GRADUATE PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Communicate and collaborate effectively as a leader in higher education.

• Analyze factors in a new policy that necessitate change strategies.

• Uphold academic ethical standards by properly citing, referencing, and paraphrasing sources in APA format. 

• Examine the challenges to community colleges and the impact of these challenges on the development of community college leadership. 

• Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and research; adhere to APA style and format. 

2. Apply technology to implement data driven decisions. 

• Identify the primary sources of private funds in higher education. 

• Identify implications for confidentiality in a technology-driven environment. 

• Implement current best practices in planning resource management. 

• Assess the degree to which the organization's existing and planned resource allocation supports its strategic direction. 

3. Manage change in higher education organizations. 

• Describe how aspects of a particular issue have impacted higher education organizational structures. 

• Based on an evaluation of a particular issue, describe ways in which higher education is likely to continue to evolve. 

• Integrate significant trends into planning for the delivery of programs and services to community college students in the future.

• Explain how leaders of community colleges might respond to future trends for program implementation. 

• Describe the impact of significant trends on future educational delivery, program offerings, finances, and student services in community colleges. 

• Analyze court findings and processes in terms of the broader legal issues.

4. Manage the resources of higher education organizations.

• Analyze how policy and politics are intertwined. 

• Identify the primary sources of revenue at the community college. 

• Analyze the factors behind a successful fundraising plan. 

• Compare the results from using different forms of technology and social media in the development process. 

• Describe the background of a contemporary issue in higher education. 

• Justify the administrative or leadership role used by a leader. 

• Describe and analyze the form of communication used by a leader. 

• Critique the actions of a leader. 

• Recommend improvements in culture, climate, policies and procedures, and governance and political communications within one community college. 

• Analyze the impact of the Great Recession on community college issues and trends. 

• Analyze higher education structures and models. 

• Identify challenges for promoting consistent interaction between institutional divisions. 

• Analyze solutions related to key players in higher education institutions. 

• Examine the challenges for promoting interaction between departments in higher education institutions. 

• Describe the characteristics of cybernetic systems. 

• Analyze the interactions between divisions. 

• Determine the challenges faced for promoting positive interactions between divisions. 

• Analyze human resource management. 

5. Apply professional practices that support diversity, equity, and ethical decision making for academic excellence.

• Explain how factors of American culture, such as social and economic issues, have affected a particular issue. 

• Analyze ethical issues pertaining to the leadership of higher education institutions. 

• Analyze ethical concerns or issues relating to admissions, financial aid, academics, resource management, and institutional development. 

• Recommend laws, policies, or procedure changes at the local, state, and federal level. 

• Explain the legislative process and its impact on community college governance. 

• Examine the policy and administrative procedures development processes at the local and state level. 

• Examine the size, scope, and structure of the student services division. 

• Identify the role that student services play within institutional structure. 

• Identify the role that academic affairs plays within institutional structure. 

• Identify best practices for academic affairs leadership. 

• Identify the role that institutional advancement plays within institutional structures. 

• Synthesize best practices in institutional advancement related to leadership roles. 

• Synthesize best practices in institutional advancement as solutions to issues in higher education. 

• Examine successful collaboration within higher education departments. 

• Assess fair, respectful, and equitable treatment of people in the context of an institutional culture. 

6. Apply relevant higher education theory and research to personal leadership skills and practice.

• Describe and explain the historical origins of a particular topic or issue in higher education. 

• Explain how shared beliefs shaped the development of a particular issue or topic. 

• Analyze the federal and state public policies affecting community colleges. 

• Develop solutions to resolve financial challenges faced by higher education. 

• Analyze the principles behind the primary expenditures in higher education. 

• Describe the culture of the campus in a case study. 

• Describe the stakeholders and their roles in a case study. 

• Outline how the organizational structure affects the leadership style of a leader. 

• Describe and assess the political strategy used by a leader. 

• Determine the frame or frames used by a leader in addressing a mandate. 

• Apply and justify the appropriate leadership theory to a contemporary issue in higher education. 

• Discuss the importance of communication and interpersonal skills within a leadership theory framework. 

• Determine how collegiality can be promoted in the environment of a contemporary higher education challenge. 

• Construct a personal metaphor relating to a contemporary higher education challenge. 

• Determine the frame or frames most useful in addressing a contemporary higher education challenge. 

• Analyze the governance structure of one community college including the participatory governance, political, culture, climate, and union structure. 

• Examine current leading higher education publications to demonstrate an understanding of the current issues and trends in community colleges and how they may impact the future. 

• Analyze the relationship of ethical, institutional, and legal considerations.