"Across the CIC, collaborations are deeper, more sophisticated, and more consequential than ever–but in many ways, we've just started to tap its potential."
–Kim Wilcox, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michigan State University
About the CIC Academic Leadership Program
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)--the Big 10 universities plus the University of Chicago--sponsors the Academic Leadership program. Each institution selects Leadership Fellows to participate in the program each year. The Fellows attend a series of three two-day seminars related to activities on their home campuses between seminars. The seminars, which are rotated among the CIC institutions, follow a format designed to maximize interaction among all the Fellows.
Program faculty develop aspects of the seminar topic through case studies, workshops, and other group exercises. Fellows are appointed to terms of one year. Funding for the program is provided by the chief academic officers of the participating institutions.
Academic administrators at universities in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) have dual roles: they must be educational leaders and at the same time act as managers of large, complex organizations. They are challenged by tightening budgets, changing student populations, and increasing pressures from external sources. To find creative workable solutions to the problems that lay ahead, our universities must pay serious attention to leadership development. The CIC Academic Leadership Program is oriented to the specific challenges of academic administration at major research universities and designed to help faculty members and academic administrators prepare to meet them. The Academic Leadership Program involves the Fellows from each CIC campus in a series of three two-day seminars at other member institutions plus readings and participation in monthly activities on their home campuses. The seminars, which are rotated among the CIC institutions, follow a format designed to maximize interaction among all Fellows. Fellows are appointed for terms of one year. The MSU CIC ALP Program selects six Fellows each year. Funding for the program is provided by the chief academic officers of the eleven participating institutions.
Brochure: Download the 2010-2011 CIC ALP brochure (.pdf)
News: Faculty and administrators participating in leadership programs
Applications
Applications are distributed to academic departments in January of each year. Applicants will be interviewed by a selection committee of former Fellows and academic administrators. For additional information, please contact the Faculty & Organizational Development Office at leaders@msu.edu or 355-5761.
CIC Academic Leadership Program (CIC ALP)
Applications for 2012-13 Fellows are due Thursday, February 9, 2012 by 5:00 p.m. EST.
Academic administrators at universities in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) have dual roles: they must be educational leaders and at the same time act as managers of large, complex organizations. They are challenged by tightening budgets, changing student populations, and increasing pressures from external sources. To find creative workable solutions to the problems that lie ahead, our universities must pay serious attention to leadership development. The CIC Academic Leadership Program is oriented to the specific challenges of academic administration at major research universities and designed to help faculty members and academic administrators prepare to meet them. The Academic Leadership Program involves the Fellows from each CIC campus in a series of three two-day seminars at other member institutions plus readings and participation in monthly activities on their home campuses. The seminars, which are rotated among the CIC institutions, follow a format designed to maximize interaction among all Fellows. Fellows are appointed for terms of one year. The MSU CIC ALP program selects six Fellows each year. Funding for the program is provided by the chief academic officers of the eleven participating institutions.
To learn more about the MSU CIC ALP program, contact Allyn Shaw at 517-355-5761, leaders@msu.edu.
CIC ALP Fellows Information Session
Monday, January 30, 2012, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Nisbet Building, Room 10
Prospective CIC ALP Fellows are invited to an Information Session about the CIC Academic Leaders Program in preparation for the submission of applications on Feb. 9, 2012.
Topics will include:
- Program goals
- Expectations of CIC ALP Fellows
- Benefits of participation
- Time commitment
- Requirements for the application
- Reflections by former CIC ALP Fellows
To register for the information session, please email fodreg@msu.edu.
Click here for a brief, four minute video about the CIC (external link)