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  Program Dates
  
  August 15–September 2, 2022

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  Duration
  
    3 weeks

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  Time Commitment
  
  3-4 hours per week

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  Who Should Attend?
  
  Anyone new to higher education, including those doing business or partnering with colleges and universities.

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  Program Delivery
  
  Online
  (Synchronous and Asynchronous)

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  Credential
  
  Successful completers receive a digital microcredential.

About Attending This Program

This intensive, three-week program engages participants in interactive live sessions, is designed to support opportunities for applied learning and coaching, and is supported by faculty and subject matter experts in each of the competency areas below. We ask that participants actively plan the time they will spend on the program each week, even on a daily basis. Each competency below is delivered with diverse learning materials, resources, and activities in support of in-depth learning and immediate application.

• Higher Education Organizational Structures: Understand the various institutional models and how governance is structured, positioned and operationalized.
  • Includes support for understanding governance models, institutional types, leadership reporting structures, and how each of these impacts technology investment decisions.
• Stakeholders and Influencers of Technology Decisions: Understand various stakeholders and their level of influence on organizational decision-making.
  • Includes support for understanding higher education roles and hierarchies, institutional authority structures, and how various leaders influence technology investments.
• Technology Planning and Funding: Understand higher education strategic planning processes and how to support and engage with them at the appropriate level and time.
  • Includes support for understanding an institution’s strategic plan; how strategic models influence technology funding, purchasing, and decision making; and how to cultivate and manage relationships with institutional technology leaders.
• The Procurement Process: Evaluate how organizational procurement processes intersect with product assessment, review, identification, and selection.
  • Includes support for understanding the procurement process, navigating funding models, the sales cycle's impact on technology budgets, and how governance affects procurement funding.

Live Sessions

Once or twice a week, we will hold live, synchronous online meetings to discuss resources, activities, and competencies. These meetings will be a combination of short talks, discussion, and opportunities for questions. See the full meeting schedule in the agenda page.

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Learners are expected to dedicate approximately 3–4 hours per week (synchronous and asynchronous) to have an engaged and successful learning experience.

Coaching and Mentoring Opportunities

As part of your enrollment in this program, you have the opportunity to receive coaching and mentoring from an experienced leader from the higher education community. The post program mentoring opportunity lasts for three months, and enables a one-on-one connection for the duration of this time.