WESTERN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

WESTERN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY July 27-29, 2015 Boulder, Colorado The Western Academic Leadership Academy s intensive, twoand-a-half day professional development seminar kicks off a year-long process of building the leadership skills and functional knowledge of academic leaders aspiring to become chief academic officers in the West s postsecondary four-year sector.

Western Academic Leadership Academy JULY 27-29, 2015 BOULDER, COLORADO The Western Academic Leadership Academy (WALA) provides a strong foundation for understanding the broader context in which a chief academic officer and an institution operate, including the intersection with governing boards and external communities. It offers a particular focus on the development of practical skills within academic affairs, fiscal affairs, student affairs, and external relationships. The Academy s summer seminar is followed by a series of quarterly conference calls and a listserv dialogue in which participants interact with one another and program faculty as they develop their academic priorities and experiences on their home campuses. The program addresses the context of academic leadership, the development of academic goals and priorities, and specific skill sets that are required of chief academic officers. The Academy is sponsored by the Western Academic Leadership Forum (Forum), whose members are the chief academic leaders of the four-year institutions and associated system and state agencies in the 16- member state and U.S. Pacific Territories region of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). APPLICATION PROCESS Participants must hold a position of dean or higher at a Forum-member institution or organization and be nominated by their chief academic officer or a member of the Forum Executive Committee. Space is limited; only 15 participants will be accepted into the program in 2015. A letter of nomination along with an interest letter from the candidate and a current CV should be sent by email to Pat Shea, Director of Academic Leadership Initiatives at WICHE: pshea@wiche.edu. Application Due Date: March 30, 2015 Final selection will be completed by the Forum Executive Committee during its meeting on April 22, 2015. FEES, DATES, AND LOCATION DATES: JULY 27-29, 2015 LOCATION: COST: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education 3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 200 Boulder, CO 80301-2204 The program is $1,500 per attendee inclusive of all organized meals. Participants must make their own travel and hotel arrangements. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at the Residence Inn Boulder across the street from WICHE at 3030 Center Green Drive. Participants should ask for the discounted WICHE rate of $199 per night prior to June 26 when the block expires unless it fills earlier. Page 1

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Please note that this is a preliminary program and is subject to change. 8:30 9:00 AM Introductions and Goals for the Day Monday, July 27 9:00 10:30 AM Role of the Provost: How It Differs from Other Academic Leadership Roles - All 10:30 11:30 AM The Importance of Building Coalitions: Presidential and Cabinet Relations - Erika Beck & Sam Gingerich 11:30 11:45 AM Break 11:45 12:45 PM The Role of Shared Governance and Faculty Relations in Academic Programming and Policy Development - Neil Moisey & Laura Woodworth-Ney 12:45 1:45 PM Lunch 1:45 3:00 PM Working Across Divisional Lines: The Rest of the Campus Community - Moderator: Sam Gingerich - Erin Holmes; Sean Nesbitt; Paul Thayer 3:00 3:15 PM Break 3:15 4:30 PM External Relations: The Governing Board, System Office and Legislature David Longanecker, Neil Moisey & Paul Turman 4:30 4:45 PM Wrap up and Adjourn 6:00 PM Group Dinner 9:00 9:15 AM Reflections and Goals for the Day Tuesday, July 28 9:15 10:15 AM Unifying the Academic Vision: Strategic Planning - Erika Beck & Neil Moisey 10:15 11:00 AM Accreditation and Assessment - Sam Gingerich & Laura Woodworth-Ney 11:00 11:15 AM Break 11:15 12:30 PM Advancement and Foundation Boards - Moderator: Sam Gingerich 12:30 1:30 PM Lunch 1:30 2:45 PM Enrollment Management, Retention, and Completion - Neil Moisey & Laura Woodworth-Ney 2:45 3:00 PM Break 3:00 4:15 PM Budget, Finance, and Funding Formulas - Neil Moisey & Dennis Jones 4:15-4:30 PM Wrap up and Adjourn Dinner on your own 9:00-9:15 AM Reflections and Goals for the Day 9:15 10:30 AM Personnel Management - All 10:30 10:45 AM Break Wednesday, July 29 10:45 11:30 AM Making the Best Use of the Year to Come - All 11:30 AM Adjournment - Box lunch to go Page 2

