MLE is designed for experienced administrators responsible for thinking
strategically about their institution’s academic change agenda: new
curricula, new modes of delivery, new alliances, and more diverse students.
For two highly involving weeks, MLE participants live, study, talk, and
attend classes together. You work with faculty and with each other—testing
new ideas, and developing new strategies to help your institutions become
more flexible and responsive. The program helps you assess the effectiveness
of your own leadership and clarify how well your institutions are positioned
to meet future challenges.
The program prepares you to respond to two key questions:
How
well-positioned is my organization to meet current and future challenges? MLE
prepares you to lead organizational change, providing the information
and insights necessary to help institutions respond to
a rapidly shifting competitive environment.
How effective
is my own leadership? MLE is useful as
a source of mid-career professional renewal. Rather than focusing on
skills already possessed by seasoned administrators,
the
program helps you deepen insights and broaden your repertoire of
useful approaches to leadership.
As an MLE participant you will learn to adapt to new technologies,
student populations, and sources of competition and to evaluate new
alliances
and opportunities. The program helps increase your capacity to:
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Lead and manage change |
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Develop and implement effective strategies |
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Realign faculty and financial resources |
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Evaluate the impact of new initiatives |
What You Learn
New demands on educational institutions—and new opportunities—call
for fundamental shifts in leadership know-how. The MLE program is designed
to help you respond to these challenges successfully.
In the classroom, MLE faculty use various teaching techniques: case
studies,
presentations,
discussion, videos, and role plays. Harvard’s case studies
make you an active participant in the teaching-learning process.
Through lively discussions, you will be challenged to define leadership problems and to offer solutions.
Topics You Will Explore
New approaches to strategy and leadership
You’ll learn from the case of a private institution that delivers
programs in multiple out-of-state locations, a public university that
tries to learn from its “market,” and a private university
that must decide whether to create a for-profit subsidiary.
Management Challenges
You’ll consider the challenges of change. Why are individuals
and organizations so resistant to change? How can you help impact
the way senior administrators allocate their time, and how can you
gain fresh perspectives on ongoing leadership challenges?
Making new alliances work
You’ll learn about working with faculty to overcome resistance
to new initiatives, how to evaluate the success of new alliances,
what happens when a group of institutions decides to share faculty
and
administrative resources, and the importance of developing a business
plan.
Additional
Topics Include:
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Faculty roles and rewards |
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Forming partnerships for distance education |
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Engagement with the community |
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Educating for constructive pluralism |
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Evaluating the impact of
for-profits on higher education |
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Strategic budgeting |
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Identifying enduring institutional values |
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Symbolic leadership |
Comments
from MLE participants
"MLE models important lessons for all participants
to take home - valuing the customer, respecting and reaffirming others,
listening, and forming a supportive community."
Pamela Eibeck
Dean, College of Engineering
Texas Tech University
“I was surprised by what the structure of MLE
and the good minds and authentic intentions of participants enabled us
to discover about higher education in general, our institutions specifically,
and ourselves individually. Thanks for the experience of a lifetime!”
Mark Heckler
Dean, College of Arts and Media
University of Colorado at Denver
“I am leaving MLE with a new set of frameworks
about how I think about my university ...I now have new tools that my institution
can use... Most importantly, I am leaving MLE renewed and respirited!”
David Manuel
Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs
St. Mary’s University (TX)
“Opportunities to develop one’s leadership abilities
with a group of like-minded colleagues are rare. The two weeks at MLE were
a voyage of discovery that helped me peel away layers of habit and routine.
An unforgettable experience!”
Bonnie Holaday
Dean of the Graduate School
Clemson University (SC)
Who Should
Apply
MLE is designed for senior administrators—provosts, vice presidents, and
deans—transforming the design and delivery of education through
new approaches to teaching and learning, through reallocation of resources,
the introduction of innovative delivery formats, and through new alliances.
Some MLE participants do this work from positions at the top of their organization: provosts and vice presidents. Others exercise leadership in specific key functions: campus deans, heads of key academic units, deans of professional schools, directors of distance learning, etc. All are experienced; all are successful. All are in positions to influence the academic program at their institution.
