Women: Leading and Managing Change in Higher Education…The HERS Experience

Women: Leading and Managing Changein Higher Education…The HERS

Experience

Kristel Seth Director, Research and Sponsored Programs

Denver Institute, 2013

Marilyn HartDirector, Undergraduate Research Center

Bryn Mawr Institute, 2012

Live with Intention

Be deliberate Join the conversation

Address the need

Intentionally think about and plan for your future!

Women in Academic Leadership Women earn the majority of postsecondary degrees. Women are earning more professional degrees. Women are overall under-represented as faculty, mid-

level and senior administration. Female PHD’s are more likely to obtain positions at

two-year versus four-year institutions. Women have career “set-backs” for personal

reasons. Female professors earn 80% of their male

counterparts.

Female University Presidents

Women represent 27% of college presidents. At Community Colleges, 33% of presidents are

women. At Women’s Colleges, female presidents are the norm.

Outline

Opportunities (& Challenges) Career Advancement HERS Introduction Institute Overview Experience and Benefits Application Process and Selection Final Thoughts and Questions

Opportunities (& Challenges)

List strengths, passions

Identify opportunities

Locate gaps, challenges

Set goals, make a plan

Balance life/work

Career Advancement

Chart career aspirations Keep a journal, update your resume/CV, have an

electronic career file, start a gratitude folder Document success – create a PAR diary

< P=problem, challenge, issue, opportunity< A=action taken to (re)solve< R=results, benefit, outcome*Tell a story about your accomplishments

Transferability of skills

Career Advancement cont.

Professional building blocks< Networks, continuous learning, leadership experience,

institutional experience and service, professional image

Personal building blocks< Balance, health, recreation, stress management,

relationship skills, dealing with failure, persistence, reinvention, sense of humor

Reflect on and utilize strengths Have a mentor, be a mentor

HERS: Higher Education Resource Services An educational non-profit organization; Provides leadership and management development for

women in higher education administration; Prepared more than 4300 women faculty and

administrators for leadership roles; Alumnae over 1200 campuses: USA, South Africa,

Botswana, India, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Micronesia, and Caribbean region; and

Over 500 HERS alumnae now serve in senior level positions.

HERS Institute Overview

Five themes of curriculum (2013):I. Understanding the Higher Education Environment II. Planning and Leading Change in the Academy III. Managing and Investing Strategic Resources IV. Engaging Individual and Institutional Diversity V. Mapping Your Leadership Development

*chief university officer interviews, readings, self assessments, leadership project

Take Charge: Leadership Project

Identify a project, develop a plan:< Connected to mission, tied into strategic plan< Strengths/weaknesses, opportunities/barriers< Establish a team: stakeholders, allies, supporters,

mentors< Vision for implementation, empowered to act< Create timeline, communicate deliverables < Track progress, make adjustments, celebrate

successes

HERS: The Experience, The Benefits

Institutional awareness, university connections

Intentional planning and goal setting

Network with a community of powerful women

Support and advocate Multitude of resources

MSU HERS Alumni

Wellesley InstituteMichelle Alvarez, 2012

Nancy Fitzsimons, 2012

Denver Summer InstituteDebra Schulz, 2009

Kimberly Greer, 2010Rhonda Dass, 2011

Candace Raskin, 2012Kristel Seth, 2013

Linda Jacoby, 2013

Bryn Mawr Summer InstituteLinda Duckett, 2000

Jean Haar, 2006Jennifer Guyer-Wood, 2007Deborah Jesseman, 2008

Marilyn Hart, 2012

Institute Locations & Dates

Apply for a Scholarship!

The President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) is now accepting

scholarship applications.

A representative from MSU will attend one of the annual HERS Institutes for women during

the 2013-2014 academic year.

The purpose of the Institute is to advance women leaders in the middle and executive levels of higher

education administration.

Application Process

The MSU scholarship application process requires: completion of the HERS application form, self-descriptive letter, letter of recommendation from a supervisor, and resume.

More information on the application process is available at the Commission’s website:

http://www.mnsu.edu/csw/hers.html

Review Process

Submit completed application packets: by January 24, 2014 , to Jeane McGraw in WA 325.

Applications will be reviewed by the PCSW and recommendations forwarded to

President Davenport.

Final Thoughts

Live intentionally

Set goals and plan for your aspirations

Utilize professional development opportunities

Document your successes

Network, be an advocate for women

Find a mentor, be a mentor

Questions?