Topics for the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy
Specific topics may vary from session to session. However, the seminars are generally based on the issues in play now and on the aspects that are likely to be prominent for the next several years.
The program starts with an overview of public-policy development, sate government, and the influences and factors that shape the development of public policy. It likely ends with a session designed by the Fellows. Specific issues addressed in the Academy might include, among others:
- fiscal system and budget;
- the economy, growth, and jobs;
- higher education;
- K-12 education;
- water;
- media and ethics;
- health systems;
- human services;
- transportation and infrastructure;
- migration, immigration, and the border.
Leaders and practitioners who have dealt directly with or studied specific public-policy issues provide most of the content. Any seminar likely will include current and historical facts and figures, presenters with different perspectives about the problems and policy options, and consideration of how solutions are developed and implemented. Fellows will participate in numerous discussions and group activities.
Supplementing the face-to-face learning, Fellows will be asked to read materials before each seminar. Fellows must have Internet access, as resources will be posted to a file-sharing website. Webinars and other online learning tools may be used to augment in-person sessions.
