For more information about the program and how to apply, please read the information below.

Eligible Participants and Nomination Process

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The program is limited to 25 early to mid-career staff professional and faculty leaders who have shown leadership potential and desire to advance to mid-level administrative positions. The university’s president/chancellor or another cabinet-level administrator must nominate participants.   

It is important that attendees utilize the knowledge obtained at ELP when they return to their campus. To that end, we ask the nominator plan with the nominee a future project/initiative that will provide the attendee an opportunity to expand his or her leadership skills. 

All applications must to include a one-page description of a university project. Examples of university projects include the following:

• Chairing or co-chairing an important division or university-wide committee or task force that requires working with multiple constituencies,
• Managing a project for a division or university strategic initiative, or
• Conducting a research project that investigates an important challenge the university faces and provides an opportunity for the participant to influence campus decision-makers using data.

Nominations

Nominating a candidate for ELP also includes the responsibility to mentor or designate a mentor for the participant and to provide guidance and advice on the project, initiative or assignment.
  
Nomination packages should be uploaded to the nominee's online applications or forwarded to AASCU at leadershipdevelopment@aascu.org attention ELP by Friday, April 5, 2019. The nomination package should contain the following:

1. A nomination letter by the university’s president/chancellor or other cabinet-level member stating the nominee’s qualifications for the program, leadership strengths and areas for improvement, the potential for advancement, and the probable career opportunities.
2. A description of the nominee’s project/initiative that has been planned by the nominee and nominator. It should include the significance of the project to the university, what professional development opportunities the nominee would receive by accomplishing the project/initiative, and who will be the mentor that will work with the  attendee to accomplish the project/initiative. 

For more information, contact:

Dr. Kenneth Dobbins
Emerging Leaders Program Academy Coordinator
President Emeritus, Southeast Missouri State University
kendobbins17@gmail.com
573.450.9204

or    

Susannah Rodrigue
Meetings Coordinator    
AASCU  
rodrigues@aascu.org
202.478.4675

Faculty

ELP has convened an impressive faculty of current and former presidents and chancellors and content experts. Kenneth Dobbins, president emeritus of Southeast Missouri State University, acts as coordinator of the Emerging Leaders Program.