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American Council on Education grants to develop academic management skills

Lets say you want to be a college president some day. Youve already survived the trials associated with earning a doctorate and winning tenure. Youve even risen to a middle-management position on campus. Now what?

Those who have succeeded in landing the coveted senior executive suite jobs in higher education often tell those with similar aspirations that there is no single route to the presidency.

However, one byway – designed to furnish middle management academicians with up-close exposure to senior executive jobs while helping them to hone the leadership and management skills required to head a postsecondary institution – is the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows program.

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