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PROPOSAL
INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTS
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To develop the leadership
abilities of current and future leaders within higher education and
to foster a civic spirit so that their institutions can better address
the changing academic and community leadership needs in the mid-Atlantic
region.
More broadly, the
Mid-Atlantic Leadership Development initiative aims to identify and
develop leaders from various levels both in and outside the academy
who possess the knowledge, skills, competencies, ethics, values, and
wisdom required to deal effectively with the current and future challenges
confronting higher education and the public in the mid-Atlantic region;
to foster a culture within each institution that recognizes a civic
purpose of higher education and develops socially-conscious leaders;
and to develop improved regional inter-institutional collaboration.
Funding for the
initiative will focus on the following six areas of interest:
- Link "centers
of excellence" among the member institutions that can be used
for dealing with specific leadership issues at member institutions.
Examples include Cornell's Discovering Leadership program, the Institute
for Community and Neighborhood Development at Cumberland County College.
The institute will also endeavor to connect with centers not currently
part of the Consortium, particularly with the Pennsylvania LINC program
with which we have been in contact.
- Provide training
opportunities related to common interests, challenges, and opportunities
emphasizing that institutional challenges are not idiosyncratic, nor
are they permanent. The institute will emphasize problem-based learning
utilizing real (and when possible, regional) issues in developing
future leaders.
- Establish
a program for "leadership sabbaticals" or "externships", primarily
but not exclusively, for faculty and administrators to spend time
with a mentor in another institution, drawing from the American Council
on Education (ACE) model.
- Strengthen
internal networks that work across the institution to foster leadership
development through, in part, the administration of small grants in
support of collaborative leadership activities.
- Utilize existing
technology & distance education to build a highly collaborative institute.
Maintain an interactive web site for disseminating research findings,
best practices, and other information on leadership development, particularly
emphasizing regional opportunities for collaboration or participation
in leadership development activities. The web site would include a
bulletin board and agenda of events at each member institution and
would provide opportunities for active problem solving using an interactive
electronic medium. Connect distance learning capabilities at each
institution to facilitate communication and make courses or programs
on leadership available.
- Encourage
each institution to build collaborative relationships with local businesses,
community groups, or government bodies for the identification
of cross-institutional leadership development activities that improve
the leadership skills and deepen the civic commitment of leaders within
institutions serving the public (higher education or community-based)
within the mid-Atlantic region.
The Consortium welcomes
proposals for activities that will address one or more of these key
areas of interest. The Consortium will have $75,000 to distribute in
Fiscal Year 2001 and an additional $75,000 available in 2002-2003.
Proposal should:
- be around 2
pages - about 500 words
- reflect any or
all the six project objectives in the MAC-LINC proposal
- describe the
project outcomes and measures
- indicate specific
activities to be implemented in the frame-work of the project
- include beginning
and ending dates (may be a one-time project or have a duration up
to two years)
- include a dissemination
plan
- budget (see below)
not to exceed $20,000
- cv(s) of proposer(s)
Line items may
include any of the following, but must include a match of at least
1:1.2. Joint proposals should reflect institutional breakdowns.
- personnel
- contractual
services
- professional
services
- impact services
- travel
- matching funds
(minimum 1:1.2)
Proposals are due
Nov. 3rd and should be forwarded to the University of Delaware. Proposals
will be reviewed by ad hoc review committees. Three internal reviewers
will come from MAC LINC institutions not involved in the proposal under
consideration. Two external reviewers, recommended by but not
affiliated with any LINC institution, will also review each proposal.
- All positions
reflected in proposal requirements above
- Transferability
- Short/long term
impact
Proposals for collaboration
will be preferred over stand
alone proposals. Collaboration is defined as collaboration with other
community organizations and/or other higher education organizations,
including those outside the MAC LINC group. Participation is open to
other LINC members.
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PLEASE
MAIL PROPOSALS TO:
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Audrey Helfman
Universtity of Delaware
217 Alison Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: (302) 831-1708
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