small cohort of peers for a comprehensive learning and networking experience. Through short, regular live meetings, you will come together with a maximum of seven other peers and our two experts to:
- Build strong connections and expand your network
- Try new tactics and approaches to improve your leadership
- Share your own best practices and hear others’
- Carve out time for self-reflection
- Be part of a cohort-based support community
- Contribute to the conversation with your own thought leadership
Choose your roundtable valued at $2,500.
- Chief Strategy Officer Roundtable (March 4 - May 20)
- Advancement Roundtable (April 1 - May 13)
- Chief Diversity Officer Roundtable (May 6 - August 5)
- Provost Roundtable
View a list of all training content included in membership.
Member Institutions
Partner With Your Account Manager for Ongoing Support
Your Account Manager is your strategic partner dedicated to both maximizing membership adoption and ensuring its impact. We are invested in the success of your team and we customize our approach to your professional growth and development.
We understand that access to membership does not equal adoption, and adoption does not necessarily result in impact. Your Account Manager will collaborate with your team to ensure they engage with resources in a strategic manner, which will ultimately result in a lasting impact on their growth.
Access: At the start of the partnership, your Account Manager will work with you to plan launching membership resources to all assigned users. They will collaborate with you on a communication plan, conduct virtual open houses with your users, and ensure those with membership access have the resources they need to succeed.
Adoption: Throughout the course of your membership, your Account Manager will monitor usage and help identify professional development opportunities that will engage your team.
Impact: With the help of stakeholders, your Account Manager will deploy one or more impact surveys over the course of the membership term to help you understand what impact professional development has had on individuals. We measure satisfaction and gain an understanding of what your users have learned by engaging with Academic Impressions professional development opportunities.
Members Receive Access to Content Across All of These Collections and More
What Does Membership Include
Access to a continuously expanding library of live online trainings, designed to be practical, discussion-based, and highly experiential
Unlimited anytime, anywhere access to on-demand trainings and resources that you can engage with on your own time from the convenience of your workspace
New trainings every week, designed to respond to the latest needs of the higher ed community
$250 discount on multi-week cohort-based bootcamps and in-person conferences
Get These Trainings and More With Membership
Questions about membership?
Meghan Paladino
Membership Advisor, Academic Impressions