The National Leadership Education Research Agenda 2020–2025: Advancing the State of Leadership Education Scholarship

Abstract

The second iteration of the National Leadership Education Research Agenda creates intentionality and structure for the advancement of scholarship and leadership learning within higher education contexts. The current paper provides critical insight for the nine guiding research priorities included within the agenda, the process that led to their development, and strategies for maximizing their utility. The perspectives inherent to the current paper provide broad implications for leadership education, its application across multidisciplinary contexts, and provides a trajectory for the development of leadership learners for a complex world. Leadership educators and scholars should utilize the current paper and the corresponding research agenda priorities to inspire constructive dialogue, collaborative research, and further legitimize the diverse fields of leadership education.