You will select a current issue facing higher education and examine the issue as a senior-level administrator from a specific higher education institution of your choosing. For this assignment, you will prepare a 1500-word issue paper from the perspective of a senior-level higher education administrator. You will be writing the paper as if you were in that administrative role.
The paper must include information relative to the actors/constituents, institutional context, background, impact, importance of the issue, and a plan for resolving or addressing the issue. The paper should clearly connect the assigned course readings and additional scholarly literature to support your writing. You should also include an executive summary that synthesizes the issue and your recommendations.
Learning Objectives
Identify a national higher education issue and relate it to an institutional context.
Develop recommendations to ameliorate the issue at your institution.
Support your writing with course text and additional scholarly work
Synthesize and condense paper into an executive summary
Keep in mind…
For this paper, senior-level higher education administrators include the President, Provost/Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Vice President for Business and Finance, or Vice President for Student Affairs. You may choose another senior-level administrative role, but you must obtain Dr. Sorgen’s approval.
These issues take on different meaning depending on the type of institution (for example a community college will look at the issue of “college readiness” differently than a 4-year private school). You must specify institutional characteristics like the size, type, population, etc. and write your paper accordingly.
Each issue has a different meaning and importance, depending on the lens through which you view it – so keep that in mind as you write.
Two lists of current issues can be found below. Choose a topic from one of them. Two lists are provided to give you a broader scope of issues.
Please review the grading rubric associated with this assignment prior to starting it.
You will be submitting the assignment using Turnitin, so please be aware that your writing must be in your own words.
Please refer to the 7th edition of the APA manual to properly cite your sources.
A minimum of six (6) scholarly publications/references is considered acceptable.
The executive summary is not included in the word count. The executive summary should appear first in your paper.
An abstract is not necessary for this paper. The executive summary will serve as the overview.
Choose a topic from one of these lists:
Funding, Cost, Affordability, ROI
Mental Health, Campus Safety & Civility
Online Education, Innovative Technology & Pedagogy
Accountability, Metrics, Assessment
Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty Roles, Tenure & Academic Freedom
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