{"title":"Leadership Education at a Crossroads: Adapting the ILA General Principles for a Changing World.","authors":"Dennis C Roberts","doi":"10.1002/yd.70009","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ILA General Principles for Leadership Programs were originally conceived to advocate approaches to leadership cultivation that would increase visibility, encourage greater cooperation, and be applicable across diverse organizations and cultural contexts. Subsequent to their release as a concept paper, the General Principles have been disseminated and tested in a variety of ways and are now promoted as a model for coherent and comprehensive leadership program design and implementation. While the General Principles achieved some success, this concluding article proposes that economic, social, and political changes must be considered when using the General Principles and that it is essential that leadership educators commit to greater consensus and coherence in their shared work.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"107-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12488180/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144972794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying Conceptual Frameworks: Designing Leadership Learning for Sustainable Change.","authors":"Mac T Benavides, Murry Streetman, Keyhan Shams","doi":"10.1002/yd.70012","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article provides an example of how a leadership studies program has addressed the call for attention to conceptual frameworks as outlined in the International Leadership Association's (2021) General Principles for Leadership Programs. Faculty members from the Staley School of Leadership at Kansas State University share lessons learned from integrating two frameworks to inform curricular design, delivery, and assessment. The key insight presented is that when leadership educators thoughtfully apply conceptual frameworks, powerful learning environments can be cultivated to prepare learners to exercise leadership for the common good.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"55-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Framing the Use of Content in Leadership Programs Through Critical Perspectives.","authors":"Antonio Jimenez-Luque","doi":"10.1002/yd.70014","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Focusing on the topical area of the ILA General Principles for Leadership Development Programs, number three, content, this article aims to expand the conceptualization and meaning of the idea of content and broaden the knowledge of content through a critical perspective. Additionally, the purpose of the article is to offer ideas for leadership educators and provide them with a road map of how to build the critical leadership capacity of learners, centering the discussion on adding content for programs centered in three important conversations: (a) the need for more relational and collective perspectives; (b) acknowledging issues of power, participation, and democracy within organizations; and (c) emphasizing views that go beyond Western perspectives that promote diversity. Adding content related to these conversations in the field into leadership programs and curricula within organizations and schools can have an emancipatory potential that contributes to promoting social and cognitive justice for all.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"63-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145178975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intersections of the Guiding Principles With Leadership Assessments.","authors":"Gayle Spencer, William Smedick","doi":"10.1002/yd.70001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The International Leadership Association's General Principles for Leadership Programs is a document designed to provide resources to create, redesign, and assess leadership programs. This article provides a broad introduction to the Venn diagram developed by the ILA Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs (CALP). It is intended to help leadership educators, taking their program context into account, introduce and explain how to provide the necessary depth needed for good program design. ILA's Advancement of Leadership Programs project works to advance the ongoing leadership learning efforts of the General Principles and Guiding Questions living documents on programmatic development and review. CALP has been charged with working with ILA members to develop the best ways to use these tools in our work. This article is intended to help you understand the many resources available when looking at the delivery of leadership programs. In addition to the General Principles, we provide other resources that can aid in creating and redesigning leadership programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"13-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12488179/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144875693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Framing the Use of Learning in Leadership Programs.","authors":"Daniel M Jenkins, Melissa L Rocco","doi":"10.1002/yd.70006","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the Learning section of the International Leadership Association General Principles for Leadership Programs, examining how situational factors influence leadership education, design, and implementation. We analyze six key elements as follows: learner characteristics, educator identities, learning environments, goal setting, feedback mechanisms, and teaching activities. Drawing from leadership education literature and practitioner experience, we demonstrate how these elements interconnect to create transformative leadership learning experiences. The article offers theoretical foundations and practical applications to help leadership educators develop intentional, learner-centered programs that foster leadership capacity while considering critical contextual factors. This approach enables significant learning that transforms learners' understanding of leadership theory and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"77-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144875692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building, Flying, and Assessing a New Academic Program in Leadership.","authors":"Cole Smith, Jemilia S Davis","doi":"10.1002/yd.20673","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.20673","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The growing demand for leadership competencies in the global workforce has expanded undergraduate programs integrating leadership theory, organizational development, and data-driven decision-making. This paper examines the development of an undergraduate leadership program evaluation at a liberal arts college in the southern United States. Grounded in leadership development models and organizational development frameworks, the program combines interdisciplinary coursework, experiential learning, and professional networking to prepare students for leadership roles. A systematic evaluation approach-including needs assessment, program design analysis, implementation monitoring, and impact evaluation-ensures alignment with theory and workforce demands. Embedding program evaluation underscores the role of evidence-based assessment in leadership education. Reflections on challenges, lessons learned, and future directions offer insights for evaluating, sustaining, and enhancing similar programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"119-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating Space for International Students in Leadership Education.","authors":"Laura Vaughn","doi":"10.1002/yd.20665","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.20665","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The populational of international undergraduate students in the United States reached an all-time high enrollment of 1.1 million during the 2023-2024 academic year. Many leadership training, education, and development programs are seeing more international students joining their curricular and co-curricular programming. Simultaneously, other collegiate leadership learning programs are struggling to incorporate members of this highly diverse population of students. This article provides insight into how international students may understand leadership on campus, as well as how administrators of leadership programs can create spaces that are welcoming to international students across a variety of backgrounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"59-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wanda van der Merwe, Carin Maree, Mariatha Yazbek, Maria E Cochrane
{"title":"Empowered to Lead: The Effect of Mentoring and Tutoring on Peer Tutor Leadership Development.","authors":"Wanda van der Merwe, Carin Maree, Mariatha Yazbek, Maria E Cochrane","doi":"10.1002/yd.20678","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.20678","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peer tutoring is an essential service in higher education, requiring comprehensive training that transcends academic content to include leadership development. This study assessed the impact of a tutoring and mentoring intervention on the leadership skills of tutors. Seven medical students participated in a year-long program involving leadership workshops, peer tutor training, and mentoring. Pre- and post-test results showed a large effect on 12 of 30 leadership questions and a medium effect on 6, demonstrating significant leadership growth in peer tutors. This study highlights how mentoring and tutoring can significantly enhance tutors' leadership abilities, supporting their holistic growth and preparing them for future leadership roles.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"75-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12188502/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Channeling Her Superpower: Undergraduate Women's Leadership Efficacy Development.","authors":"Brittany Devies","doi":"10.1002/yd.20675","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.20675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leadership efficacy is an important factor in leadership development. Particularly, leadership efficacy development for college women has been long understudied. This narrative inquiry study sought to offer more insight into factors and practices influencing college women's leadership efficacy development. This article shares the findings around women's leadership efficacy development and implications for practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"105-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144227026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}