{"title":"Leading From the Precipice: How Academic Deans Are Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education.","authors":"V Dozier, Sarina C Molina","doi":"10.1002/yd.70077","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative case study examines how associate deans at a medium-sized Catholic university respond to the rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Guided by decolonial and feminist frameworks, the study analyzes survey data from seven academic leaders to understand their concerns, decision-making processes, and emerging practices. Our findings reveal uneven adoption, limited institutional guidance, and ongoing concerns about academic integrity, equity, and bias. The study also highlights the often-unseen relational and emotional labor involved in supporting faculty and students. We conclude by recommending flexible, collaborative approaches to AI governance that attend to context, care, and diverse ways of knowing.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"117-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13603952/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888827","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}
David Lopez-Lopez, Patricia Rodriguez Garcia, Miguel Saiz Garcia, Josep Maria Marco-Simó
{"title":"The Augmented Leader: Four Competencies for AI-Integrated Leadership Development in Higher Education.","authors":"David Lopez-Lopez, Patricia Rodriguez Garcia, Miguel Saiz Garcia, Josep Maria Marco-Simó","doi":"10.1002/yd.70065","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping decision-making and organizational life, yet leadership development in higher education has not evolved at the same pace. To address this gap, the article proposes the concept of the \"augmented leader\" and develops a four-competency framework for AI-integrated leadership: algorithmic literacy, strategic use of AI, ethical leadership and governance, and culture and adoption. Based on an integrative literature review and expert-informed thematic synthesis, the framework offers a structured perspective on leadership in AI-mediated environments. The article argues that higher education must embed AI as a core leadership capability, preparing students to lead effectively and responsibly in human-AI systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"9-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13603950/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799065","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":"AI in Leadership Development: Renegotiating the Social Contract Through Collective Student Agency.","authors":"Dominic Cooper","doi":"10.1002/yd.70073","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This case study investigates \"The Worldbuilding Project,\" a collaborative initiative between two diverse San Diego high schools that offers a model for AI leadership development grounded in critical pedagogy. Utilizing a six-step worldbuilding methodology, students prototyped socio-technical futures and authored a collective social contract to reclaim human agency over automated cognition. Findings suggest this cross-institutional partnership fosters a \"Post-Digital Leadership\" paradigm, prioritizing civic responsibility over technical proficiency. By centering student voices, this study provides a blueprint for educational institutions to transition from reactive prohibition toward humanizing, future-oriented digital governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"85-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799062","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":"The Trickster Turn: Decolonial Epistemology for AI in Leadership Education.","authors":"Yaw Ofosu-Asare, Rebecca Ailís Nally","doi":"10.1002/yd.70071","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper critiques generative AI in leadership education as an instrument of optimization, where summarizing, coaching, and personalizing risk producing fluent, compliant leadership subjects while narrowing ethical inquiry. It develops Trickster AI, a speculative pedagogical framework informed by Ananse, Èṣù, and Māui, where contradiction, delay, reversal, humor, and refusal expose hidden premises of authority. The paper reframes friction as culturally situated and politically consequential; develops refusal as epistemic, procedural, and care-based practice; and proposes Leadership Through Rupture, where contradiction becomes information. It also addresses cultural extraction through consent, co-design and Indigenous data governance. A companion paper details implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"65-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13603957/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888854","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":"What Remains Ours to Think? Reclaiming Critical Thinking in AI-Augmented Student Leadership Education.","authors":"Ihan Anita Ip, Zachary Gabriel Green","doi":"10.1002/yd.70068","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The arrival of generative artificial intelligence in learning environments has created an urgent question for leadership educators: what remains distinctly ours to think in the act of learning to lead? This article proposes a third orientation beyond the familiar poles of embrace and resistance, centering the reciprocal holding environment as the condition under which genuine formation can occur. Drawing on developmental theory, transformative learning, and epistemic justice frameworks, it examines what is lost cognitively, neurologically, and ethically when AI thinks first, and offers a conceptual framework, pedagogical pathways, and strategies for reclaiming critical thinking and human authorship in the AI-augmented classroom.