Friday, October 21, 2011

Drexel Offers New Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE) Program


ELATE at Drexel™ is an exciting new leadership development program for senior women faculty in engineering, computing, and related disciplines.


ELATE at Drexel™ is a national leadership development program designed to advance senior women faculty in academic engineering, computer science, and related fields into effective institutional leadership roles within their schools and universities.
ELATE is an intensive full-year, part-time fellowship program modeled on the highly successful ELAM program for women in medicine, dentistry and public health, and tailored to the needs of faculty women in engineering and technology. Three in-residence sessions of 4-6 days each are used to enhance knowledge and skills in business practices of higher education, project management with diverse stakeholders, and effective communication in a variety of leadership platforms. Sessions are supported by:
  • Online readings and assignments.
  • Monthly conference calls with learning communities and senior advisors.
  • Interviews with key officials at the home institution.
  • Institutional Action Project development.
  • Mentoring to apply new skills to work at the home institution.
ELATE Fellows will:
  • Improve their personal and professional leadership through professional and peer coaching, personality and leadership style inventories, and 360o evaluations.
  • Learn, through activities, classroom presentations, and interviews of their own institutional leaders, how to understand and navigate organizational dynamics.
  • Expand their knowledge of strategic finance and resource management at the institutional level through didactic presentations, case studies, and work at their home institutions.
ELATE at Drexel is a collaborative project of Drexel University and Drexel University College of Medicine. It is a core program of the International Center for Executive Leadership in Academics within the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership® at Drexel University College of Medicine.
ELATE at Drexel will begin accepting applications for the first class on November 1, 2011. Selection decisions will be made in the spring of 2012, with the first class opening in summer 2012.


 
 
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