We, the undersigned, believe the current LTU graduation requirements for the Leadership Program do not substantively help prepare students to become leaders.

Leadership skills are best acquired through the active pursuit of engaging within academic and professional fields and communities.

Furthermore, mandating zero and one credit courses is belittling and infers our real-world leadership skills do not count.

We, therefore propose the following:

A. Eliminate the Leadership Program as a graduation requirement University wide.

B. Offer the Leadership Program as an optional Leadership certificate.

C. Allow students in leadership positions to petition for the Leadership Certificate.