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Principled Academic Leadership: Transforming Challenged Units Annual Conference

We are hosting our eighth annual working conference on Transforming Challenged Units Conference (formerly called the Confronting Challenges in Academic Units Conference).

The conference is entirely focused on collaborative discussions for solving problems brought by participant teams, with structure and guidance provided by the conference team. Experienced academic leaders serve as experts prepared to share their experiences and case studies, and to work with you as you devise a way forward for specific unit challenges. We encourage participation from institutions bringing multi-level teams, including provost, dean, and unit leaders.

Participation in the Transforming Challenged Units conference is by application only, and places are limited so that we can ensure that each participant receives the maximum value from expert support and peer perspectives. Only screened delegates participate in these closed meetings, bringing specific institutional challenges for consideration and discussion. Confidentiality is observed.

This site is for registering for the conference and paying associated registration fees. You can return to the site at any time before payment is processed to adjust your registration information or to provide additional details. If you are interested in becoming a TCU member, please contact Jacob Ryder (jjryder2@illinois.edu) before filling out this form.

For questions, please contact us via email at ethicsctr@illinois.edu.

Please complete the following.

Institution:*

Lead name:*

Please enter a lead name for one of the people attending the conference.

Additional names and email addresses:

Please enter the names of any other people from your institution attending the conference. We will use these names for nametags (formatted Firstname LASTNAME). Please also provide an email address for each person attending.

Contact name:*

This is the person we will contact about conference arrangements for your team. It might be someone attending; if so, please repeat that name here and include an email address below. We will reach out to this contact to get information on dietary restrictions and ask for a full problem statement.

Contact name email address (registration confirmation will be sent to this address):*

Phone Number:

I have concerns about a department or departments with the following characteristics.*

lost, or little to no leadership

displaying patterns of shortcomings in the basic academic mission (research, teaching, institutional citizenship)

divided or in factions

gridlocked: many meetings but few decisions

Other

Pick as many as applicable.

Faction types

disciplinary

personality

ideological

methodological

Size of department(s) affected:*

Fewer than 5 FTE

5-10 FTE

11-15 FTE

16-20 FTE

21-25 FTE

Over 25 FTE

Solutions: Please let us know whether any of these have been tried:*

budgetary incentives

replacement of leadership; unit in receivership

intervention / facilitation / mediation

reassignment of individuals

internal or external investigation

internal or external disciplinary review

consequences following failure to reform

structural changes (reallocation, reassignment, restructuring, merger, division, etc)

none of these

Other

Pick as many as applicable.

Are there aspects of your concerns you would particularly like to discuss?

To insure we maximize the value of the time for your team, please confirm:*

If accepted to the conference, our team is willing to assemble data in advance, based on requests from the conference hosts, and to work with our assigned conference liaison to maximize the productivity of our time at the event.

Do you have a fee waiver code?*

Yes

Enter your fee waiver here:

Please confirm Consortium membership by entering zero here:

How many people are attending?

1-2 people

3 or more people

Enter the number of people you are paying for (including yourself):

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