Higher Education Needs You!

The Forum on Transformational Leadership is designed to prepare leaders in higher education with the knowledge, tools, and courage to meet complex challenges and create change at their institutions. Sessions are curated to help higher education leaders with a variety of titles and roles develop, find community, and succeed—even amid an ever-growing list of challenges.

What Can You Expect?

View the 2026 program to get an idea of the types of sessions and speakers you can expect from the Forum on Transformational Leadership.

Transformational leaders do not always hold formal positions of power. There are many change agents who mobilize at the margins of colleges and universities, leading transformative projects, shepherding innovation at the departmental level, and working in grassroots spaces. Change agents at all levels have an interest in changing institutional culture, the power to make decisions, the skill to organize social movements, and the expertise that applies to leadership at multiple levels of colleges and universities. Therefore, this forum is for leaders with a variety of titles and roles in higher education.

Questions?

If you have questions or would like additional information about AAC&U’s resources for leadership development and support, please email kenke@aacu.org.