Academic advisors are an invaluable and steadfast component of leadership students' higher education experience (Hunter & White, 2004; Mann, 2020; Museus, 2021; Spratley, 2020). Yet, given the myriad student paths and preferences, advising calls for flexibility, commitment, and personalization. Applying growth mindset and design thinking to…

This research aims to develop an innovative agricultural program that promotes agriculture literacy among children in urban neighborhoods, fostering self-sufficiency and cultivating future agricultural leaders. While current agriculture secondary education programs in the United States are effective, there is a need for a revised curriculum that…

This study explores the educational significance of purity in Balinese ritual practices and religious leadership development. Purity is a central concept in the Agama Tirtha religion of Bali, which is a unique blend of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Tantra. The study uses autoethnography as its methodology to understand the strength of the Balinese…

The 3rd annual Praxis Lecture exemplifies the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education's (NAKHE's) ongoing commitment to the principles and practices of social justice, diversity, and inclusive excellence as pillars of leadership development. This year's lecture focused on perspectives, insights, and recommendations for NAKHE as…

There are over 2.5 million people employed full-time by higher education institutions across the United States, with over 1 million full-time employees at individual Research 1 (R1) higher education institutions. R1 higher education institutions employ thousands of individuals and spend at least $5 million on research expenditures. R1 higher…

One of the many aims of colleges and universities is helping students to develop leadership knowledge and skills in a global world. This is recognized to be a complex goal that, among other influences, involves identity development and how students understand themselves as leaders. Developing a leadership identity is a multifaceted process that…

Given the critical importance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and the effectiveness of transformational leadership in improving individual and organizational performance, this study was conducted to explore the challenges Jamaican TVET leaders faced in practicing transformational leadership and to identify strategies that…

Unlike many other countries, in Sweden there are more significant paths to political leadership than the university degree. Most Swedish political parties offer leadership training programmes that include practical and ideological content and several have a design rooted in the popular education movement. This article explores how party political…

Purpose: The application of leadership theory to training and development in international leadership contexts is burdened by the idealistic, western-centric, prescriptive nature of many leadership theories. Consequently, theories are needed that are culturally neutral, descriptive and practically applicable to the culturally diverse contexts in…

Why should leadership educators trouble themselves in creating or implementing games for leadership learning? This chapter justifies the use of games as a teaching strategy in leadership education by exploring three rationales. First, games can be meaningfully tied to specific learning theories. Second, games provide motivation for learning, and…

In recent years, scholars have become critical of mainstream leadership development approaches. In particular, Petriglieri and Petriglieri refer to the "dehumanization of leadership," whereby leadership breaks its ties to identity, community, and context. The purpose of this paper is to present an approach for humanizing leadership using…

This article describes transformative, impactful pedagogical practices that engage students in the process of leadership development. We share practical examples of instructional strategies and facilitation techniques from curricular and co-curricular initiatives.

Academic leaders must have adequate leadership skills to be effective in their roles and achieve the college's goals; however, there is relative paucity of knowledge regarding preferences and preparation that midlevel academic leaders in career colleges have. A quantitative method with a correlational design was used to examine the relationships…

This article explores who is participating in leadership learning initiatives in higher education and how they are represented in research, assessment, and evaluation. The article is useful to leadership educators because it explores who is conducting leadership research, assessment, evaluation, and scholarship (i.e., positionality)--and how these…

The Board Leadership Field Guide was developed as an easy-to-use quick reference for those serving as leaders of a board of education. Though it is less comprehensive than the Kansas Association of School Boards' (KASB's) Board Leadership Handbook, it compiles the most critical information in a shorter booklet designed to sit with presidents at…