Practice What We Teach: Academic Leadership in Times of Crisis

Academic leaders instinctively replicate their own historical best practices or those that their peer institutions have adopted in response to a crisis. And here are some of the reasons why. Many of us, faculty and administrators alike, have not embraced the habitus of reflective practice. To effectively lead in times of crisis, we must (a) strive for better practices; (b) reimagine leadership as a shared and differentiated vocation; and (c) reframe systems that hinder us from becoming reflective communities for transformation. As practical theologians, our core mandate is to practice what we teach within and beyond our institutions.