An experienced coordinator leads each workshop and specialists are brought to the campus to address other topics of interest. Through these workshops, a significant number of department chairs and deans can benefit from the program, and the shared training experience helps create a support network among chairs. National workshops are held twice each year, in Washington in June and at a location in the West in November. Participants for the national workshops include provosts, deans, and department chairs.
Participants also receive materials that address timely issues for and about chairpersons.
AAHE encourages campus teams to register for its annual meeting to explore higher education issues. AAHE provides complimentary working space in which teams may meet in separate sessions for briefings by convention speakers for in-depth discussions on topics of particular interest to them and their institutions. The four-day convention is held in March or early April, rotating among Washington, DC, Chicago, and San Francisco. There is a reduced convention fee for team members who register together. Offers programs periodically on governance, tenure, and academic freedom issues.