Includes bibliographical references and index.

Courage for the tough questions: leadership and adaptive learning / Alma G. Blount -- The potential of service-learning student leadership / Edward Zlotkowski, Katelyn Horowitz, and Sarah Benson -- The civic engagement movement and the democratization of the academy / Matthew Hartley and Ira Harkavy -- Public and community-based leadership education / Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Stephanie Raill Jayanandhan, and Sarah Woiteshek -- No one leads alone: making leadership a common experience / Kathy Postel Kretman -- Educating for democratic leadership at Stanford, UMass, and Providence College / Tania Mitchell ... [et al.] -- Civic leadership and public achievement at the University of Denver's Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning / Sarah McCauley ... [et al.] -- Assessing the effects of institutional culture on leadership education at Tufts University / Elizabeth Hollander ... [et al.] -- Community colleges returning home: community institutions for community leadership / Decker Ngongang -- Exploring leadership through international education: civic learning through study abroad in Uganda / Adam Weinberg, Rebecca Hovey, and Carol Bellamy -- The role of higher education in public leadership / Paul C. Light -- Organizing 101: lessons I wish I'd learned on campus / Stephen Smith -- Conclusion / Cynthia M. Gibson and Nicholas V. Longo.

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