2008 Faculty
Lee Bolman, Marion H. Bloch Chair in Leadership, University
of Missouri-Kansas City. He is the former chair of Harvard's Institute for Educational
Management. A specialist in organizational behavior
and change, he is co-author of Reframing
Organizations: Artistry, Choice, Leadership and Leading with Soul.
Kent John Chabotar, President, Guilford College,
Greensboro, NC. His academic and consulting activities focus on cost
accounting, organizational response to declining resources, and financial
analysis in schools, colleges, museums and other non-profits.
Sheldon Caplis, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, University of Maryland Baltimore County. He is UMBC’s chief advancement officer and serves on the board of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Carlos Cortés, Professor Emeritus of
History at the University of California, Riverside. The recipient of
two book awards, he also received his university's Distinguished Teaching
Award, and the American Society for Training and Development's National
Multicultural Trainer of the Year Award.
James Honan, Educational Co-chair, Institute
for Educational Management, and Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard
Graduate School of Education. His research interests focus on financial
management and institutional planning.
Freeman Hrabowski, President, University of Maryland Baltimore County. UMBC President since 1992, his interests include science and math education with emphasis on minority participation and performance.
Robert Kegan,
William and Miriam Meehan Professor in Adult Learning and Professional
Development, Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the author
of The Evolving Self: Problem and Process in Human Development and In
Over Our
Heads:
The Mental
Demands
of Modern
Life. His most recent book is How the Way We Talk Can Change
the Way We Work.
Tamar March, Director, Arden Seminars. She is
the former Dean of the Radcliffe Center
for Educational Programs, a division of the Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study at Harvard University.
General Information
Schedule
MLE begins with registration and a reception on June 15 and ends
on June 27.
Once in Cambridge, your full-time participation throughout the Institute
is expected. The program will occupy your days and evenings from Sunday
evening through Friday afternoon each week. (Saturday and Sunday
are free days.)
Given the intensive nature of the Institute, bringing family with you to Cambridge is discouraged. In addition, you are expected to free yourself from all work obligations during the program.
Environment
MLE participants have access to an array of academic, cultural, social, and other
resources at Harvard University.
Harvard Square, adjacent to the MLE classroom, offers a unique collection of
bookstores, specialty shops, coffee houses, bars and restaurants, which cater
to a variety of tastes and styles.
Boston, just a short distance away by subway, is rich in historic and cultural
significance and offers fine museums and art galleries, sporting events, dining,
dance, theatre, and music.
Accommodations
Since daily interaction among faculty and participants
is crucial to the success of the program, participants are encouraged to reside together on the Harvard campus. MLE participants are housed in the Currier House
Dormitory. Each participant is assigned a single air-conditioned room, sharing
a bathroom with one or two others. While facilities are clean and comfortable,
they are also spartan. Linens and daily housekeeping are provided.
Participants have the option to stay at a local hotel at their own expense. Room reservations are the responsibility of individual participants. Hotel information will be posted in the coming months.
Application
Deadlines &
Information
Admission
Participants are selected for their scope of responsibility, their breadth
of experience, and their potential to help their institution respond to changing
needs and new opportunities. When selecting participants, the Admissions Committee
also considers the overall character of the class to maximize group learning.
Please note that admission to MLE is competitive, we regret that we
are unable to accept every qualified applicant.
Participants are expected to have the endorsement of their institutions. Ordinarily this is reflected in full financial support.
Fees and Financial Aid
The comprehensive program fee of $6750 covers tuition, room and board, most
meals, and all instructional materials. Payment is due following acceptance.
Some partial financial aid is available. Financial aid applications may be obtained
by writing or calling the MLE office.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation notification must be made in writing. Full refunds
will be granted until May 12, 2008. Cancellations received between May
13-26 will be subject to a $675 cancellation fee. Cancellations received
after
May 26,
2008, and no shows are subject to full payment.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education reserves the right to change
faculty or cancel the program at its discretion. In the unlikely event of changes,
the school is not responsible for non-refundable travel arrangements or other
planning costs incurred.
Further
Information
Please contact us at 800-545-1849 or hihe@gse.harvard.edu with any questions.
The MLE office has a network of alumni willing to talk with those considering
the program. Let us know if you would like to speak with one or more former participants
from an institution or with professional responsibilities comparable to your
own.
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