Discussion Post 1-1 and a half page.
Assuming and supporting positions on issues in fields related to education is important for an education leader, but your responsibility extends beyond this. You must also be able to communicate your position to others. In addition, you must know how to listen to other individuals' perspectives and participate in a dialogue about the issue. In this Discussion, you and your colleagues will read and discuss one another's perspectives as you debate your positions on the issue in the case study you selected. Note that the Discussions are specific to each case study, so be sure you post in the area designated for your case study. (Case Study and supporting documents are below).
Be prepared to defend your position in your initial post and to answer your colleagues' questions and their challenges to your position.
Post our position on the issue described in the case study. Provide at least three points to support your position.
Issues in Higher Education Case Study Outline
Scenario
You are on the "Programming & Curriculum Development" task force of a small, private college, Rogal College, which is trying to improve its national standing as an undergraduate institution. Your task is to take a stand on whether the institution should increase curricular focus, funding, and new hiring for professional and technical fields or maintain a more purely academic, liberal arts education with a focus on the humanities.
As you examine this issue, consider the following perspectives: What role does a college or university play in society? How will the college's decision to alter curricular focus affect students and alumni? How will the college's decision affect funding and academic status for the institution? What is the best preparation Rogal can offer to help its students to succeed after graduation? How will the task force's decision affect pedagogy in the classroom? Finally, take into consideration various stakeholders: current and future students, alumni, current teaching staff, the administration, and business leaders.
Stakeholders
• Students
• Professors
• The board of trustees
• The college administration
• Local industry leaders
• Global industry leaders
• Local and national politicians
• Alumni
• Accrediting body
Document Set 1
• Document 1: Speech from Higher Ed Symposium on the history of the role of public universities as protectors of societal values and the classical humanities
• Document 2: Report on workforce education and the global economy, with statistics (Public Domain White House document)
• Document 3: Graduate employment statistics that include career and financial data of recent Rogal graduates and Public Domain data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics © 2014 Laureate Education, Inc.
• Document 4: Letter from the college's Honor Society for Classics and Philosophy alumni association on the practical and humanistic value of their traditional educations Document Set 2.
• Document 5: Paper on integrating practice and theory in higher educational instruction with reference to accrediting bodies
• Document 6: Public Domain National Endowment for the Humanities Economic Impact Document
• Document 7: Excerpt from transcript of panel discussion on Transforming and Preserving Education, including a sociological perspective
• Document 8: Article describing challenges to graduates in skill-based, technical fields, and the importance and applicability of critical-thinking
skills
Case Study for Issues in Higher Education
The materials in this case study are a combination of authentic public domain documents and simulated documents created specifically for the case study that draw on authentic research and data from government and scholarly sources, and from the opinions of experts in the field.
The scenario outlines real issues in higher education, but Rogal College is a fictional institution, invented for the purposes of this case study.
Scenario
You are on the "Programming & Curriculum Development" task force of a small, private college, Rogal College, which is trying to improve its national standing as an undergraduate institution. Your task is to take a stand on whether the institution should increase curricular focus, funding, and new hiring for professional and technical fields or maintain a more purely academic, liberal arts education with a focus on the humanities.
As you examine this issue, consider the following perspectives: What role does a college or university play in society? How will the college's decision to alter or maintain its curricular focus affect students and alumni? How will the college's decision affect funding and academic status for the institution? What is the best preparation Rogal can offer to help its students succeed after graduation? How will the task force's decision affect pedagogy in the classroom? Finally, take into consideration various stakeholders: current and future students, alumni, current
teaching staff, the administration, and business leaders.