16th Annual Leadership Symposium
CHALLENGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Collaboration: Overcoming Challenges and Redesigning for Success
Thursday, March 24, 2011
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
Student Activities Center, Ballroom B
Adrianna J. Kezar, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Charles L. Robbins, DSW Stony Brook University
Peter M. Baigent, Ed.D Stony Brook University
“Collaboration at Work: Rewards, Challenges and Lessons Learned”
A video featuring: Representatives from 3 SBU collaborative ventures
Current challenges in higher education create the climate for rethinking the manner in which we achieve the core purposes of our work. The documented benefits of collaboration provide a path and impetus to forge “strategic alliances and partnerships that enhance institutional capacity to meet the demands of the new environment” (Kezar, 2006). This year’s Symposium will examine opportunities and barriers for collaboration to augment our effectiveness and success.
Author of Redesigning for Collaboration in Higher Education (2006) and Organizing Higher Education for Collaboration (2009), Dr. Kezar’s research identifies institutional conditions and contexts that foster collaboration. Stony Brook University’s Academic and Student Affairs Divisions, Drs. Robbins and Baigent will respond to Dr. Kezar’s presentation. In addition, three examples of collaborative initiatives between Academic and Student Affairs will highlight the benefits, rewards and challenges inherent in these ventures. Examples of cooperative environments to enhance student success, conduct research and serve the community offer a vehicle to consider such issues as: leadership challenges, needed competencies, and inherent barriers and rewards.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment and Retention Management and the School of Social Welfare, this year's symposium is also part of the Professional Development Series.
To register, please click here
For information, please contact:
Jeanne Finch, DSW
(631) 444-3167
jfinch@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Background of the Leadership Symposium
Past Leadership Symposium Topics and Speakers