On Campus Explore, discuss, and connect in a curated learning experience as the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education reach a pivotal milestone – reflecting on our first 50 years and looking ahead to the future of higher education leadership.
Overview
In 2020, the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its inaugural executive education program and cohort of educators, the Institute for Educational Management (IEM). IEM is the nation’s oldest and pre-eminent program for professional development of college and university leaders and has helped shape the practice, thinking, and careers of the field’s leading voices. Click here to learn more about the history IEM.
In celebration of 50 years in executive education, HGSE is offering Reflecting on the Past, Transforming the Future on October 11-12, 2019. Through interactive discussions, moderated panels, and networking sessions, the symposium will convene thought leaders from Harvard and throughout the global higher education sector to look back at five decades of transformative leadership development, and to discover new research, best practices, and ideas needed to move the field into the future.
Program Details
Led by Faculty Chair Professor James Honan, who also serves as the faculty co-chair of IEM, throughout the two-day session, faculty, speakers, and participants will explore such themes as “Where have we been, what remains critical, how did we get here, and where is the field going?”
Session topics include:
- 50 Years of Impact on Higher Education Leaders and Institutions
- Meeting Evolving Needs and Challenges in Higher Education Leadership
- Leadership for Student Success
- The Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education
The “Leadership for Student Success” session will be an AskWith Forum that is open to the public and will be live streamed. Click here to learn more.
Throughout Reflecting on the Past, Transforming the Future, Professor Honan and session moderators will be joined by the following HGSE and visiting faculty members:
- Lee Bolman, Past Institute for Educational Management Education Chair
- Richard Chait, Professor of Education, Emeritus, HGSE; Past IEM Educational Chair
- Archie Cubarrubia, Deputy Director, Institutional Transformation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita, Spelman College, IEM 2000 alum
- Juliet V. Garcia, Former President of Texas Southmost College and The University of Texas at Brownsville, IEM 1988 alum
- Patricia Albjerg Graham, Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education, Emerita, HGSE
- Monica Higgins, Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership, HGSE
- Anthony Jack, Assistant Professor of Education, HGSE
- Art Levine, president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship foundation and president emeritus of Teachers College at Columbia University; Past IEM Educational Chair
- Richard Light, Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr. Professor of Teaching and Learning, HGSE
- Judy McLaughlin, Senior Lecturer on Education, HGSE
- Matthew Miller, Senior Lecturer on Education, Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching, Dean's Office
- Francesca Purcell, Annual Senior Lecturer on Education, Faculty Director, Higher Education Program, HGSE
- Richard Reddick, Associate Dean for Equity, Community Engagement and Outreach, The University of Texas at Austin; IEM Faculty Co-Chair
- Karen Stout, President and CEO of Achieving the Dream, IEM 1998 Alum
- Bridget Terry Long, Dean of the Faculty of Education; Saris Professor of Education and Economics, HGSE
- John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., Former President, Morehouse College; Senior Advisor and Strategist, Office of the President, Harvard University
- Joseph Zolner, Former Senior Director of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education; MDP Faculty Chair, Past IEM Educational Chair
- And Others
Symposium Experience
- Celebrate and recognize five decades of IEM and the advances across higher education
- Reflect back on the Higher Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) curricula over time to consider the future of higher education
- Engage with past and present Harvard/HIHE faculty, as well as with leading voices and perspectives throughout the higher education sector
- Explore – through program session content and engagement with IEM and other HIHE alumni – the critical issues confronting higher education at this pivotal time, including:
- How best to leverage data, innovative teaching and learning methods, and best practices in student engagement to ensure the success of all students
- How to further hone leadership abilities in relation to the current opportunities, challenges, and landscape of higher education
Who Should Participate
- Leaders in higher education
- Past attendees of HIHE programs are strongly encouraged to attend
