Abstract
One of the major foci of universities in relation to the educational missions is to promote the growth and development of students as leaders. This article discusses the role of academic advising as a strategic partner with classroom and extracurricular leadership development programs. To that end, this article reviews the roles of academic advising in higher education and discusses the viability of expanding these roles to include the role of advisor as leadership educator. In so doing, I provide a review of the literature related to student leadership development, discuss the similarity in advising outcomes and leadership development outcomes, and examine how the roles of academic advisors in higher education relate to leadership development as well as how advisors can become intentional leadership educators.
Citation
McClellan, J.L. (2013), "Contributing to the Development of Student Leadership through Academic Advising", Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 207-233. https://doi.org/10.12806/V12/I1/T1
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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