Leadership Studies Advisory Board
C29B
Areas of Committee Concern
The Leadership Studies Advisory Board is concerned with all aspects of academic curriculum for the Leadership Studies minor.
Policies and Procedures
- The committee meets at least once per semester to review the state of the Leadership Studies minor and discuss plans for the future.
- The committee conducts ongoing business and addresses concerns (including voting) as they arise via online meetings as appropriate.
- A quorum shall consist of the Chair and four voting members.
Responsibilities
- To advise the Coordinator of the Leadership Studies minor in developing, reviewing, and strengthening the Leadership Studies minor curriculum. (**see Note below)
- To advise the Coordinator of the Leadership Studies minor in planning course offerings in Leadership Studies for upcoming semesters.
- To evaluate course proposals for Leadership Studies minor courses and designate those that will carry academic (LED) credit.
- To assist in determining appeals for courses to substitute for or count as Leadership Studies required or elective courses.
- To recruit faculty members to teach LED 210: Foundations of Leadership Studies.
- To recruit faculty members to develop new Leadership Studies minor elective courses and to provide them support in the design and proposal process.
- To assist in the marketing and communication of the Leadership Studies minor.
- To stay abreast of and support activities in the Center for Leadership and attend formal functions at the Center as able.
- To assist in interviewing Leadership Fellows applicants during Fellows Weekend.
**note: The Leadership Studies minor is permanently housed in the College of Arts & Sciences and curricular changes are approved by the Social & Behavioral Science Divisional Curriculum Committee.
Membership
The total number of members is 13 and each voting member has one equal vote. Each member holds either a formal university position or represents a particular community body. The specific composition of the board is as follows:
- Coordinator of the Leadership Studies minor, Chair
- Coordinator of Leadership Prize
- Faculty Leadership Fellow
- Director of the Center for Leadership, ex-officio
- Five members of the teaching faculty appointed to staggered three-year terms by the Chair. Each undergraduate school (College of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, School of Communications, and Love School of Business) have a representative member; the remaining member is at-large. Preference for membership selection will be given to faculty members who teach in the Leadership Studies minor and or served as Faculty Leadership Scholars.
- Two Leadership Studies minor students, (one Leadership Fellow and one non Leadership Fellow), each appointed to a two-year term by the Chair
- One staff member, ex-officio, to be appointed to a three-year term by the Chair
- One external expert, ex-officio, (academic or applied), on leadership studies