BUILDING A TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION FOR PEER LEADERS: Consideration vs. Structure

  Introduction Organizational effectiveness, including the effectiveness of collegiate organizations, relies on successful leadership (Kroeck et al., 2004; Plante, 2016; Posner, 2012). However, college student leaders of campus organizations face significant challenges related to leading and motivating their peers (Foubert & Urbanski, 2006; Plante, 2016). Given the difficulties facing college student leaders, we sought to…

ASSESSING AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP MENTORING ON THE COLLEGIATE MENTOR

  Introduction Adults and peers play a critical role in developing individual leadership capacity as well as developing group and organizational leadership effectiveness (Rosch, 2017).  As leadership educators consider which experiences yield the best possible outcomes for leader and leadership development, developmental interactions such as mentoring likely emerge as among the most likely influential experiences…

CHALLENGING THE PERCEPTION: Alumni Observations of the Value of Student Leadership Initiatives

Introduction Leadership development has come to be recognized as a foundational pillar of the modern college student’s educational objectives (Andenoro, & Skendall, 2020; Dugan & Komives, 2007; Eich, 2008; Komives, et al., 2011). Indeed, an individual’s ability to lead is commonly identified as a critical competency necessary for personal and professional success in our increasingly…

THE HIDDEN LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM: Alumni Perspectives on the Leadership Lessons Gained Through Co-Curricular Engagement

Introduction Several decades of academic scholarship have been dedicated to examining the co-curriculum in postsecondary education – essentially, the avenues for students to become involved within their campus community outside of the academic courses and programs in which they are enrolled – and student development. Despite such long-standing focus, issues persist in understanding the relationship…

A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MULTI-DEGREE STUDY OF WORKFORCE AND LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES WITHIN POSTSECONDARY ACCREDITING ORGANIZATIONS

Introduction Historically, higher education has played a significant role in preparing graduates for critical jobs in the workforce (Labaree, 1997), ensuring they are armed with a wide array of competencies and credentials to navigate their chosen professional contexts. Academic programs, in conjunction with discipline-specific accrediting agencies, focus on teaching technical requirements necessary for graduates to…

A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MAINSTREAM COLLEGE STUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODELS

Introduction Leadership development is a central goal of higher education (Chunoo & Osteen, 2016). To this end, co-curricular leadership programs are now institutionalized in most colleges to facilitate student leadership development, regardless of a student’s field of study (Kezar et al., 2006; Owen, 2012). Co-curricular leadership education programs increasingly recognize the need to center diversity,…

REFLECTING BACK AND GOING FORWARD: Promising Pedagogical Practices for Culturally Relevant/Sustaining and Equitable Online Leadership Education

Introduction According to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (USDOE-NCES) (2020), in the fall of 2020, 72.8% of U.S. postsecondary students were enrolled in distance education courses—up from 36.3% in the fall of 2019. While this surge may be explained by a number of factors, one of the most significant factors…

WHO WANTS TO BE HERE? Empirically Investigating Motivation and Engagement During Leader Development

Introduction Whether shifting from individual contributor to a leader/manager of others or promoting from junior to more senior leadership positions, leadership transitions require individuals to establish, expand, and augment their competencies into new areas of leadership and also to mature in their self-identities and cognitions of leadership (Lord & Hall, 2005; Maurer & London, 2018;…