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Professional Development
Enhance your leadership skills, connect with other LGBTQIA+ professionals, and make a greater impact on your organization and across higher education.
For higher education professionals, these are challenging times. Enrollment drops have contributed to fiscal instability. The student mental health crisis, a drop in public confidence in higher education, and a rise in political interference are creating challenges and increasing staff burnout. LGBTQIA+ higher education professionals may additionally face discrimination or marginalization while contending with a recent uptick in harassment, repressive legislation, and the denial of health care.
LGBTQIA+ Leadership in Higher Education (LHE) is designed to help LGBTQIA+ education professionals from any part of campus, including student affairs, academic affairs, operations, and IT, sharpen their leadership abilities and develop peer networks to better serve their institutions and students. In four days on campus at HGSE, you’ll engage with peers and faculty, share common challenges, and learn to respond strategically to your most pressing issues.
LGBTQIA+ Leadership in Higher Education is a unique opportunity for individuals with five or more years of experience in postsecondary education. This on-campus program consists of interactive workshops and peer learning sessions that address key leadership skills such as effective communication and negotiation, organizational change and analysis, and advancing student success. The program also provides opportunities for participants to reflect upon how their queerness informs their professional lives and to explore how to bring our full selves to our work.
This LGBTQIA+ leadership program is open to faculty, staff, and administrators from all disciplines and institutions. It aims to create an inclusive environment where participants can learn, flourish, and advance their careers. Faculty teaching in this program are experts in their field and part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
If possible, you should plan to attend the live webinar orientation session on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 6 p.m. ET, in preparation for your arrival on campus. The team will provide information from technical and tactical to curricular and academic, all in service to your ease of entry into the program. If you are unable to participate in the live event, we encourage you to watch the orientation recording.
Francesca Purcell is a specialist in higher education policy and practice, with expertise on topics including college completion, student transfer, and developmental education.
LGBTQIA+ leaders with five or more years of experience who work at:
While this program is designed for participants who identify as LGBTQIA+, it is open to all higher education-associated leaders who otherwise fulfill the admissions criteria.
This program welcomes applications from both individuals and teams. First-time applicants need to create a Professional Education account to apply.
Individuals: Click the "Apply" button at the top of this page to log into your Professional Education account and access the application page. Proceed with the individual form until submission.
Teams: Designate one participant or an administrative staff member as the Coordinator.
Invoices: Invoices will only be available upon your acceptance.