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Principled Academic Leadership: Transforming Challenged Units Annual Conference

March 25-26, 2026

Rosemont, Illinois

We are accepting applications from institutions that seek strategies for academic units that would benefit from a plan to address internal conflicts or difficulties and reclaim their departmental mission.

Participants will leave the conference with actionable items tailored to their specific situations.

Participation is by application only, and places are limited so each participant receives the maximum value of a range of personalized expert support.

We encourage participation from institutions committed to bringing multi-level teams, including campus or college representatives (offices of provost, deans, and/or academic HR), unit-level leaders, and key unit personnel (often members of an executive or advisory committee), who can play a role in reforming and improving unit function.

Applicants will be notified on a rolling basis based on completion of the application and receipt of payment.

Fees

Fees for participants from institutions are $1195 per person for groups of one to three people; if four or more attend, each person’s fee is $995.

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 member of the TCU consortium, please contact NCPRE (ncpre@mx.uillinois.edu) before filling out this form.

For questions, please contact us via email at ncpre@mx.uillinois.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?

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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Principled Academic Leadership: Transforming Challenged Units Annual Conference

March 25-26, 2026

Rosemont, Illinois

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