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2007 Annual Conference 

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Please note that as of April 6, 2007, new registrations and purchases of additional tickets can only be made on site.

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Deans Institute
Ed Technologies
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Civic Engagement/
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Wednesday, 4/11 (PDF)
Thursday, 4/12 (PDF)
Friday, 4/13 (PDF)
Saturday, 4/14 (PDF)

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UCEA 92nd Annual Conference

Deans and Directors Institute

Transforming Organizations–Executing Strategic Shifts

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Preconference Chair: JENNIFER STINE, M.I.T.

The private sector and higher education are both struggling to develop new organizational models in response to challenges, such as new technologies, demographic shifts, and a globalized economy. Continuing higher education organizations are aligning their programs with the missions of their parent institutions and simultaneously trying to capitalize on continuing education’s special capacity for innovation. Sophisticated administrators are needed by contemporary complex university organizational structures, yet too few institutions make development of administrative talent a priority. Meanwhile, there is increased appreciation that competitiveness in a global economy depends on the capacity to build and maintain a highly skilled workforce.

Continuing education organizations are being counted upon to play a larger role in advancing regional economic development agendas. This seminar will explore how continuing higher education organizations and professionals in the field are changing to remain effective in the face of new conditions.

8:00–8:15 a.m.

WELCOME: Preconference OVERVIEW

JENNIFER STINE, Executive Director, Professional Educational Programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

8:15–9:15 a.m.

Opportunities for a University Leader to Transform an Institution

Presenter: MARTHA PIPER, President Emeritus, University of British Columbia

9:15–9:30 a.m. BREAK

9:30–10:30 a.m.

Institutional Leadership: Bringing the Leaders in a Decentralized University Together to
Advance Institutional Goals

Presenters: JENNIFER STINE, M.I.T., DENNIS PENDLETON, Dean and GENE CRUMLEY, Director, Executive Program, University of California, Davis

Presenters will discuss the programs that their respective institutions have designed to cultivate leadership talent within the university. Stine will focus on M.I.T.’s distributed leadership model. The University’s year-long program for senior administrative leadership talent is based on the assumption that leadership cannot be confined to a CEO, but needs to permeate all levels of the organization. Pendleton will discuss UC Davis efforts to enhance leadership capacity on campus. He will review the origin and evolution of leadership development programs for faculty and administrators that UC Davis Extension has created in partnership with others in the University. Crumley, Director of the Executive Program at UC Davis Extension, will discuss some of the leadership programs he has developed and their impact on the University.

10:30–11:15 a.m.

Integrating Organizations Strategically, Streamlining Structures, Engaging with Communities

Presenter: DAVID WILSON, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges and Extension

Ever since their founding in the nineteenth century, UW Colleges and UW Extension have been statewide institutions with a shared commitment to extension and access. In 2005, the University decided to unite these two organizations. A new Chancellor was named and given the challenge of increasing the effectiveness of both organizations by integrating them into a single institution. Wilson will discuss how, in his role as Chancellor, he has approached integration strategically, the processes that he has initiated to promote the crafting of a “shared vision,” and the unanticipated successes and obstacles that he has encountered along the way.

11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Moving from a Marketing to a Sales Continuing Education Focus

Presenters: CAROL VALLETT, Co-Director, University of Vermont Division of Continuing Education; CYNTHIA BELLIVEAU, Co-Director, University of Vermont Division of Continuing Education; JOHN HUGHES, Provost, University of Vermont

The University of Vermont’s provost, together with the co-directors of the institution’s Division of Continuing Education, will describe how continuing education has realized continuing growth while aligning its programs with the University’s strategic priorities—namely, global learning, health and the environment, education, and economic development. Hughes will discuss the relationship between the University Administration and the Division of Continuing Education and the expectations of both parties. The continuing education co-directors will discuss the Division’s flattened hierarchy, partnering with departments, use of financial incentives, branding, customized training, the unit’s Vermont business center, and focus on summer school.

12:30 p.m. LUNCH

Note: This Preconference Workshop is open to Deans, Directors, and Associate Deans. However, separate registration and fee are required. See registration form.

For more information, contact: Liz Lear, UCEA Conference Director, at llear@ucea.edu, or phone 202.659.3130.