Date: 21 April to 7 June 2021 | Venue: SEARCA, College, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines via MS Teams
(By invitation only)
In efforts to build the capacity of Southeast Asian HEI leaders to be equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge needed to effectively lead thriving and resilient universities in the region, the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) in partnership with The HEAD Foundation has conducted two successful runs of the "Leadership Development Program for Higher Education Institutions in Southeast Asia," in January 2019 and January 2020. Thus far, the program has enhanced the abilities of 36 higher education leaders from eight Southeast Asian countries.
Within the Philippine higher education sector, there is a need to raise the standard of Philippine HEIs and drive them towards enhanced relevance and competitiveness in the 21st century. This can only be done by building on their leadership and management capacities within the context of global challenges asserted by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Better outcomes are needed with respect to stronger academe-industry-government connectivity and curricular innovations that are in step with the current needs and challenges, e.g. in creating business opportunities, particularly from agriculture and developing the entrepreneurial and 21st century skills of students for disruptive innovations.
Philippine HEIs participating in this program will be challenged to "Up Your Game!," with respect to four key areas: Leadership, Graduate Preparedness, Technology and Faculty Readiness to take on board new challenges. Each of these areas will require new visions, strategies, goals, and policies for leaders to take to their faculty and other staff and re-orientate them to higher levels of outcomes.
The program will have a maximum of 30 participants from approximately 15 higher education institutions that are members of the State Universities and Colleges-Association of Colleges of Agriculture in the Philippines (SUC-ACAP).
Participants should be in leadership positions (e.g., Chancellors/Rectors, Campus Directors, Vice-Chancellors, Deans, Directors, Registrars) in the University who are at least master's degree holders, spend half of their time in administrative/managerial work, and/or new to their posts.
This Leadership Development Program for Higher Education Institutions (LDP-HEIs) in the Philippines program is BY INVITATION ONLY.
