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Today’s IT organization must be resilient and visionary. To thrive in today's fast-paced environment, leaders at all levels of the IT organization, from the CIO to the help desk, must embrace everyday challenges while planning for the future. This collection of resources was created to help institutions prepare current and future leaders for the ever-changing higher education environment.
The Chief Information Officer in Higher Education, 2012 Reports, CHECS, June 2012. This study provides information about higher education CIOs’ attributes, education, experience, and effectiveness and about the technology professionals who are likely to replace these CIOs. (ECAR subscription required)
Filling the IT Leadership Pipeline: A Panel Discussion, EDUCAUSE Review Online, January 2012. Six CIOs and senior technology leaders talk about their backgrounds, the strengths and skills needed for future CIOs, and the challenges of preparing the next generation of CIOs. They list the most critical competencies for current and future CIOs, and they debate whether these competencies are changing.
Aspiring and Residing IT Leaders: A Legacy for the Future, EDUCAUSE Review Online, January 2012. Keith McIntosh, winner of the inaugural EDUCAUSE Rising Star Award talks about becoming a leader and developing future leaders in the IT professional community. He outlines three steps that aspiring leaders can take to cultivate their leadership skills and three steps that residing leaders can take to leave a lasting legacy.
The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow, EDUCAUSE Live! December 2011. This webinar highlights findings from a study of the same name from the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR).
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The Pennsylvania State University’s “IT Connects” IT leadership skill development program.
EDUCAUSE Professional Development – below is a list of Institute Programs, including audience and program objectives
- A CIO, librarian, information technology professional, or administrator with a least seven years’ experience
- To learn how to create a collaborative community that takes leadership on critical issues to develop a platform for collective action
- An IT professional new to or aspiring to management
- Outlines the basic skills critical for management and supervision of projects, units and people
- Existing manager with some supervisory experience
- Practical skill development in effective management
- New CIO or an experienced senior-level leader aspiring to CIO/executive-level leadership
- Critical success skills for executive leaders & keys to understanding institution-wide IT strategy
Learning Technology Leadership Program
- Experienced individual in a learning technology position who aspires to a leadership role
- To understand higher education leadership, attributes of effective leaders, and strategic skills for influencing decision-making
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Leadership Development
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Update Status: Friending gr8 Leaders
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November 4, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
Social networking presents opportunities to enhance leadership and staff development. How do IT leaders harness social networking to meet institutional goals and complement traditional offerings? W…
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Seminar 20A - CIO Grand Challenge: The Institutional Horizon
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November 3, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
CIOs must increasingly succeed at the institutional level, not just within the world of information technology. This highly interactive seminar will explore strategies CIOs can use to help their in…
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Tune In December 1 -- The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow
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November 21, 2011
In this free hour-long session, “ The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow ,” Elizabeth Clark, Marc Hoit, Susan Grajek, and Carrie Regenstein will present highlig…
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Functioning as a Leader When You're Not at the Top
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June 2, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2009
We tend to think of leadership qualities as being most important for individuals who are in obvious senior positions on the organizational chart: CIOs, presidents, deans, and the like. But what abo…
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EDU11: IT from Both Sides of the Executive Table
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November 4, 2011
Information technology plays a fundamental and growing role in enabling education and research, yet the CIO's role in leading that evolution for colleges and universities is…
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2012 Frye Leadership Institute Accepting Applications
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October 31, 2011
The Frye Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for its 2012 session, to be held June 3–8 in Washington, D.C. Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, December 16, 2011…
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Information Technology Careers at Pepperdine University - Framework for Career Ladder
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May 4, 2009
Pepperdine University developed and implemented a set of competency based career ladders for all IT employees. These career ladders, in addition to detailing progressive responsibilities, requi…
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Organization and Politics in Higher Education: Success Strategies for IT Professionals
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March 11, 2009
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2009
Understanding and negotiating campus and departmental politics can be challenging for IT professionals. This session will focus on defining the dynamics and organizational context for politics in h…
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ECAR Releases Report on IT Leadership
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October 3, 2011
ECAR has just released The Higher Education CIO: Portrait of Today, Landscape of Tomorrow, 2011 Report . The report examines the CIO role—past, present, and emergent. …
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Leading the IT Workforce in Higher Education
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December 1, 2008
This session will present the results of recent ECAR research by Philip Goldstein on IT leadership. The research examined critical topics including the potential impact on the workforce of boomer…
