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Smist, Jennifer A.; Rosch, David M. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
Existing leadership research focuses more on single experiences than the sustained application of skills beyond the formal leadership program. Using data from 124 college students who participated in a six-day leadership development program, this study used a four-phase longitudinal approach to examine influences on students' leadership capacity…
Descriptors: Family Income, Predictor Variables, Campuses, Student Participation
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Doyle, Jeff; Wheelis, Meaghann; Thompson, LaNette; Strietzel, Jeff – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2019
Financial aid is often linked to evidence of learning inside the classroom (students' GPA) and financial need. This mixed-methods study describes an assessment of a scholarship designed to encourage learning outside the classroom that required incoming students to live in a living-learning community (LLC). Results showed that though receipt of the…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Living Learning Centers, Program Effectiveness, Student Personnel Workers
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Fischer, Donald V.; Wielkiewicz, Richard M.; Stelzner, Stephen P.; Overland, Maribeth; Meuwissen, Alyssa S. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2015
Incoming first-year college students completed a leadership survey prior to any formal leadership education. These students were reassessed during the spring of their senior year; 386 students completed both surveys. The differential effect of 33 leadership and demographic variables on change in hierarchical and systemic leadership beliefs were…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Longitudinal Studies, Leadership Training, College Freshmen
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Campbell, Corbin M.; Smith, Meredith; Dugan, John P.; Komives, Susan R. – Review of Higher Education, 2012
Mentorship is empirically related to several desired outcomes in college students including academic success and career development. Yet little is known about how mentorship aids leadership development in college students. This study uses data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, a national study with more than 110,000 participants…
Descriptors: College Students, Mentors, Student Leadership, Career Development
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McGoey, Shane P. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to extend the research of Michael, Schwartz, and Balraj pertaining to presidential effectiveness. Faculty senate chairpersons, academic deans, senior-level institutional officers, and student leaders were surveyed in order to ascertain whether there was a relationship between stakeholders' perceptions and…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Predictor Variables, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis