ACAD Deans' Institute
A Virtual Experience
Friday, October 24, 2025
11:30am--4:00pm Eastern

ACAD is excited to host our fall Deans' Institute.  Our opening plenary speaker will be Jorge Gonzalez, President, Kalamazoo College.  Dr. Gonzalez in his presentation Authenticity: The Best You is You will share his journey from his early life in Mexico to academic leadership. Drawing on his leadership experience he will provide guidance for aspiring academic leaders on cultivating authenticity, building professional networks, and navigating the evolving challenges or higher education. Our closing plenary is to be determine but the topic will focus on working across institution types and a wide range of students as well as developing your own leadership philosophy. Between the plenaries we will have more than 12 roundtable discussions on various topics in Higher Education.

Click here for the program.

PRICING:

July 28 through October 10:

Member: $200                     Non-member: $275

Registration closes on October 10th to allow registrants to pre-select their roundtable topics.  Registrants will be notified beginning October 10th to request their selections. Link information for the event will be shared on Thursday, October 23rd.

Cancellation policy: A $50 processing fee will be deducted from all cancellations.  No refunds will be made on any cancellations, for any reason, after October 10. Registrations are transferable within an institution.