HEA 520 - Leading Change in Higher Education

3 Credits

This course examines and explores leadership and change management theories. Coursework is focused on understanding how organizational structure, as well as transformational learning and systems thinking, impact the creation of a culture that is change-ready. By applying adaptive change strategies, students will practice how to increase impact and capacity in higher education environments to create sustainable and long-lasting change. Students will build a working model of change leadership that supports improvement in a higher education setting. The model will focus on building arguments, use of evidence to support decision-making, needs assessments, cost-benefit analyses, culture, articulating outcomes, and assessment of impact analyses.