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HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

Our mission is to prepare principles, highly skilled, transformational leaders in higher education with an interest in assuming positions of leadership at the nation's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)

The power to Lead, Inspire & Lift.

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ARE YOU READY TO BE THE NEXT LEADER?

The Next Generation of Higher Education Leaders

The modern HBCU is a complex and multi-dimensional teaching, learning and workplace environment. Effective leadership at HBCUs requires the skill of well-trained practitioners and academicians capable of expertly managing a range of persistent challenges, notably, declining enrollments, budget cuts, eroding public trust, fiscal limitations and aging infrastructures and physical plants. Simultaneously, HBCU leaders are increasingly called to reframe the narrative surrounding the relevance and effectiveness of historically black colleges and universities.

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OUR HISTORY

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We encourage leaders to “lift as they climb” in order to ensure that HBCUs survive and thrive as national models of achievement.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Presidential Leadership Institute 

June 1-3, 2021

The Leadership Institute will offer an intimate, interactive, professional, and personal development experience that provides each Fellow with a unique and valuable opportunity to assess personal vocation and leadership skill, reaffirm a continuing commitment to HBCUs and identify and enhance the essential qualities for a successful tenure as a principled and effective leader and senior administrator. Apply to attend. Spaces are limited.

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LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE REGISTRATION

$975

(Limited Slots Available)

Admission to the Leadership Institute provides the Fellow access to and engagement with sitting and former HBCU presidents, senior HBCU administrators, HBCU thought-leaders, corporate leaders, and executive recruiters. The Leadership Institute is designed to encourage networking and the development of professional relationships, collaborations, and communities of practitioners.

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ICIH Conference: Ideation and Collaboration for HBCUs - Charlotte 2022
ICIH Conference: Ideation and Collaboration for HBCUs - Charlotte 2022
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Join us for our Inaugural ICIH Conference in Charlotte, NC from February 9 - February 11! We are creating a sacred space to dream and plan for the future of HBCUs...
Feb 09, 2022, 9:00 AM EST – Feb 11, 2022, 5:00 PM EST
Sheraton/Le Méridien Charlotte Hotel ,
North Tower, 555 S McDowell St, Charlotte, NC 28204, USA
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OUR HISTORY

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MEET THE H.E.L.F. LEADERSHIP TEAM

Paving the Way to a Brighter Future

At H.E.L.F., we are guided by a set of core values which undergird the work of the Foundation and affirms our commitment to aspiring leaders and historically black colleges and universities.

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MELVA WILLIAMS, PH.D.

Vice Chancellor

Southern University Shreveport and New Orleans

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ELFRED ANTHONY PINKARD, ED.D.

President

Wilberforce University

HERMAN J. FELTON, JR., J.D., PH.D.

President

Wiley College

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GREGORY D. DEAS, M.S.

Chief Technology Officer

Wiley College

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