ACADEMY S F ACULTY Erika Beck has served as executive vice president and provost of Nevada State College since 2010. In this role she oversees academic affairs, student affairs, information technology, institutional research, and student academic support. Prior to assuming this role, she served as the dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Nevada State and a psychology faculty member. Beck received her B.A. in psychology from University of California, San Diego, M.A. in psychology from San Diego State University, and Ph.D. in experimental psychology from University of California, San Diego. José Luis Cruz is the provost and vice president for academic affairs of California State University, Fullerton. Previously, he served as vice president of higher education policy and practice of The Education Trust in Washington, D.C. where he oversaw the national Access to Success Initiative and was involved in separate efforts to regulate the for-profit college industry and to protect the Federal Pell Grant Program. He is a former vice president for student affairs of the University of Puerto Rico system and served as chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and dean of academic affairs at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Cruz earned a bachelor s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez and master s and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Samuel (Sam) Gingerich is serving as interim provost at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He recently retired from his position as system vice president for Academic Affairs for the South Dakota Board of Regents where he worked to develop, implement and oversee academic programming. Prior to this he served as provost at Mississippi University for Women, as interim president and provost at Mesa State College (Colorado Mesa University) and as a faculty member and administrator at Northern State University. Gingerich holds three degrees in chemistry: a PhD from Montana State University, an MS from Cornell University, and a BA from Goshen College. R. Neil Moisey is the deputy commissioner for Academics, Research, and Student Affairs for the Montana University System (MUS). As deputy commissioner, Moisey coordinates the academic programs of the 16 public universities and colleges that enroll more than 47,000 students. In addition, Moisey coordinates the $190 million of research activity in the MUS, and convenes the Student Affairs functions within the system. He previously served as a professor of Forestry at the University of Montana and has also served as the chair of the Montana University System Faculty Association Representatives and the University of Montana Faculty Senate. Prior to his appointment at the University of Montana, Moisey was on the faculty at the University of Missouri and the University of Wyoming. Paul D. Turman (Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2000) is the system vice president for Academic Affairs with the South Dakota Board of Regents which is responsible for the governance of South Dakota s six public universities. In his position Turman coordinates academic and research related initiatives and policies for the South Dakota Regental system. These responsibilities include oversight of new program development, system general education, workforce development, state level competitive research grants, research centers, expanding economic development opportunities, as well as the ongoing management of four areas within Page 3

the Board of Regents system office: 1) Institutional Research, South Dakota Digital Library, Research and Economic Development and Scholarship Program Coordination. Before joining the South Dakota Board of Regents staff, Turman taught as an associate professor at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), and was recognized for outstanding teaching and service at the institutional and national level. Throughout his academic career he has published 34 peer reviewed research articles at the national and regional level, as well as co-authored four books. Laura Woodworth-Ney is provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Idaho State University. Her former administrative appointments include chair of the department of history and co-director of women studies. A prolific scholar of history and the humanities, Woodworth-Ney has authored more than 30 articles, book reviews, and scholarly essays, as well as three books (one co-authored). Woodworth-Ney is a graduate of the Bryn Mawr HERS Institute for higher education leaders, a member of the Western Academic Leadership Forum for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and a member of the Idaho State Board of Education s Educate Idaho Task Force. Woodworth-Ney is an active public speaker on the topics of culture, history, and higher education. She is currently writing a history of the culture of the irrigation movement in the arid North American West (including Canada and the United States). Woodworth-Ney earned a bachelor degree in English from the University of Idaho, and a PhD in American history and public history from Washington State University. ABOUT THE WESTERN ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP FORUM The Western Academic Leadership Forum (Forum), founded by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, provides a unique venue where the West s top academic leaders share perspectives on current issues to help inform their future decision making and leadership. Through the Forum, colleagues share the lessons they ve learned from tackling challenges, provide advice and assistance to one another based on their special expertise. They engage in planning and developing innovative regional initiatives addressing common concerns and together help build a stronger future for higher education in the West. The official representatives of the Forum's members are the chief academic leaders at the four-year institutions and their related system and state agencies in the WICHE region. www.wiche.edu/forum ABOUT THE WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education works collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for all citizens of the West. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among states and institutions, WICHE strengthens higher education s contributions to the region s social, economic, and civic life. Our programs Student Exchange, the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET), Policy Analysis and Research, and Mental Health are working to find answers to some of the most critical questions facing higher education today. WICHE s 16 member states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and U.S. Pacific Territories-Mariana Islands. www.wiche.edu Page 4

ACADEMY S GUEST SPEAKERS Erin Holmes is the associate vice provost for institutional research at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She has served in similar capacities at institutions in South Dakota and Colorado. Her research focus is in student retention modeling, peer analyses and IPEDS data. She has a Ph.D. in public policy and public administration from Mississippi State University, an M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota, and a B.A. from Wilmington College of Ohio. Dennis Jones has more than 40 years of experience in research, development, technical assistance, and administration in the field of higher education management and policymaking. A member of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) staff since 1969, he became president in 1986. Under his leadership, NCHEMS has achieved a position of preeminence as a leader in the development and promulgation of informationbased approaches to policymaking in higher education. Jones is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and served as an administrator (in business and institutional planning) there for eight years prior to joining the NCHEMS staff. He has served as an advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Lumina Foundation, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, and numerous other associations, policy organizations, and state agencies. David Longanecker has served as the president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Boulder since 1999. Previously, Longanecker served for six years as the assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to that he was the state higher education executive officer in Colorado and Minnesota. He was also the principal analyst for higher education for the Congressional Budget Office. Longanecker has served on numerous boards and commissions. He has written extensively on a range of higher education issues. His primary interests in higher education are: expanding access to successful completion for students within all sectors of higher education, promoting student and institutional performance, assuring efficient and effective finance and financial aid strategies, and fostering effective use of educational technologies, all for the purpose of sustaining the nation s strength in the world and increasing the quality of life for all Americans, particularly those who have traditionally been left out in the past. He holds an Ed.D. from Stanford University, an M.A. in student personnel work from George Washington University, and a B.A. in sociology from Washington State University. Sean Nesbitt has served as the director of facilities planning at Metropolitan State University of Denver since 2005. Originally hired as the University s first campus planner, he now oversees planning, design, construction and operations for the University. Before his time at MSU Denver, Nesbitt worked in project management for a GIS remote sensing company for five years and two years as an admissions counselor at Eastern Oregon University. Nesbitt graduated with a degree in history and a minor in geography & planning from Eastern Oregon University. Paul Thayer has worked on access and retention issues at Colorado State University since 1979. Currently serving as associate vice president for Student Success for Retention, he has worked previously as director of undergraduate student retention, executive director of the Center for Advising and Student Achievement, and director of the Center for Educational Access and Outreach. He has served as a member of the Governor s Statewide P-20 Education Page 5

Council. Thayer received his B.A. in history from Williams College and an M.P.A. and Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Colorado at Denver. Page 6

ACADEMY S MENTORS Roberta (Bobbie) Derlin was the associate provost at New Mexico State University responsible for accreditation in a university system with a doctoral degree granting campus and four community colleges throughout the State. She was responsible for strategic planning; annual academic departmental program reviews; and other outcomes assessment and continuous quality improvements. Derlin has been at the forefront of efforts to implement a cycle of continuous improvement while simultaneously addressing accountability, revenue growth, and stability issues. She is actively engaged in leveraging distance learning to better serve students as an advocate of SARA, the national State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement. Stephanie Jacobson serves as the associate vice president for academic and student affairs with the Arizona Board of Regents. Jacobson works closely with the board s Academic Affairs Committee and is board liaison to the university provosts and to several statewide committees charged with managing the state s transfer articulation system. She previously spent 13 years at Arizona State University as the associate director of the division of undergraduate academic services (now University College), and as the assistant director for student services in the College of Education. Jacobson has also held positions at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, the University of Montana, and Boston University. Jane Sherman is the vice provost for academic policy and evaluation at Washington State University, where she directs institutional planning for internal and external accountability, assessment, and accreditation initiatives, as well as overseeing several academic program areas. Prior to her work at WSU, Sherman was the deputy director for academic affairs with the Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB). She has also held administrative positions with the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Idaho State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and the College of Idaho. She has held faculty positions at Idaho State University and the College of Idaho, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in counseling and education. Sherman s holds a B.A. from Earlham College, an M.Ed. from Boston University, and an Ed.D. from Idaho State University Ephraim Smith is executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer for the California State University System. He served as vice president of academic affairs at California State Fullerton from 1998 to 2010. Smith serves on the President s Administrative Board, Council of Deans and University Planning Committee. Prior to his vice presidential appointment, Smith was dean of the School of Business and Economics, and was dean of the James J. Nance College of Business Administration at Cleveland State University from 1975 to 1990. He was also a faculty member and chair of the department of accounting at the University of Rhode Island, as well as dean of the school of business at Shippensburg State College. Smith is the author of six books on federal taxation, capital gains and management. He serves on the board of commissioners of the Fullerton Arboretum Commission, University Advancement Foundation board of directors and the advisory board of the Society for Advancement of Management s Advanced Management Journal. Smith also serves on the CSU System Budget Advisory Committee. Page 7