The A. Frank Mayadas Leadership Award in Online Education was established by the Sloan Consortium in 2009 to honor outstanding individuals who exemplify the leadership and ideals of A. Frank Mayadas, founding president of the Sloan Consortium. This award may be presented annually to an individual whose leadership in the online education community has been transformative.  Leadership may be demonstrated in any of several ways, including mobilizing online programs of quality, scale, and breadth at the institutional, system, or state level, implementing innovations that improve online learning methodologies, integrating online learning into the mainstream of higher education, or using online learning strategies to improve access to higher education.

Mayadas Leadership Award

About the Award

The highest individual recognition offered by the Sloan Consortium comes in the form of the Mayadas Leadership Award, which acknowledges and celebrates leadership in online education. This award recognizes prominent professionals whose work has had significant positive impact on online learning within the higher education community.  Through this award, the Sloan Consortium seeks to recognize those innovative individuals who most clearly have demonstrated the ability to advance online learning.

Award recipients are selected by the Sloan-C Awards Selection Committee.

Guidelines and Eligibility

• Nominees must be individual members of the Sloan Consortium, directly associated with leading, coordinating, or managing an online learning program in higher education; this program must be one of quality, scale, and breadth.
• Nominees must have demonstrated sustained leadership that has been transformative either within their educational institutions or within the broader online education community.
• Nominees must show mature and effective professional skills, leadership ability, and vision.
• Nominees may not be currently serving on the Sloan-C Board of Directors, staff, or Awards Selection Committee.
• Anyone may submit nominations for the award.
• Awards will be made at the discretion of the Sloan-C Board of Directors, in consultation with the Sloan-C Awards Selection Committee.  The Board of Directors may choose to grant no award or a single award in any one year.

Recognition

Recipients of the Mayadas Leadership Award will be recognized at the Sloan-C Annual Conference. This award consists of a commemorative plaque.  In addition, Sloan-C will make a contribution in the amount of $2,000 to a scholarship fund of the recipient’s choice.  Award recipients will also be invited to present a talk at the Sloan-C Annual Conference on a subject of their choice, reflecting their area of professional expertise and interest.

Nominations

The deadline for the receipt of nominations for the Mayadas Leadership Award will be August 15th of each year.