Black womyn have always been at the forefront of social justice activism and are overlooked due to patriarchal understandings of leadership. Using a case-study approach and Black Feminist Theory, we contextualize the leadership practices of Black womyn student leaders. Furthermore, we provide recommendations for supporting and affirming Black…

This chapter examines how to understand, utilize, and leverage data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership to transform and deepen student leadership development on campus.

Conceptual models for understanding the ways in which Asian American students engage in leadership and activism are interrogated. The chapter provides a discussion of implications for student affairs professionals working with Asian American student leaders and activists.

The International Leadership Association's (ILA) Guiding Questions (2009) identify context as the foundational framework from which educators build successful leadership programs. Echoing sentiments from W. K. Kellogg's landmark study "Leadership in the Making" (Zimmerman-Oster and Burkhardt, 1999), context matters. Context includes tangible and…

The increase of students with disabilities on college campuses requires institutions to reenvision how to serve this population. The partnership and collaboration of institutional departments will offer students with disabilities increased opportunities for academic and social integration. This increased integration has ripple effects that will…

A critical step in the professionalization of the field of leadership education (Komives, 2011) and the evolution of leadership as a field of study (International Leadership Association [ILA], 2009) is the development of best practices, standards of practice, and guidelines for assessment of quality in program delivery and accomplishment of…

Leadership development is an outcome of colleges and universities today stressed both in and out of the classroom. Additionally, leadership is often included in institutional missions, with emphasis on students developing as responsible citizens or leaders. The use of peer educators is standard in many student leadership development programs. In…

The Common Ground Multicultural Dialogue program in the Department of Resident Life at the University of Maryland is an innovative peer education program designed to teach skills for engagement through exploration of contemporary multicultural societal dilemmas. The Common Ground Dialogue Program was launched in 2000 to provide undergraduate…

This chapter describes the planning, development, testing, and implementation of Georgia Tech's online career portfolio, as well as the challenges associated with adaptation of the program.

In recent years student affairs professionals have had well-documented success in organizing valuable learning experiences in the community for college students. An in-depth review of a community-based student leadership program at Northern Michigan University provides a model that benefits students and the surrounding community. (Author)

Cultural factors can influence the way Asian American students display leadership as well as how they are perceived as leaders. Redefining leadership and devising inclusive leadership development programs can help to empower Asian American students and encourage them to become more involved on campus. (Contains 22 references.) (Author)

This chapter provides a simple and effective model for using film, television and other popular media in student leadership development activities. (Contains 1 exhibit.)

Discusses the need for senior student affairs officers, who seek to encourage and maintain an involved campus community, to support a strong student government. Provides insight into the internal dynamics of student government. Examines stressors affecting student government leaders. Presents ethical implications of interacting with student…

Asserts that transformational leadership principles can help student affairs staff to actualize their own leadership potential and to model appropriate leadership characteristics for student government leaders. Discusses implications for practice. (KW)

Proposes that development opportunities designed to clarify one's values and beliefs as part of an overall leadership training model will help meet one of society's most pressing needs: leadership rooted in the cultural value of improving the human condition for everyone. (Author)