Updated September 26, 2012

Lupe Flores

HACU to host Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute on Oct. 20

Download a pdf of the agenda, click here.

“Transformational Leadership in Transformational Times” will be the theme of HACU’s Annual Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute. The preconference event designed for early-, mid- and top-level faculty, staff, administrators and higher education leaders, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 20. A welcome reception will be held on the evening of Friday, October 19 from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. to allow attendees a pre-institute opportunity to network.

The schedule includes speakers, panels, a career networking workshop, and small group discussions.

Highlights of the institute will include:

• Morning Keynote, "Latina/o Higher Education Policy at the National Level" by Dr. Mark Hugo Lopez,  Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center
• Multiple Career Development and Leadership Roundtable Workshops, “Preparing Ourselves for Effective Higher Education Leadership”
• “Latino Student Success: Evidence Informing Policies & Practices” by Dr. Frank Sanchez, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, The City University of New York
• Diversity Officers Panel, “Ensuring Institutional Change during Demographic Shifts”
• Dr. Rita Cepeda, Chancellor, San Jose-Evergreen Community College District and Dr. William Flores, President, University of Houston – Downtown, will be the keynote speakers during the Presidents Panel
  

Online registration is underway for the one-day institute until Oct. 5, with in-person registration available on the day of the institute.

Sponsors of the 11th Annual Latino Higher Education Leadership Institute are the College Board, Educational Testing Service, and TIAA/CREF.

For registration, click here.