Critical Issues in Leadership

Catalog description

This course will provide students the opportunity to examine in detail several critical issues in their respective fields both from the perspective of those who favor making changes to better handle the issue and those who oppose making the change. Issues confront us every day. Perspectives are varied; voices are persistent. There are those who want to maintain the status quo, those who want to go back to the "good old days," and those who want to make major changes in the structures that currently exist and create a new concept for the field of education and educational organizations. Controversy is the basis of change and often improvement. Controversy prompts reexamination and perhaps renewal. Each student with colleagues will study in detail as a community of learners a critical issue with the lens of leadership, share with the class the pros and cons of the issue, and will have the opportunity to express in writing and presentation their personal and professional positions on the issue. In addition to learning about the issue each studies, every student will learn from their colleagues about other critical issues facing the world today and will have the opportunity to express an opinion and provide feedback on the issue as presented by their peers.