Session Themes

Leading Through Complexity and Change
Topics: Enrollment, formula funding, scheduling, advising models

Building High‑Performing Academic Leadership Teams
Topics: Hiring, workloads, grievances, HR/legal, team operations

Provost as Institutional Visionary
Topics: Curriculum approvals, research expenditures (R1/R2), fundraising, advisory boards

Leading with Integrity and Influence>br>Topics: Faculty Senate/shared governance, system/board relations, tenure & promotion

Detailed Topics for Discussion

Hiring Faculty

• Recruitment and Advertising
• Appropriate Startup Packages Per Discipline
• Years Toward Tenure Cases
• When to Use a Hiring Firm

Faculty Workloads

• Release Time Scenarios
• Overload Rules and Exceptions
• How to Weigh Teaching, Research, and Service

Tenure and Promotion

• 2-year / 4-year Reviews vs 3-year Review
• Tolling the Clock
• Post Tenure Review
• Non-Renewal / Revoking of Tenure

Enrollment Trends

• Retention Tools
• Value of Student Success Tools (mentoring, advising, writing centers)
• Academic Affairs Contribution to Student Engagement Efforts

Fund Raising

• Donor Relationships / Role of Gift Solicitation
• Role of Dean in Fund Raising
• Community Relationships (campus and city/town)
• Role of Advisory Boards

Formula Funding

• How to Calculate
• Factoring SCH and Headcount
• Using Formula Funding for Curriculum Decisions

Course Scheduling

• Facility Management
• Lab Space Cases
• Online vs Face to Face vs. Hybrid

Advising Models

• Faculty vs Professional Advising
• Release Time / Stipend
• Use of College-Based Advising Centers / Centralized v. Decentralized

Curriculum Development

• Curriculum Approval Process (Internal, System Board, THECB)
• Use of Data Analytics and Formula Funding in Curriculum Process
• Timeline

Faculty Advisory Councils

• Changes Due to SB 37
• Selection of Presiding Officers
• Appropriate Size of the Body
• Building Relationships
• Shared Governance / Role of Council in Academic Affairs

Faculty Grievances

• Role of HR
• Role of System Counsel
• Role of Ombuds
• Due Process
• Title IX

Role of System Offices

• Curriculum Approval
• Role of System vs Role of Board
• Use of System Legal Counsel and Government Relations Team

Building Your Team

• Importance of Deans Council
• Value and Roles of Budget and Office Managers
• Designation of Someone to Manage Your Day to Day Calendar

Understanding Research Expenditures

• R1 vs R2
• Faculty Expectations Per Discipline (ex. Engineering vs Education)
• Calculating Expenditures