HED 695A Special Topics in Higher Education: COVID, Crises, & College Leadership

In this special-topics seminar course, student and faculty allies will explore together the multiple, intersecting crises of 2020 (e.g., COVID-19, anti-Black police violence, political unrest, economic collapse, natural disasters, among others) as a charge for justice-oriented leadership in colleges and universities. Through analysis of institutional, sector, and public leaders? responses, we will consider how leadership theories, emergent events, and the social contexts of postsecondary education connect to understand the uniquely challenging year we have each experienced. Students will be supported in developing a personal leadership philosophy, then applying it to a chosen 2020 crisis in developing a crisis response framework rooted in notions of educational justice. Importantly, student work will be developed with an eye toward publication, presentation, employment portfolio inclusion, or other scholarly and professional distribution strategies. Pre-requisite(s): HED 600 or permission of program chair or designee. Co-requisite(s): None. 3 semester hours

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