Educational Management, Leadership Institute
Set For Feb. 25-26 In Harrisburg

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University Park, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education (PBCOHE) is sponsoring a two-day Institute for Educational Management and Leadership that will give academic professionals of color an opportunity to develop their leadership abilities and administrative skills.

The Institute will be held Feb. 25-26 in Harrisburg. It will cover a range of skills, including identifying and analyzing changes affecting higher education, becoming familiar with the budget process in higher education, and examining various leadership styles and their effectiveness.

"More and more, university and college administrators are being asked to do more with less," said Grace Hampton, chair of the Institute's planning committee. "The Institute can help higher education professionals develop the skills they need to compete in today's education market."

Hampton is executive assistant to the provost for the development of the arts at Penn State.

The Institute will include a keynote address on leadership in higher education by John A. Brighton, executive vice president and provost at Penn State, and a session on technology and higher education research by James H. Ryan, vice president and dean for continuing and distance education at Penn State.

Other sessions will cover the budgetary process, communication in higher education, management and academic protocols, leadership and management styles, development and use of research, and job seeking and interviewing skills.

PBCOHE, the sponsor of the Institute, is a professional association whose purpose is to ensure that African Americans and other people of color have access to higher education in Pennsylvania. Its incoming president is William Asbury, Penn State's vice president for student affairs.

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For more information, contact Grace Hampton, chair of the Institute's planning committee, (814) 863-5408.