Engaging College Students and Cadets in Training Tomorrow’s Leaders of Character
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Shelby Clark
1 Shelby Clark (sclark2@bu.edu) is a doctoral student and Glenn Fellow at Boston University, where her research focuses on the development of intellectual character strengths such as curiosity in adolescents and young adults. Scott Seider (seider@bu.edu) is an associate professor at Boston University and the author of Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success.
Abstract
In this article, the authors describe the experiences of five cadets and college students serving as camp leaders for the United States Air Force Academy’s (USAFA) Leaders of Character Camp (LoCC). Additionally, they describe the work in which three other universities are engaged to adapt the LoCC model to their own university contexts. In so doing, the authors seek to offer insights into how such camp experiences foster college students’ leadership and character and to highlight some of the efforts to expand the reach of such experiences across the nation.
About the author
1 Shelby Clark (sclark2@bu.edu) is a doctoral student and Glenn Fellow at Boston University, where her research focuses on the development of intellectual character strengths such as curiosity in adolescents and young adults. Scott Seider (seider@bu.edu) is an associate professor at Boston University and the author of Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success.
© 2014 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Invited Feature Article
- The Role of Student Affairs in Promoting Social Justice in South Africa
- Peer Reviewed Article
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- Postcollege Criminal Convictions: A Comparison of Greek, Athlete, and Other Student Offending
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