During a time of unprecedented challenges facing higher education, the need for effective leadership -- for informal and formal leaders across the organization -- has never been more imperative. Since publication of the first edition, the environment for higher education has become more critical and complex. Whether facing falling enrollments,…

This study examines students' perceptions of an Educational Leadership Doctoral Program's redesign, based on a multi-criteria framework that informed the program's core values and beliefs to prepare students to: (a) lead learning organizations; (b) engage ethically with the community; (c) advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion; and (d)…

This report, the second in a series, provides comparative empirical data on current state and national university trends around the thematic strategies and constructs ten fully online Educational Leadership programs engage within their innovative designs. Our 2014 iPrincipals report provided information on how one California University…

The emerging field of leadership studies in higher education is discussed and the evolution, intent, and design of the University of Richmond (Virginia) Jepson School of Leadership Studies, scheduled to open in 1992, are described. The program will begin to remove leadership studies from the margin of academic endeavor. (MSE)