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Program Overview
In collaboration with community and labor organizations, the Center for New Directions program focuses on public leadership, community/labor organizing, and social economy innovations. The program seeks to develop the leadership and community organizing capacities necessary to address challenges and opportunities within neighborhoods, communities, government jurisdictions, and non-profit entities.
The Center for New Directions offers an MA program focused on public leadership, community labor organizing, and social economy innovations, in collaboration with community and labor organizations and local government jurisdictions across Colorado. The program seeks to develop the public leadership & community organizing capacities necessary to address challenges and opportunities within neighborhoods, communities, government jurisdictions, and non-profit entities. Our program is structured around three general tracks of study. Students may choose to focus their studies around any one of these three tracks. Students will taking specialized seminars in the area, will conduct faculty-guided independent research in their chosen area, and will provided opportunities for field internship placements and community-based action-research projects of direct relevance to a governmental or community partner.
Program Description
The Center for New Directions offers an MA program focused on public leadership, community labor organizing, and social economy innovations, in collaboration with community and labor organizations and local government jurisdictions across Colorado. The program seeks to develop the public leadership & community organizing capacities necessary to address challenges and opportunities within neighborhoods, communities, government jurisdictions, and non-profit entities. Our program is structured around three general tracks of study. Students may choose to focus their studies around any one of these three tracks. Students will taking specialized seminars in the area, will conduct faculty-guided independent research in their chosen area, and will provided opportunities for field internship placements and community-based action-research projects of direct relevance to a governmental or community partner.