Faculty Resources & Programs
The PhD Project is committed to providing our alumni with opportunities to stay involved with our organization by sharing their successes and their aspirations.
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Project AHEAD: Achieving Higher Education Administration Diversity
With fewer than 30 African-American, Hispanic American and Native American Deans at majority business schools in the U.S., the need for administrative diversity has become increasingly evident. Project AHEAD encourages tenured minority faculty to explore positions in administration. Following The PhD Project model, this program offers resources and support by hosting webinars and providing mentors to help members on this path.
Understanding the Search Process
Seasoned PhD Project faculty joined current Deans and representatives from leading search firms to explore this path at our AHEAD session held during The PhD Project 2012 Annual Conference in Chicago. View a video from this event to learn more.
Aspiring Leaders Seminar – The Leadership Project
The PhD Project is proud to host the Aspiring Leaders Seminar – The Leadership Project. This program was developed in partnership with AACSB and retired Dean Andy Policano in 2015. This program was designed to inspire the next generation of historically underrepresented minority business school faculty to take on administrative roles such as department head, dean, provost, and president.
Dean Policano took on the challenge of creating a valuable Aspiring Leaders Seminar (ALS) that brought together diverse business school faculty for this purpose. He used his book, “From Ivory Tower to Glass House,” as a foundation for the seminar due to its systematic treatment of both the challenges faced by higher education and potential strategies to address them. This book covers many important topics relevant to academic leaders: funding, mediation and negotiation techniques, change management, crisis management, strategic planning, fundraising, and board development.
In 2022, Dean Policano handed the reins to three members of The PhD Project serving as business school deans to ensure the longevity of the ALS, which allowed him to retire from his many years of service to The PhD Project. Session facilitators come from R1, HBCU and Religious affiliated schools to ensure attendees have representation.
The program is an in-person, 1 ½ day meeting held during the summer. We invite approximately 20-25 historically underrepresented PhD Project faculty members who have achieved tenure at their institutions. These are individuals who may be currently serving in, applying for, or considering leadership positions in the future.
For more information on this exciting program, contact us at info@phdproject.org.
KPMG Board Fit
KPMG Board Leadership Center’s Board Fit program is an outgrowth of KPMG’s commitment to boardroom excellence and the importance of strong, diverse boards. Board Fit is conducted by our center’s board and governance experts.
For more information on these programs, please contact Myrna Varner at mvarner@phdproject.org.
Additional Resources
AACSB Administrator Resource Center
http://www.aacsb.edu/knowledge
AACSB Lessons for Aspiring Deans and Department Chairs Seminars
ACE Leadership Programs
http://www.acenet.edu/leadership/Pages/default.aspx
Accounting Programs Leadership Group