This blog deals with many twists and turns related to understanding and fostering leadership. One of the most consistent themes that serves as a backdrop for this exploration of leadership is "for what purpose." The Kettering Foundation addresses a very important, and they seem to propose a primary, purpose for leadership in their Higher Education Exchange 2019 - Leadership and Democracy journal.
The Forward by Derek W.M. Barker and Alex Lovit indicates that educating for democratic participation through leadership education "is one of the few remaining public functions of higher education" (p.1). Matthew R. Johnson advocates that student affairs educators have a critical role to play in leadership education that fosters an understanding of group engagement for social change in his subsequent chapter "The role of student affairs in fostering democratic engagement" (p. 15).
The Kettering Foundation has long served as a voice urging attention to deliberation on important public questions. This issue of their journal offers important additional evidence that more attention is required by higher education.
The Forward by Derek W.M. Barker and Alex Lovit indicates that educating for democratic participation through leadership education "is one of the few remaining public functions of higher education" (p.1). Matthew R. Johnson advocates that student affairs educators have a critical role to play in leadership education that fosters an understanding of group engagement for social change in his subsequent chapter "The role of student affairs in fostering democratic engagement" (p. 15).
The Kettering Foundation has long served as a voice urging attention to deliberation on important public questions. This issue of their journal offers important additional evidence that more attention is required by higher education.
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