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"37-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13603955/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148765981","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":"Integrating Thriving Into Leadership Learning: A Framework-Aligned Approach to Pedagogy.","authors":"Charles J Panarella, Kathy L Guthrie","doi":"10.1002/yd.70060","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thriving is an important part of leadership learning which addresses both affectivity and energetic evolution. This article explores various pedagogical strategies of the 10 aspects of thriving that are consistently taught in leadership. Using the leadership learning framework, pedagogies are offered that align with various ways of learning, including leadership knowledge acquisition, development, training, observation, engagement, and metacognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"95-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147949769","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":"Collaborative Leadership Learning Groups in Veterinary Graduate Education: A Practice-Based Approach to Leadership Development Through Shelter Operations Consultation.","authors":"Ron Orchard, Brooke Davis, Brandon Kliewer","doi":"10.1002/yd.70056","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leadership education in professional graduate programs often prioritizes technical competency over relational and collaborative leadership capacity. This practice article describes the integration of collaborative leadership learning groups (CLLGs) into a graduate veterinary course on shelter operations consultation at Kansas State University. Drawing on leadership-as-practice development (LAPD) frameworks, this article details how the consultation team's own interactions become the \"case\" for leadership learning. We situate CLLGs within the broader landscape of practice-based leadership pedagogies by briefly comparing this approach to the ontological-phenomenological-phronetic-transformative (OPPT-in) method. Practical implications for leadership educators seeking to embed LAPD into professional graduate curricula are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"55-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147949681","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":"Leadership Identity Development: Insights Into the Lived Experiences of Undergraduate Business Students on a Placement Year.","authors":"Graziana Di Pede, Chris Turner","doi":"10.1002/yd.70052","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The proliferation of leadership courses offered by UK business schools reflects a growing emphasis on leadership development, potentially driven by an increased demand for leaders in the labor market alongside a desire to prepare students for future leadership roles. This study explored how pre- and early-career experiences affect undergraduate business students' leadership identity development over time. Results showed that their development was strongly influenced by observed role models as well as enacted roles and responsibilities within specific contexts. Implications for both theory and practice are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"17-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13238354/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147949750","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}
Hannah M Sunderman, Kate D McCain, Jonathan Orsini, Tori Pedersen, Ethan Carlson, Grant Holst
{"title":"A Narrative Inquiry of Meaning Making and Leader Identity Development among College Students.","authors":"Hannah M Sunderman, Kate D McCain, Jonathan Orsini, Tori Pedersen, Ethan Carlson, Grant Holst","doi":"10.1002/yd.70051","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leader identity development (LID) and meaning making are essential and interconnected developmental processes. The current study explored LID and meaning making from childhood to emerging adulthood among college students (N = 26). Utilizing two open-ended interviews and a narrative storytelling approach, we explored participants' LID high, low, and turning points. A process of LID emerged in which leadership development experiences resulted in personal development outcomes following meaning-making opportunities and a sense of personal worthiness.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"9-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13238315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147949767","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":"Unseen Architecture: General Principles in Framing Thriving as Leadership Learning.","authors":"Kathy L Guthrie, Charles J Panarella","doi":"10.1002/yd.70059","DOIUrl":"10.1002/yd.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thriving is both a process and outcome of leadership learning, enabling individuals to contribute meaningfully to their communities. This article aligns ten aspects of thriving and leadership with the five areas of leadership program design outlined in the General Principles for Leadership Programs, which strengthens the unseen architecture of leadership programs. The article argues that thriving is an embedded component of leadership learning and offers implications for designing programs to advance both leadership capacity and holistic well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":37658,"journal":{"name":"New directions for student leadership","volume":" ","pages":"87-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147949840","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}