Excellence in Research: Value Added Leadership for Strengthening the Capacity of College Students

在这个项目中，建立了一个示范性的领导力培训计划，向大学生灌输领导技能。 领导力和领导力发展技能已经引起了学者和非学者的兴趣。然而，许多（如果不是大多数）大学生在大学期间并没有正式接受领导力培训。例如，经常听到雇主抱怨新员工在进入组织时缺乏领导技能。 在这项研究中，大学生，特别是Z世代，被招募到一个领导力培训计划，以获得先发制人的领导技能。这项研究推进了领导力发展的科学和文献，提高了参与者的领导知识和技能能力。 学生参与该项目，通过学生参与宣传和社区改善对其社区产生影响。 该项目由社会学、刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）和历史上黑人学院和大学-卓越研究计划（HBCU-EIR）共同资助，研究的目标是加强大学生的领导能力。每年招收两批学生，为期至少三年，共有180名参与者。两套培训模式提供该计划。 通过调查问卷收集数据，包括前、后测试和半结构化工具，并进行统计分析，以提供对领导力发展的见解。 主要研究问题涉及领导力发展的知识和技能培训的影响，社会经济因素对领导风格的影响，激励措施对领导技能的影响，以及领导力培训对社区的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

In this project, a model leadership training program is established to inculcate leadership skills into college students. Leadership and leadership development skills have garnered the interest of scholars and non- scholars alike. Yet many, if not most, college students do not formally go through leadership training while they are in college. It is not uncommon to hear employers, for example, complaining about the lack of leadership skills in new hires when they enter organizations. In this study, college students, in particular Generation Z, are recruited into a leadership training program to acquire pre-emptive leadership skills. The study advances the science and literature on leadership development and enhances the leadership knowledge and skills capacity of participants. Students’ participation in the project has an impact on their communities through the students’ engagements in advocacy and community improvement. This project is jointly funded by Sociology, the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research Program (HBCU-EIR).The goal of the study is to strengthen the capacity of college students in leadership skills. Two sets of students are recruited each year for at least three years, comprising a total of one hundred eighty participants. Two sets of training models deliver the program. Data are collected via survey questionnaires, including pre-and post-tests and semi-structured instruments, and are analyzed statistically to provide insights into leadership development. Key research questions concern the impact of training on knowledge and skills in leadership development, the impact of socioeconomic factors on leadership styles, the impact of incentives on perceptions on leadership skills, and the impact of leadership training on community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.