Preconference Workshops

Choose from a selection of 2.5 hour preconference workshops to further enrich your conference experience. 
Thursday, October 8  1:00–3:30 PM

Enrollment is offered during conference registration. The cost is $349 for each preconference workshop. If you have already registered for the conference and would like to add a workshop to your registration, call 608-246-3590 to enroll.

Leading in the Age of AI: Rethinking Leadership, Talent, and Learning

Higher-education leaders are being asked to respond to AI while advancing student success, supporting faculty and staff, and sustaining a healthy campus climate.

This preconference workshop is designed for academic and administrative leaders who want to use AI as a lever for innovation in leadership, teaching, and student support. The workshop will center on discussion, reflection, and real-world scenarios that surface the questions leaders are already confronting: student use and misuse of AI, faculty workload, staff reskilling, hiring and retention, policy development, and the role of AI in shaping learning, feedback, and academic integrity. Attendees will consider how these concerns can be reframed as opportunities for curricular change, mentoring, and evidence-informed decision-making. Through guided conversation and case-based prompts, attendees will examine how AI is reshaping expectations for leadership, program evaluation, communication, budgeting, and student success. 

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Denise Turley