Jul 27, 2024  
2023-2024 Academic Bulletin 
    
2023-2024 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Leadership MA, Social Innovation Concentration


This concentration allows MA in Leadership (36 credits) participants to gain expertise in leading social innovation towards collective impact. Through a network of community members, organizations, and institutions, participants will gain theory and practice in learning together, aligning, and integrating their actions to achieve community development and systems-level change. Through research, education, and experiential learning, the program is designed to strengthen the capacity of individuals and organizations to develop innovative solutions to complex problems in their local communities and across the globe. See Leadership MA, Social Innovation Concentration webpage for more information. Participants choosing the Social Innovation concentration may apply for $10,000 matching seed grants for their project.

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Social Innovation Project


Each participant is part of a learning community and works with an innovation coach and a leadership advisor to develop a social innovation project in alignment with their LP. A complete and well-documented innovation project may provide sufficient evidence of the development of a competency within the participant’s portfolio.