Links to other sites of interest

National Organizations

American Council on Education (ACE) seeks to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.

ACE Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE): The American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) provides the national direction for women’s leadership development and career advancement.

Professional Development Programs

The ACE Fellows Program is a year-long higher education leadership development program. It identifies and prepares senior faculty and administrators seeking to strengthen higher education through leadership.

ACE (OWHE) National and Regional Leadership Forums play an important role in identifying and promoting women for senior-level positions. Forums are invitational and held twice each year. The National Forums help women to assume presidencies, vice presidencies, and major deanships, while the Regional Forums serve women aspiring to deanships, associate deanships, and associate academic officer positions.

ACE State Network Leadership Development Programs are implemented by the individual state networks for mid- and senior-level women administrators as a part of ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education. The ACE Ohio Women's Network holds an annual conference.

ACE Summit for Women of Color Administrators in Higher Education.  This Summit is particularly tailored to women of color who hold senior-level administrative positions in higher education (i.e., presidents, chancellors, vice presidents, vice or associate chancellors, provosts, vice or associate provosts, and deans).

Chairing the Academic Department, a program within ACE’s Center for Effective Leadership, is designed for division and department chairs and deans and focuses on departmental leadership. These workshops support the development of the chair as an academic leader within the department and within the institution as a whole.

The Executive Leadership Institute prepares professionals to move into a community college presidency and to succeed in this dynamic sector of higher education. This highly successful program is delivered by recognized national leaders in community college administration and has a particularly strong tradition of advancing women and minority candidates.

Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) has served the higher education community through the preparation of over 3,000 women leaders since 1972. The HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration is a month-long residential program that offers an intensive leadership and management curriculum. In addition, HERS offers a five weekend institute at Wellesley College and a four weekend institute at the University of Denver.

Harvard Graduate School of Education: Professional Development for Educational Leaders offers a variety of professional development programs including: The Management Development Program (MDP) of Harvard University, designed for deans, directors, and other administrators who are good at leading their units but want to improve and; The Institute for Management and Leadership in Education, a two-week institute offered by the Harvard School of Graduate Education for skilled, experienced administrators, including deans, directors, provosts, and vice presidents, who will help their institutions adapt to a changing future.