Advancing Graduate Leadership Education for Institutional Alignment

Building a future pipeline of leaders in higher education remains a topic of importance given the challenges and pressures facing colleges and universities. The current article introduces one initiative dedicated to graduate leadership education, the PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy at Rutgers University, and highlights points of connection to other similar national programs. In response to the symposium theme, we advance three linkages to the power of place, including an emphasis on graduate leadership education as (1) a shared or collective endeavor, (2) a reflection of institutional values, and (3) a laboratory for analyzing organization-specific challenges and opportunities.