Assistant principals require specialized training designed to meet their unique professional development needs. The LEAD-17: Leadership Engineering and Design Program offers an innovative approach to addressing assistant principals' professional development needs as they build the skills necessary to be successful school administrators. The…

This chapter calls on higher education to reclaim its role in leadership education. Specifically it examines higher education's purpose, context, and mission as clarion calls to embed leadership education throughout higher education institutions and focuses on why this is important.

This chapter defines leader developmental readiness, presents a conceptual model, and discusses implications for practitioners supporting leaders before college, during college, and in early career stages.

This chapter describes the role of two types of self-efficacy--leader self-efficacy and leader developmental efficacy--for enhancing leadership development. Practical implications for designing and developing leadership programs that take into account these two types of self-efficacy are discussed.

Although students' personal passions typically determine the issue addressed by service-learning leadership initiatives, this chapter advocates for a community-centered alternative. This in-depth exploration of a leadership development course series models a community-need driven project and explores the benefits for both community and student…

Students pursuing doctoral degrees are expected to become leaders in their disciplines. Given that, leadership development should be an important part of any curriculum that prepares doctoral students for professional careers after graduation. However, there are questions regarding the effectiveness and prevalence of formal leadership development…

Numerous studies have researched the development of relational spirituality, especially in connection with prayer habits, character virtue, and positive psychology. Numerous studies have also explored the importance of intercultural competence, especially in higher education institutions as they prepare their constituents for an increasingly…

The underrepresentation of women in executive levels of higher education leadership has been discussed in the literature from a variety of viewpoints. In the context of Christian higher education, the focus of this study, women's underrepresentation has sometimes been compounded by the conservative theological tenets of some denominations…

The college enrollment and graduation rates of Black and Latino males continues to be a persistent higher education problem. Furthermore, institutions of higher education fail the interests and educational advancement of Black and Latino men by many measures such as retention and college completion rates. More specifically, institutionalized…

Extension program participants tell story after story of the impact of Cooperative Extension on their lives, their families, and their businesses. Despite huge amounts of qualitative data, very little quantitative data exist showing the aggregated public value of Extension programs--especially across program areas. The lack of data leaves…

This article shares our experience using a job-embedded active learning approach to support candidates' growth as systems-focused equity leaders in the University of Washington's Leadership for Learning program. We describe how socio-cultural learning theory helped us shift from field-based application projects to job-embedded learning. Our…

The Gratitude Network, a nonprofit based in Pleasanton, California, has a unique and interesting approach to strengthening education for children globally. The organization accelerates the growth of high-impact social enterprises, both for-profit and nonprofit, working to improve the lives of children and youth around the world, primarily through…

Background: Employers consider strong leadership skills among highly desirable qualities for new hires. To meet the needs of today's complex workforce, colleges and universities have increased opportunities for experiential learning for students. However, it is not known how students make meaning of these experiences in context with their personal…

The role of heads of schools or departments in universities has been described as complex and challenging. Despite growing calls for greater support for those in middle leadership roles, there has been little research on what effective preparation or support programmes look like. This article reports on an evaluation of a professional learning and…

Using an ethnically diverse, national sample, this study used structural equation modeling to investigate the development of leadership self-efficacy (LSE) among 2,223 Asian American college students by focusing on the influences of racial identity (using the construct of collective racial esteem; CRE) and resilience. Results demonstrated a strong…