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Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow: An Analysis of Leadership Competencies within Accredited Academic Program Learning Outcomes
Author(s) -
Seemiller Corey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.21737
Subject(s) - accreditation , medical education , psychology , higher education , pedagogy , political science , medicine , law
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation, U.S. Department of Education, and the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors provide the overarching affiliation and organization of 83 U.S. higher education academic accrediting agencies and associated 605 undergraduate and graduate academic programs. The present study explored if, and to what extent, each of the 60 Student Leadership Competencies was embedded in the language of the learning outcomes of the 605 programs. Results of a quantitative text analysis of the 36,327 learning outcomes across all 605 accredited programs show each of the competencies appearing in at least one learning outcome. The competencies of Evaluation, Verbal Communication, and Ethics emerged as the most prevalent.