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For more information about the Collegiate Athletics for Senior Leaders certificate program, contact us at ProfessionalLearning@gse.upenn.edu
Collegiate athletics is at a crossroads. While athletic programs can provide countless benefits to students, the campus community, and the institution, athletic programs are also complex enterprises fraught with potential challenges. Senior campus administrators in colleges and universities must understand the athletics enterprise on their campus and be prepared to strategically respond to challenges and opportunities in ways that align with their institution’s goals and mission.
Universities spend thousands of dollars on athletic consulting reports each year, hoping to gain insights into the challenges facing their athletic departments. In this time of economic uncertainty for many institutions, Penn GSE offers a different path. The Collegiate Athletics for Senior Leaders certificate program empowers you to learn what questions to ask (and what answers you need to know) to support a healthy, sustainable, and mission-aligned athletics department.
September 6, 2022
September 13, 2022
4 months
Penn GSE Certificate in Collegiate Athletics for Senior Leaders
-->3 continuing education credits
Format(s)This program includes both live virtual sessions and asynchronous work to be completed at your own pace.
For information about group payment options or payment plans, please contact ProfessionalLearning@gse.upenn.edu.
This program is ideal for Presidential Cabinet members, new Presidents, senior campus administrators, and those who aspire to move into those roles.
Senior campus administrators understand the substantial financial commitments needed to provide a quality athletics experience on campus. However, there is an increased need to understand how and why those commitments translate to other desirable campus outcomes. With this increased knowledge, senior campus administrators will further understand the challenges and opportunities that an athletics program can offer an institution of higher education.
Over the course of three modules, learners will analyze relevant research and use case studies to develop frameworks for strengthening their understanding of issues relevant to stakeholders, including student-athletes. Individuals will leave the program with deeper insights into the athletics enterprise, allowing them to strategically contribute to the difficult but necessary conversations beginning on college campuses surrounding the future of athletics.
Audrey Anderson
Former General Counsel, Vanderbilt University (Division I); Counsel, Bass, Berry & Sims
J.D. University of Michigan
Scott Flanagan
Former President, Edgewood College (Division III); Senior Consultant, Academic Search, Inc.
Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania
Denise Illitch
Chair, University of Michigan Board of Regents (Division I); Owner, Illitch Family Companies; President, Ilitch Enterprises, LLC
J.D., University of Detroit
Linda Oubre
President, Whittier College (Division III)
Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania