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Training Overview

Today’s higher education leaders face complex issues and challenges, including rapidly evolving government priorities and policies, increased levels of external and internal scrutiny, the increasingly globalized nature of academia, technological advances, as well as the need to be both nationally and globally collaborative and competitive. As leaders, we must be operationally savvy, entrepreneurial, and able to forecast future trends and issues. This is no small feat, particularly given recent trends of significant budget reductions in higher education institutions in Canada and globally.

Intended Audience

This workshop is geared toward mid-managers and new senior international leaders interested in developing strategic leadership competencies to address these and other issues facing senior international higher education leaders today.

Learning Objectives

• Learned about internal and external factors influencing the management of day to day operations in IE and feel more confident in developing strategies to engage stakeholders and respond to change.
• Enhanced their knowledge of sound management and business practices, focusing on how to apply these to the international education work context with an emphasis on the value of an integrated approach, and ethical and equity frameworks.
• Grown their leadership capacity by developing expertise in affecting change, attracting resources, implementing quality assurance, assessment, and broad risk management mechanisms; be able to apply this knowledge to further support high-quality delivery of international education programs and services.

Program Delivery

Qualified instructors will guide you through two required synchronous online workshops over two weeks. Asynchronous independent learning, including readings and assignments, will also be required via CBIE’s online learning platform. Participants should expect at least 3-6 hours of independent learning plus 6 hours of virtual workshops. The final capstone project will be due approximately one week after the final synchronous workshop.

Schedule

The next cohort will be offered sometime in February 2025. Subscribe to CBIE’s mailing list for the latest news and to receive the confirmed dates as well as the registration link to join the next cohort of the ASPIRE Training Program.

Certificate of Completion

Certificates of completion will be awarded to those who successfully complete the program. To receive the certificate, participants are expected to attend all the virtual workshops listed above and actively engage in a group project in the final module of the course.

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