Campus Leaders and Organizations — Join the CLT Implementation Project
Overview
Campus teams or national organizations working on systemic change projects are invited to apply to be part of a two-year program of free project planning, coaching, and implementation support. With the guidance of national experts on change and leadership in higher education, you and your team will use the Change Leadership Toolkit (CLT), a research-based guidebook for leaders who are working to make meaningful, systemic changes at their institutions. Your team will work through the resources of the CLT, learning about key contexts, levers and specific change leader moves you can use to enhance the effectiveness of reaching your change project goals.
Campus teams or national organizations working on systemic change projects are invited to apply to be part of a two-year program of free project planning, coaching, and implementation support. With the guidance of national experts on change and leadership in higher education, you and your team will use the Change Leadership Toolkit (CLT), a research-based guidebook for leaders who are working to make meaningful, systemic changes at their institutions. Your team will work through the resources of the CLT, learning about key contexts, levers and specific change leader moves you can use to enhance the effectiveness of reaching your change project goals.
Participating teams will have access to the following:
- Asynchronous video modules describing key elements of CLT
- Support/expertise in completing CLT worksheets and developing a change leadership plan, assessing progress, and making revisions to your plan
- Coaching through two 9-month rounds of implementation of your plan with the goal of making significant progress on systemic change goals
- Ability to provide feedback on the asynchronous modules, coaching and other supports provided to teams using the CLT
- Engagement with other teams working on systemic change projects
Eligibility and Criteria
This project is for you if you are:
- A leader in higher education (faculty, staff, administrator or national organization leader) working with a team or teams to make change
- Involved in leading a project designed to make systemic change on campus or across multiple campuses (we define systemic change as one that involves multiple leaders at different levels all across campus in creating change that spans departments, units, or divisions and addresses core systems issues, such as policy, practices, and culture)
- Interested in learning about and applying research-based strategies that support change leadership in higher education
- Available to participate — with your team — in the project from April 2025 through May 2027
- Willing to provide feedback and insights on your learning experience
Timeline
- February 21, 2025: Application Closes
- March 2025: Acceptance Notifications Sent
- April 2025: Virtual Orientation Session
- May - August 2025: Asynchronous CLT Modules, Worksheets and Implementation Plan Development
- September 2025: Present Implementation Plan
- September 2025 - May 2026: Implementation Round 1 (monthly progress meetings)
- May - July 2026: Assess and Revise Implementation Plan
- August 2026 - April 2027: Implementation Round 2 (monthly progress meetings)
- May 2027: Assessment and Reflection, Project Ends
