PROGRAMS

Academy for Anti-Racist Leadership

Across the United States, many colleges and universities have issued statements pledging to take a stand against racism in all its forms. The Academy for Anti-Racist Leadership is designed for academic administrators who have joined the growing movement for racial justice. It is for leaders who have completed ‘DEI 101’ in a ‘learning by doing’ mode over the past few years and now feel an urgent need to deepen their understanding of the history and manifestations of racist ideas, policies, and practices. The purpose of the Academy is to develop critical leadership competencies, most centrally racial literacy and the race- and racism-conscious schemas needed to dismantle whiteness, white supremacy, and what Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw refers to as the ‘norms of perspectivelessness’ that have become infused in postsecondary policies and practices at colleges and universities across the postsecondary spectrum.  

Academic Leadership Academy

The Academic Leadership Academy has endeavored to enhance the ability of academic administrators to provide leadership within their respective institutions. The Academy is strengthened by its partnership with Penn State’s Center for the Study of Higher Education and the Higher Education Program, benefiting from the expertise and experience of associated faculty.

Law and Governance in Higher Education Mentoring Roundtables

Law, legal issues, finance, and governance in higher education are the topics of these Mentoring Roundtables. The Mentoring Roundtables are designed to increase the racial diversity of the professoriate, improve the publication prospects of those who participate, and strengthen individual and collaborative research agendas.

PSU Higher Education Program

Penn State’s Higher Education Program is perennially ranked among the best higher education programs in the country.  Its combination of compelling academics, premier university context, verdant geographical location, culture of camaraderie and mutuality, and gifted faculty and student colleagues provides a terrific backdrop for graduate study.