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Higher Education Resource Services Institutes

The prestigious Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institutes offer intensive residential professional development experiences for women faculty and administrators in mid-level and senior-level positions in higher education. HERS offers three institutes, one month-long summer program and two multiple weekend programs during the academic year. Each of the HERS Institutes provide participants with opportunities to learn from senior women leaders and higher education scholars.

The curriculum prepares participants for institutional leadership roles with the knowledge and skills to achieve organizational priorities and maximizing available resources. In addition, HERS Institute participants work with HERS faculty and alumnae to develop the professional skills and networks needed to advance as leaders in higher education administration.

• USC HERS Alumnae

HERS Institutes Descriptions

HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute

Each summer since 1976, the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute has provided a residential program presenting an intensive leadership and management development curriculum for approximately 65 women faculty and administrators.

• Location: Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
• Dates: June 22 - July 6, 2013

HERS Denver Summer Institute

Created in 2008 the HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at the University of Denver offers approximately 40 women faculty and administrators the opportunity to participate in an intensive leadership and management development program preparing them for institutional leadership roles in higher education administration.

• Location: University of Denver (Denver, CO)
• Dates: July 21 - August 4, 2013

HERS Wellesley Institute

Established in 1976, the HERS Wellesley Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration's consists of four cumulative three-day sessions occurring throughout the academic year, focusing on leadership and management development. Originally intended for women from the New England area, this HERS Institute now serves women from across the country with approximately 50 faculty and administrators participating each year.

• Location: Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
• Dates: October 10-12, 2013; November 7-9, 2013; February 6-8, 2014; March 13-15, 2014

Application Information

Women in Management administers the annual application process for the selection of USC women faculty and/or staff to attend one or more of the HERS Institutes.

• HERS Institutes Application (pdf)
• HERS Institutes Information (pdf)

The 2013 application deadline is 3:00 p.m., January 11, 2013. Please note this is not the deadline for applying to HERS; however, USC must review all applications and determine which applicants it will sponsor prior to the candidate's submittal to HERS. All applications must be submitted via email to the Selection Committee Chair:

Donna Buchanan, Ed.D.
Vice President, USC Women in Management
Phone: 213-740-6373
Email: dbuchanan@fms.usc.edu

Qualified candidates will be notified to participate in in-person interviews during the week of January 14, 2013.

For additional information, contact the Selection Committee Chair. Program information is also available on the HERS Institutes Web Site.