Dean and Chancellor Leadership Development Series
Enhance your leadership impact with the Dean and Chancellor Leadership Development Series, a collaborative program for deans, chancellors, divisional deans, associate deans and associate vice chancellors to explore essential academic and leadership themes.
The Dean and Chancellor Leadership Development Series offers tailored support and professional growth opportunities for deans, chancellors, divisional deans, associate deans and associate vice chancellors, focusing on critical issues faced by department and unit leaders. Guided by the office for Academic Personnel and Faculty, this program fosters collaboration and insight into key academic and leadership challenges.
Planning is underway for the 2025–2026 series, with details to be shared as they become available.
If you would like to participate, please reach out to vpap@uw.edu
Dialogue Topics
The Dean and Chancellor Leadership Development Series typically explores the following themes, reflecting the core challenges and opportunities of academic leadership at UW:
> Navigating the research enterprise and fostering innovation
> Promoting campus and community safety
> Budgeting strategies across schools, colleges, and campuses
> Advancing teaching excellence and its evolving status
> Practical leadership insights, ethics, and governance at UW and within Washington state
> Strategies for faculty recruitment, promotion, development, mentorship, retention, and tenure
> Understanding ethics, risk management, and compliance in leadership roles
> Strengthening advancement, development, and endowment efforts
> Examining the scope and impact of undergraduate and graduate education
> Enhancing global engagement, research, and societal impact
> Embedding inclusive excellence in higher education
> Exploring the Faculty Code and shared governance principles