Choose one of the following issues in higher education that academic or student affairs leaders must address:
Student safety
Diversity
Faculty development
International affairs
Enrollment issues
Student debt issues
Developmental/remedial education
Student retention
Research institutional challenges related to your chosen issue.
Explore best practices for leadership collaboration in higher education.
Write a paper in which you explain the issue and provide recommendations for how the leadership of the academic affairs and student affairs departments can collaborate to address this issue. Your paper should:
Describe the nature of the issue.
Outline the factors contributing to the issue.
Explain the impact of the issue on students, staff, and faculty.
Recommend strategies for alleviating the issue.
Outline opportunities for collaboration between academic affairs and student affairs to address the issue. Considerations include:
What is the desired outcome for collaboration?
Who are the stakeholders? Who will interact to develop the collaboration?
What are some foreseeable problems in collaboration and strategies to reduce these problems?
Outline opportunities to collaborate with community partners to resolve the issue. Considerations include:
Funding opportunities
Mutually beneficial relationships.
Potential conflicts of interest.
