We’re delighted to announce our 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Cohort! We’re beyond excited to welcome these teams to Portland in July to help them thoughtfully, joyfully, and strategically consider crucial interventions at their institutions at this chaotic and disruptive moment in higher education.

These teams represent leadership from a diversity of institutions across the US. Their projects address this year’s core VELI themes of shared governance and transforming the underlying systems of academia such as budget, promotion and tenure, and institutional rankings. VELI26 teams will spend five days with the HuMetricsHSS team in facilitated and team-work sessions, identifying and operationalizing their own values and the values of their work, mapping their collective power and influence to bring about values-enacted change, and creating practical, tactical plans for making that change happen.

Read more about our incredible cohort below!

https://humetricshss.org/2026-values-enacted-leadership-institute-cohort/

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Applications are open for the 2026 Values-Enacted Leadership Institute!

The Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI), a project of HuMetricsHSS, is a five day, in-person retreat held in Oregon on July 11th – 16th, 2026. VELI offers teams the opportunity to uncover and leverage the influence, resources, and capabilities they may already possess, and learn how to create meaningful institutional transformation rooted in shared values.

Read more and apply on our website: https://humetricshss.org/veli/

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Check it out! We've got a new blog post as we prepare to hold the first institute next week.

Unveiling the Values-Enacted Leadership Institute logo

https://humetricshss.org/unveiling-the-values-enacted-leadership-institute-logo/

We wanted VELI to have a distinct logo that reflected the intention and work that attendees will undertake as we come together in Portland, Oregon.

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New blog post! "Wholeheartedness in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty" by @cplong.

https://humetricshss.org/wholeheartedness-in-a-time-of-fear-and-uncertainty/

From the post:

"The great threat to higher education posed by the current actions of the federal administration lies in the pall of fear and uncertainty they cast over our core educational and research activities. Even so, a great opportunity for higher education presents itself here, if, in the face of this fear and uncertainty, we are able to cultivate practices of wholeheartedness rooted in the worthiness of our shared purpose."

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In light of the significant policy changes impacting higher education in the past weeks, we are extending the VELI application deadline to February 19, 2025. We recognize that many faculty and institutions are navigating complex transitions and challenges, and we want to ensure teams have adequate time to develop thoughtful proposals and gather the institutional support needed for meaningful participation. Values-enacted leadership is especially crucial during periods of change, and we look forward to working with teams committed to creating positive transformation at their institutions.

https://humetricshss.org/values-enacted-leadership-institute-veli/

We’ve also updated the FAQ on our website with further questions. The short version is: when in doubt, apply!

https://humetricshss.org/veli-faq/

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There are just under two weeks left to apply for our Values-Enacted Leadership Institute!

https://humetricshss.org/values-enacted-leadership-institute-veli/

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HumetricsHSS is pleased to invite applications for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI), taking place from July 13 - 18, 2025. Applications are due February 12.

Drawing on humanities and social science thinking, VELI provides institutional teams of faculty, staff and/or administrators with a desire to bring about a specific change an opportunity to uncover and leverage their influence to create meaningful institutional transformation rooted in shared values.

If you value community engagement and are seeking ways to reward that work; if you think the work of mentoring is important and undervalued; if you feel it’s time that your campus did more for the young people whose ancestors cared for the land on which your institution sits, VELI is designed for you.

To learn more, sign up for an information session, and apply: https://humetricshss.org/values-enacted-leadership-institute-veli/

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HumetricsHSS is pleased to invite applications for the inaugural Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI), taking place from July 13 - 18, 2025. Applications are due February 12.

Drawing on humanities and social science thinking, VELI provides institutional teams of faculty, staff and/or administrators with a desire to bring about a specific change an opportunity to uncover and leverage their influence to create meaningful institutional transformation rooted in shared values.

If you value community engagement and are seeking ways to reward that work; if you think the work of mentoring is important and undervalued; if you feel it’s time that your campus did more for the young people whose ancestors cared for the land on which your institution sits, VELI is designed for you.

To learn more, sign up for an information session, and apply: https://humetricshss.org/values-enacted-leadership-institute-veli/

#values #leadership #highered

HuMetricsHSS is excited to announce the first annual Values-Enacted Leadership Institute (VELI), to be held in July 2025.

Bringing an intentional focus on the power of values to shape our institutions, VELI invites institutional teams of faculty, staff, and administrators together to incubate approaches to 1) leadership development, 2) assessment and reward structures, and 3) strategic planning and budgeting.

Generously supported by the Mellon Foundation, VELI will provide structure, space, and time for teams of faculty, administrators, and staff to articulate shared values and draw up concrete plans for institutional change that are firmly rooted in those values. While other leadership institutes focus on developing the individual, VELI focuses on the team, in the belief that values-enacted change comes through collaboration and commitment to shared values and shared goals.

For more information visit https://humetricshss.org/values-enacted-leadership-institute/

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