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    Helping to transform colleges and universities for the future

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    Introducing you to the people, places and ideas shaping the future of higher ed

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    Building a network of changemakers

The Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership, a partnership between Arizona State University and Georgetown University, is the premier training ground for those who aspire to senior leadership positions in higher education, and those who want to lead organizational change at colleges and universities in the future.

Intensive program

An eight-month, cohort-based program with 30 fellows and four face-to-face modules in Arizona and Washington, D.C. Designed for experienced entrepreneurial individuals within universities, including deans, vice presidents, associate provosts and other senior leaders.

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Boot camps

Three-day hands-on workshops held throughout the year on relevant topics related to innovation or for specific functions within the university and for those outside of higher education interested in working with institutions.

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News and updates

What deans think about innovation
What deans think about innovation, global competitiveness, and online education

A joint survey by the Academy and 2U finds one-third of deans believe the pace of change at their institutions is too slow.

Twenty-nine fellows named for the 2019- 2020 class

Twenty-nine leaders from 25 universities selected for 7th cohort of Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership.

Academy alumnus named to Washington Monthly list of higher ed innovators

Charles Isbell, a professor and senior associate dean at Georgia Tech, helped create the university's $7,000 online master's degree in computer science and is receiving accolades throughout higher education.