Department Identity Crisis
As Chair of the Colonial Studies Department, you face mounting pressure from the university board and student activists to change your department's historically charged name before crucial donor meetings next week. Your tenured professors are threatening to resign if you 'cave to mob mentality,' while potential donors are refusing to meet until the issue is resolved. Time is running out.
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Survivors
0
Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Department Chair & Professor
Conversation Partner
Dean Victoria Blackwood
Setting
Wood-paneled executive office with rain-streaked windows, late evening
Location
Administration Building, Prestigious University
Learning Objectives
Navigate the conversation to reach a compromise that satisfies both tradition and progress
Maintain departmental autonomy while acknowledging institutional pressures
Secure a solution before the donor meetings without completely alienating senior faculty
About This Scenario
As Chair of the Colonial Studies Department, you face mounting pressure from the university board and student activists to change your department's historically charged name before crucial donor meetings next week. Your tenured professors are threatening to resign if you 'cave to mob mentality,' while potential donors are refusing to meet until the issue is resolved. Time is running out.
How It Starts
“I've just finished my third crisis meeting today about your department's situation. The Board chair is breathing down my neck, and student protesters are literally camping outside my house. Please tell me you've made a decision about the name change.”
This is how Dean Victoria Blackwood's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#1172
Category
General
Location Tag
Administration Building, Prestigious University
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