2024 Council of Independent Colleges Institute for Chief Academic Officers

CIC’s 2024 Institute for Chief Academic Officers invites chief academic officers and their teams to collaborate at a deeper level and program for a stronger future. Participants will delve into topics that frame a renewed paradigm for academic leadership.

The theme of this year’s Institute is Academic Leadership Now & Next and will focus on building alliances, creating innovative academic pathways, and unlocking the potential of education for more students. Participants will re-energize themselves by highlighting their good work and its enduring value; interrogate ways to sustain their institutions and themselves in a time of disruptive change; reaffirm the power of academic leadership while also evaluating its current state; and learn about ways to make teams more inclusively excellent, adaptable, and forward looking.

CIC has planned concurrent sessions that bring the Institute’s themes and objectives together, as well as interactive seminars that focus on artificial intelligence, bridging the academic mission and the marketplace, prison education, and executive coaching to sustain energy and passion. A new addition to this year’s program is a pre-Institute workshop for deans and associate provosts to complement the workshops for new chief academic officers and those in their third and fourth years.

Please note that this year’s Institute is a departure from the traditional timing to allow participants to return to campus before November 5 (for Election Day). We are pleased to provide this flexibility for leaders who wish to participate in the voting process and tend to any student matters on campus related to the election.