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Archive for June, 2009
Annual Meetings
Annual Meetings
The ACAD Annual Meeting is held in January in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Each year ACAD hosts a track of sessions and workshops that run parallel to the theme of the AAC&U meeting and provide academic administrators with sessions tailored specifically to their needs. ACAD prides itself on providing exceptional and dynamic sessions that engage our membership, and others, in discussions on topics that are both timely and relevant to today’s academic leader. Participants can expect to leave the meeting feeling revitalized and armed with the necessary resources to return to their campuses to face any challenges. The ACAD Annual Meeting is also where the organization hosts the Annual Business Breakfast Meeting for the ACAD membership, as well as a Friday night reception open to our membership, colleagues and friends.
ACAD posts its Call for Proposals for the Annual Meeting in the late spring of the year preceding the meeting. If you are interested in being a presenter, or would like any additional information about the ACAD Annual Meeting, please contact the ACAD office.
Past Annual Meeting Programs
- January 21-24, 2009, Seattle: "Leadership for the Future: Meeting Global Challenges on College Campuses" (PDF, 48 KB)
- January 23-26, 2008, Washington, D.C.: "Intentional Learning: Connecting Philosophy and Practice" (PDF, 112 KB)
- January 17-20, 2007, New Orleans: "Meeting The Test: Responding To The Big Questions" (PDF, 60 KB)
- January 25-28, 2006, Washington, D.C.: "Articulating the Value and Managing the Culture of Liberal Education" (PDF, 48 KB)
- January 26-29, 2005, San Francisco: "Managing Competing Priorities: Academic Leadership and the Changing Institutional Agenda" (PDF, 200 KB)
- January 21-24, 2004, Washington, D.C.: "The Deans’ Dilemmas: Practicing Academic Leadership" (PDF, 60 KB)
- January 2003, Seattle: "The Peril and the Promise: American Higher Education and the Goals of Global Development," remarks by Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Managing Director, The World Bank Group
Resources
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Who We Are
The ACAD membership directory, public edition, lists members by name and institution only. The full membership directory is available to members only. Changes to information provided here can be submitted through the ACAD member site; by phone to the ACAD office at 202-884-7419 or by email at info@acad-edu.org.
Membership Levels
Membership Levels
The ACAD membership year runs July 1 through June 30. If you are a new member and are paying by credit card, please follow the links below each membership category description (scroll down) to process your membership online. If paying by check, please download a form (Individual/Emeritus/International or Group Membership) to include with payment.
Current members can renew their membership by logging into the members only area (Member Login) or by downloading a membership form that can be faxed in with credit card information or mailed in with a check.
MEMBERSHIP FORMS:
Individual/Emeritus/International
Group Membership
Individual Member
$115.00 (USD)
Individual Membership for current deans, provosts, chief academic officers, and other academic leaders at two- and four-year colleges and universities located in the U.S. Join »
Group 2+ Membership
$100.00 (USD)
This is a special membership rate offered to current or former deans, provosts, CAO’s, and other academic leaders from a single institution when two or more persons join or renew at the same time (i.e., all names must be on the application form). These rates apply regardless of how many other ACAD members there may be at that institution. For the purposes of this category, “single institution” may refer to a single university with multiple colleges or schools (i.e., Georgetown University, encompassing the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Foreign Service, the School of Business Administration, etc.) but NOT to a multi-campus system (i.e. SUNY). In the latter case, each campus constitutes a “single institution.” Please Note: New Group Members must use the following form to sign up at this level: Group Membership Application. Simply fill it out and fax it back (with credit card information) to the ACAD offices. Once Payment is processed, new members will receive an email confirmation and a receipt will be provided for the credit card transaction. You may also mail in this form with a check. Renewing members may use this link: Join »
Emeritus
$60.00 (USD)
Individual Membership for FORMER deans, associate and assistant deans, provosts, chief academic officers and other academic leaders not otherwise eligible for standard membership. This category includes those who have returned to the faculty, accepted presidencies, changed professions, or retired. Join »
International
$60.00 (USD)
Individual Membership for FORMER deans, associate and assistant deans, provosts, chief academic officers and other academic leaders not otherwise eligible for standard membership. This category includes those who have returned to the faculty, accepted presidencies, changed professions, or retired. Join »
Membership
The ACAD membership is made up of over 600 academic leaders from more than 400 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad.
ACAD members are current and former deans, provosts, academic vice presidents, associate and assistant deans, and other academic leaders. ACAD members are also characterized by their commitment to the ideals of a liberal education and ACAD focuses its efforts on supporting leaders in their work by providing resources, networking, and professional development opportunities among other member benefits.
Benefits of Membership
- Reduced registration fees at meetings sponsored by ACAD and partner organizations
- Subscription to ACAD’s popular, members-only electronic discussion listserv
- Participation in ACAD’s members-only online discussion forum(s)
- Members-only access to an online, searchable directory and control over the information that is shared in the directory
- Special member rates for posting position announcements on the ACAD Academic Careers pages
- Special member price for the best-selling Resource Handbook for Academic Deans
- And much more.
ACAD and AAC&U
The ACAD offices are still housed at AAC&U and the historic affiliation continues through their mutual commitment to fostering liberal education, co-sponsorship of meetings, other collaborative programming efforts, and occasionally joint membership initiatives. Although not required, most ACAD members continue to come from AAC&U campuses and ACAD encourages its members to have their institutions become members of AAC&U.
More information about AAC&U can be found at www.aacu.org or by contacting their membership director, Dennis Renner, at renner@aacu.org.
About
The mission of ACAD is to provide academic leaders who share a commitment to student learning and to the ideals of liberal education with networking and professional development opportunities and to support them in their work as educational leaders.
ACAD is committed to the ideals of a liberal education and supports academic leaders in their work.
ACAD supports academic administrators as they strive to promote and support the ideals of a liberal education.
ACAD is a membership driven organization that provides academic leaders with the resources they need to excel in their field
ACAD History
ACAD was established in 1945 as an independent, national, nonprofit organization for academic deans from institutions belonging to the Association of American Colleges (now AAC&U). That restriction was removed in 1968, and membership was opened to all academic officers, regardless of membership with AAC&U.
ACAD has chosen to remain a “conference” of deans—small with intimate gatherings—reflecting a continuing dedication to its founding purpose: to create both formal and informal opportunities for deans to meet, network, and offer professional support to their colleagues in their work as academic leaders. Technology has greatly increased ACAD’s effectiveness as a “conference” as members utilize member only benefits—such as the electronic discussion list—to solve problems, exchange views, and solicit advice from colleagues. Our web site further enhances this capacity by providing membership and meeting information, a member directory, a newsletter, and position announcements.
In addition to holding an annual meeting, in recent years ACAD members have published The Resource Handbook for Academic Deans, and collaborated with other higher education organizations on projects of mutual interest. ACAD events are geared toward representing its membership and offer members and others professional development unique to academic administration.
ACAD and AAC&U
The ACAD offices are still housed at AAC&U and the historic affiliation continues through their mutual commitment to fostering liberal education, co-sponsorship of meetings, other collaborative programming efforts, and occasionally joint membership initiatives. Although not required, most ACAD members continue to come from AAC&U campuses and ACAD encourages its members to have their institutions become members of AAC&U.
More information about AAC&U can be found at www.aacu.org or by contacting their membership director, Dennis Renner, at renner@aacu.org.