Resources

Understanding dynamics in the University environment

• Tip Sheet: UCEDD Grants Management: Negotiating UCEDD-University Agreements (PDF)
• Report on UCEDD-University Agreements (DOC)
• Samples of UCEDD-University MOU's available for review (contact AUCD)
• UCEDD Organizational Chart packet (PDF)
• Webinar: UCEDD Strategic Planning in a University Context
• UCEDD Messaging Tools
  • UCEDD Elevator Speech
  • UCEDD-University Messaging Tool
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Admin 101
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Advice Finder
• How to Advocate for Yourself as an Early-Career Scholar
• TA Institute: Creating a UCEDD CV (PDF)
• TA Institute: Protecting the integrity of the UCEDD within the host University (PDF)
• TA Institute: Messaging to promote UCEDDs within the University (PDF)
• Join listservs to track trends in higher ed:
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • Politico: Higher Education

Introduction

UCEDDs must navigate the system and dynamics of the university with which they are affiliated. Resources in this section address topics including strategic planning, formal agreements between the UCEDD and its host university, messaging about how the UCEDD aligns with and supports the university, and other topics intended to facilitate close collaboration between the UCEDD and its host university.