UNM Establishes Academy to Train Academic Leaders

The Office of the Provost is estab­lish­ing a train­ing ground for future aca­d­e­mic leaders. Four full pro­fes­sors will become fel­lows in the Aca­d­e­mic Lead­er­ship Acad­emy for the spring 2013 semester.

They will have the oppor­tu­nity to par­tic­i­pate in the work­ings of the Office of the Pres­i­dent, Provost, Vice Pres­i­dent for Research and the Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent for Admin­is­tra­tion. They will be directly men­tored by these admin­is­tra­tors. The fel­lows will shape their expe­ri­ence by work­ing with their men­tors to develop agen­das for their discussions. They will be expected to estab­lish work plans for the projects they develop, and a review with writ­ten assess­ments will be con­ducted once per semes­ter. The ini­tial term of the Acad­emy is two semes­ters and is renew­able for two more semesters.

The fel­lows will par­tic­i­pate in both short– and long-term strate­gic dis­cus­sions at UNM. Additionally they will par­tic­i­pate in senior level decision-making meet­ings includ­ing tak­ing on assign­ments and spe­cial projects, study orga­ni­za­tional struc­ture and gov­er­nance pat­terns, observe how deci­sions are made, who makes them and how lead­ers com­mu­ni­cate their decisions.

The fel­lows will also be expected to iden­tify and men­tor future ALA Fel­lows, and nom­i­nate at least two indi­vid­u­als for the ALA by the end of the Fel­low­ship. At the end of the assign­ment, they will pro­duce a report doc­u­ment­ing their expe­ri­ences, obser­va­tions and recommendations.

How to Become an Aca­d­e­mic Lead­er­ship Acad­emy (ALA) Fel­low
A let­ter of nom­i­na­tion to the ALA Selec­tion com­mit­tee must accom­pany your appli­ca­tion mate­ri­als. Indi­vid­ual can­di­dates may be nom­i­nated or may self-nominate.

Up to three let­ters of reference/support should be sub­mit­ted, at least one of which must be from an aca­d­e­mic admin­is­tra­tor (dean level or above) from out­side UNM.

Nom­i­nees should sub­mit a cur­rent CV accom­pa­nied by a two-three page let­ter of inter­est including:

Con­fir­ma­tion of rank as a full pro­fes­sor includ­ing a sum­mary of recent schol­arly achievements.

Descrip­tion of inter­est in a future lead­er­ship role within the aca­d­e­mic community.

Dis­cus­sion of a spe­cific area of inter­est such as stu­dent suc­cess, enhanc­ing fac­ulty strength and pro­gram devel­op­ment, grad­u­ate edu­ca­tion, research, global issues, finan­cial chal­lenges of higher edu­ca­tion, etc.

Terms
ALA Fel­lows will be eli­gi­ble for a Spe­cial Admin­is­tra­tive Com­po­nent (SAC) and/or a course buy-out, depend­ing on indi­vid­ual cir­cum­stances. Travel funds to attend rel­e­vant national con­fer­ences will also be avail­able. Fel­lows will be expected to respect the con­fi­den­tial­ity of all infor­ma­tion learned through the program.

Appli­ca­tions are due Oct. 31, 2012 and should be sent to:

UNM Office of the Provost
MSC05 3400, Scholes Hall, Room 240,
Attn: Aca­d­e­mic Lead­er­ship Academy

Any ques­tions may be directed to Provost Chief of Staff Melissa Var­gas.