Leadership and Management of Higher Education Institutions (LMHE) – (Certificate)

Course dates:
19 November - 07 December 2012
Leading institutional reformIncreasingly, academic institutions are going through the process of innovation and institutional reform. This program prepares you for your role as a leader in the change process. You develop a broad set of leadership and governance skills in the areas of policy reform, institutional strategy making, organization development, change management and the administration of academic processes.
This is a practical, interactive program where you are challenged to present your own institutional development and implementation plans, inviting professional scrutiny and peer review. Throughout the program, professional coaching is available to support you.
Why this program:There is a growing recognition of the contribution of the higher education sector to the economic welfare of and the social well-being in developing countries. Growth, quality improvement and funding are just a few of the challenges Higher Education Institutions are facing nowadays. More and more institutions are going through the process of innovation and institutional reform to cope with these challenges. Effective institutional leadership and management are of crucial importance in realizing the required reforms in a context of increasing autonomy and accountability.
This program gives insight in main responsibilities and tasks of leadership and management in higher education institutions. It does so by introducing tools and instruments to support leadership and managerial tasks in higher education and by introducing a number of selected topics. You can read more about the learning objectives of the program under the heading ‘what to learn’. Information on teaching methods is to be found under the heading ‘what to expect’.
What to expectThe learning objectives of the LMHE program as described under the heading ‘what to learn’ will be realized through a variety of teaching methods. The topics will be covered by a group of lecturers with extensive experience in their subject. The sessions cover both theoretical and practical issues. Case studies and assignments are used to make the sessions interactive. Reading materials are distributed either for preparation of the sessions or for deepening the topics dealt with in the sessions.
The program includes one or two work visits to Dutch higher education institutions.
Throughout the program, the participants work on an individual assignment thereby relating the subjects dealt with in the course to their own organization and contributing to individual learning.
All this makes the LMHE program a practical, interactive program where you are challenged to present your own institutional development and implementation plans, inviting professional scrutiny and peer review. Throughout the program, professional coaching is available to support you.
What you will gainYou will gain insight in up-to-date issues in the area of leadership and management in higher education and you will learn how to deal with these issues.
Furthermore, you will build a valuable professional network of higher education professionals and managers from different countries consisting of the participants and the lecturers of the program.
Your profile:The program is designed for:

• Academic and administrative leaders of higher education institutions
• Policy makers and planners from Ministries of Education, other educational planning bodies and higher education institutions
• Senior lecturers involved in managerial and administrative tasks
• Educational consultants