Hypothesizing that positive change in students' attitudes concerning leadership behavior would result from participation in a basic level five-week course at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), 80 student participants (16 years or older) were pre- and post-tested for attitudinal change. Using the Leadership Opinion Questionnaire (LOQ), the subjects were tested on the first day of the course and again five weeks later at its conclusion. To establish a baseline criterion with which comparisons could be made, the leadership instrument was also administered to the NOLS Director, General Manager, and Assistant General Manager, and a NOLS Staff Model was established which provided a leadership norm of high in consideration and average in structure. Subjects were classified by course, type of expedition (wilderness, mountaineering, or biology), age group, education level, previous camp experience, and age. Data were analyzed according to these characteristics by applying a t-test for paired samples, using pre- and post-course scores. Results indicated there was: no positive change in the students' attitudes toward leadership behavior; a decrease in consideration scores among those who had graduated from college, had had previous camp experiences, and had participated in the Wilderness Expedition. It was suggested that the results might have been different had the subjects been tested at a later date. (JC)