National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs
home buy publications listserv contact us member login
About NCLP

National Leadership Symposium

Publications

Resources

Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership

Exploring Leadership

Members Area
2003 National Leadership Symposium
Making the Case for Leadership Education: Leadership Lessons Learned

July 17-20, 2003
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA

Perhaps the highest hope we have for students as they graduate from college is that they will become responsible, informed citizens contributing where they live and work. James MacGregor Burns concluded, "Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth." How can we help to prepare students to assume roles of leadership without clear understanding and observable evidence that our programs contribute to the educational missions of our institutions. So begs the question and forms the foundation for this year's National Leadership Symposium, "How can we make the case for leadership education on our campuses?" The National Leadership Symposium will focus on an examination of the impact of leadership programs and courses in higher education. What do our students learn and how do they demonstrate that learning? How do we effectively tell the story of leadership education outcomes?


Symposium Outcomes
  • Affirmation of the role of higher education in preparing students to be leaders where they will live and work.
  • Identification of leadership lessons learned through gender roles and organizational involvement.
  • Exploration of the theory and application of leadership with implications for outcomes assessment.
  • Development of strategies for advancing leadership education.
  • Creation of a network of practitioners, educators and scholars developed through book reviews, skill sessions, and small group work.

Scholars-in-Residence
  • Dr. Jan L. Arminio
    Assistant Professor, Shippensburg University
  • Wilfred Drath
    Senior Fellow, Center for Creative Leadership
  • Dr. Susan R. Komives
    Associate Professor, University of Maryland
  • Dr. Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster
    Associate Professor, University of Detroit Mercy
    President and Director of Evaluation Services, TEST, Inc.

Required Reading
In order to fully participate in the Symposium experience, delegates are expected to read and generate a working knowledge of three assigned books on leadership constructs prior to the program. The particular books that will be discussed are:
  • The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership by Wilfred Drath
  • Exploring Leadership by Susan Komives
  • Leadership in the Making by Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster


What's New

NEW PUBLICATIONS
Two new publications are available in the Insights and Applications Series:

- Mentoring and Leadership Development
- ROTC Programs and Leadership Development

Click above tab "Buy Publications" for more information.


SAVE THE DATE
The 2008 Leadership Educators Institute will be December 4-6 at the University of Maryland - Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Center for Campus Life.


EXPLORING LEADERSHIP
The second edition of Exploring Leadership is now available at Jossey Bass.


CONCEPTS & CONNECTIONS Our most recent newsletter, Volume 15, Issue 1 on assessment is now available for purchase here.
University of Maryland
UM Home | Directories | Search | Admissions | Calendar