Donald trump as a cultural leader: navigating the educational leadership traits of a u.s. president
International Journal of Development Research
Donald trump as a cultural leader: navigating the educational leadership traits of a u.s. president
Received 14th June, 2018; Received in revised form 17th July, 2018; Accepted 10th August, 2018; Published online 29th September, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Jerry R. Burkett. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in 2015, Americans knew that he would be a different kind of president. Most individuals would agree that, on the surface, President Trump’s leadership style is unorthodox and unfamiliar to the political norms. However, as a leader of a major nation, his leadership style is easily critiqued and under constant scrutiny. Essential to campus leadership is the establishment and development of a strong culture. This article examines the important aspect of cultural leadership through the lens of how a campus principal would promote and manage culture on their campus. Simply put: What if Donald Trump was a campus principal? How his teachers and students respond to the culture he had built in his administration?
