Liberal Arts Scholars Explore Best Practices in
Developing Curriculum and Teaching Leadership Studies
May 30, 2007
Some of the nation’s leading scholars of leadership
studies and representatives of some 50 liberal arts
institutions will gather in Claremont, California June
14-15 for a conference on “Leadership Across the Liberal
Arts Curriculum.”
This unprecedented gathering is the capstone of a
three-year initiative funded by the W.M. Keck
Foundation. The project has been dedicated to
integrating topics of responsible leadership across the
liberal arts disciplines.
“The conference should provide a forum for stimulating,
thought-provoking discussions among scholars on best
practices for teaching leadership across the liberal
arts curriculum,” said Ronald Riggio, director of the
host institution, the Kravis Leadership Institute at
Claremont McKenna College.
The Kravis Institute, the Institute
for Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University
and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the
University of Richmond collaborated on the initiative,
which included a 2006 summer workshop, fellowships for
undergraduate students and faculty, and new
interdisciplinary courses developed in the arts,
sciences and social sciences that focus on leadership
themes.
Keynote speakers at the conference
include Thomas Cronin, president emeritus of
Whitman College; J. Thomas Wren, the interim dean of the
Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of
Richmond; Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College;
Michael Genovese, director of the Institute for
Leadership Studies at Loyola Marymount University; and
Ronald Riggio, director of the Kravis Leadership
Institute at Claremont McKenna College.
Sending representatives to the conference are: Allegheny
College, Averett University, Azusa Pacific University,
Barnard College, Bates College, Beloit College,
Bimingham-Southern College, Claremont McKenna College,
Colgate University, Colorado College, Cornell College,
Creighton University, Doane College, Fairfield
University, Fisk University, Harvey Mudd College,
Hendrix College, Hollins University, Indiana University,
Kalamazoo College, Loyola Marymount University, Marietta
College, Mercer University, Milsaps College, Muhlenberg
College, Neumann College, New College of Florida, Pomona
College, University of Puget Sound, Purdue University,
Rhodes College, Rollins College, Savannah College of
Art, Skidmore College, Smith College, Southwestern
University, Spring Hill College, St. Augustine’s
College, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Olaf
College, St. Peter’s College, Trinity College,
University of Richmond, University of Texas at
Arlington, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington
College and Wells College.
A collection of essays, “Educating
Future Leaders for the Modern World,” will be discussed
at the workshop and then published. Contributors to that
volume are: Thomas Cronin, president emeritus,
Whitman College; Richard Ekman, president, Council of
Independent Colleges; Jean Bethke Elshtain, University
of Chicago Divinity School; Michael Genovese, Loyola
Chair of Leadership Studies, Loyola Marymount
University; Elizabeth Kiss, president, Agnes Scott
College; Richard Morrill, president emeritus of
University of Richmond, Centre College and Salem
College; Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, president, Sweet Briar
College; Ronald Riggio, director, Kravis Leadership
Institute at Claremont McKenna College; Ken Ruscio,
president, Washington & Lee University.
The discussion that begins at the
conference is expected to continue. Faculty are invited
to find resources, contacts, ideas, syllabi and course outlines
and background information at
www.keck.richmond.edu.
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