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Executive Leadership Institute

  

MISSION

Designed to strengthen campus leadership teams and prepare the next generation of leaders for college or university executive roles, the TICUA Executive Leadership Institute is an innovative leadership development program for senior campus officials. ELI participants, known as Pressnell Fellows, are selected by their institution’s president to participate and learn from national, regional, and state educators for the nine-month program.

In just seven years of cohorts, ELI graduates have been appointed to serve in leadership positions at Tennessee higher education institutions including the presidency of Bryan College, Johnson University and Lee University as well as interim presidencies at Martin Methodist College and Carson-Newman University. 

 

Meet the Class of 2025

Hear from Past Pressnell Fellows

 

PREPARING the NEXT GENERATION OF HIGHER-ED LEADERS

The TICUA Executive Leadership Institute provides senior campus officials with the opportunity to:

  • Enhance professional leadership knowledge and skills in the specific context of private higher education.

  • Develop knowledge and skills needed to respond to uncertainty.

  • Prepare for the unique opportunities and challenges facing the leadership of private higher education institutions.

  • Learn from sitting TICUA member presidents (Residential Deans) and from national, regional and local content experts (Content Faculty).

  • Explore and learn about the unique aspects of host member campuses.

  • Explore solutions to campus-specific questions, problems, issues, or challenges corresponding to each of the session content areas.

ELI also helps Fellows to assess their current leadership style to determine areas of potential growth, to enhance their professional persona, and bolster their passion for private higher education. The Institute holds monthly sessions, typically on a Tuesday and Wednesday, at select TICUA member campuses with each president of the host institution serving as Residential Dean to the Institute's Pressnell Fellows during the two-day session.  Monthly sessions begin in September with graduation occurring in May. The Institute challenges Pressnell Fellows to augment their skills through the lens of their institution’s mission, values, and vision in the following areas:

Þ Advocacy

Þ Organizing & planning

Þ Communications

Þ Efficient & effective problem solving & decision making

Þ Conflict management & resolution

Þ Relationship building & collaboration

Þ Culturally adaptable & respectful of differences

Þ Resource management

Þ Ethical influence & power

 

EVALUATION

TICUA commits to providing an assessment and evaluation framework that will effectively measure the Institute’s comprehensive outcomes and individual session outcomes to not only assure funders, member campuses, and participants of a worthwhile return on their investment but also to ensure that the Institute continues to develop and improve.