The Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) provides the opportunity for potential community college presidents, or those in transition, to analyze their abilities, reflect on their interests, refine their skills, and engage in leadership discussions with an unparalleled faculty of community college leaders.

Since 1988, almost 700 participants have graduated from ELI, the first and most successful leadership education program of its kind. Forty-three percent of ELI graduates and as many as seventy percent of some graduating classes have accepted presidential appointments.