Scholar-in-Training; Leader-in-Training: The Rutgers University PreDoctoral Leadership Development Institute

Abstract

Standard doctoral preparation includes formal training in a specific academic discipline. In some instances, this training includes experience serving on departmental and university-wide committees. Structured leadership education, however, is most often a peripheral concern of the graduate school experience. For a significant number of doctoral students, formal leadership education is simply not considered to be of primary importance to the careers to which they aspire within higher education. Recognizing a need for increased leadership preparation in higher education, this chapter aims to highlight one systematic model for leadership education at the doctoral student level, the Rutgers University PreDoctoral Leadership Development Institute (PLDI).

Citation

Gigliotti, R.A., Agnew, B.D., Goldthwaite, C., Sahay, S., Dwyer, M. and Ruben, B.D. (2016), "Scholar-in-Training; Leader-in-Training: The Rutgers University PreDoctoral Leadership Development Institute", Emerging Directions in Doctoral Education (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 39-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120160000006011