title: Connecting to Experience: High-Impact Practices for Leadership Development.
abstract: Leadership educators can leverage high-impact experiences to enhance student leadership development. This chapter describes three key practices--sociocultural conversations with peers, mentoring, and membership in off-campus organizations--as levers of leadership learning. Illustrations of the practice in context and reflections from practitioners and students are also included. The chapter concludes with considerations of context, developmental readiness, and best practices of experiential education.
authors.affiliation: Staley School of Leadership Studies, Kansas State University.
authors.forename: Kerry L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Priest
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, Virginia Tech.|Residential Leadership Community, Virginia Tech.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Clegorne
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D000071252:Mentoring; D010379:Peer Group; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013334:Students