Leadership Conferences and Seminars
Senior administrators and faculty members at the nation's community colleges will find opportunities for education, professional growth, networking, and research through the Institute for Community College Development (ICCD).
Explore the area below to find information about ICCD's upcoming Gravitational Leadership programs.
Gravitational Leadership features assessment, three main areas of competency (Advocacy, Resource Development, and Organizational Integrity), and core skills which apply to all areas.
View the Gravitational Leadership Map.
Upcoming Gravitational Leadership Programs
Core:
Leadership Tools for Women
June 15, 2007
Westchester Community College
Valhalla, NY
This third annual "Leadership Tools for Women" will focus on the leadership challenges faced by women in higher education. Check back for more details and registration, or contact Lee Riddell, ICCD's Assistant Director, for more information: lee.riddell@cornell.edu, 607-254-1520.
For information about our previous "Leadership Tools for Women" programs, please see our Past Programs.
Resource Development:
The Entrepreneurial College
February 7-9, 2007
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte, NC
"The Entrepreneurial College" will help you build your college's entrepreneurship and student business incubation education and utilize best practices at the community college level. This conference is designed for administrative academic deans and vice presidents, provosts, and chief administrative officers of community college systems.
"Sustainability for Community Colleges: Curriculum, Culture, Conservation"
Leadership Issues Series
August 6-8, 2007
ILR Conference Center
ILR School
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
This annual 3 day program, previously called our Administrative Leadership Program, is held at Cornell and addresses a new topic each year. Our most recent program, "A New Era of Accountability," was held August 9-11, 2006. Each program is highly interactive. Mid and senior level administrators interested in applying new research, acquiring skills for more effective leadership and sharing best practices with colleagues from around the country should attend. Institutional teams are encouraged to attend.
"Growing Giving": Resource Development for Community Colleges
November 7-9, 2007
Orlando, Florida
Take your private fund-raising to the next level.
For community college presidents, board chairs, foundation board chairs, and chief advancement officers.
Organizational Integrity:
Successful Teaching Conference
October 26-27, 2006
Radisson Corning Hotel
Corning, New York
This annual one day conference is co-sponsored by the teaching and learning centers of Broome, Corning and Tompkins Cortland Community Colleges of New York. Full and part-time faculty share their expertise and offer innovative teaching techniques in small groups. Themes of active learning, student learning assessment and integrating technology are explored.
2006 - 2007 Program Calendar
Past conferences have included The Essentials of Community College Labor Relations, A New Era of Accountability, The Entrepreneurial College, the Entrepreneurial President, the Leadership Academy, the Administrative Leadership Program (now the Leadership Issues series), Leading from Within, Project Management, the Successful Teaching Conference, the Leadership Academy, Leadership Tools for Women, and other executive education seminars. Online programs have included webinars and a certificate course with eCornell, "Proactive Leadership in Higher Education."
