The Emerging Role of Higher Education in Educating and Assessing Future Leaders for Disaster Relief.

As the frequency and intensity of disasters throughout the world increase, so do the demands for humanitarian relief and the

Prerequisite identified as necessary to achieve an intended outcome, implied or stated.

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for effective

Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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-based leadership

Activities designed to facilitate the learning and development of knowledge, skills, and abilities, and to improve the performance of specific tasks or roles.

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. Numerous organizations are poised to act in

Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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to disasters that necessitate a significant amount of leadership and logistics support. Although there are many entities often involved in Situation where widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses have occurred which exceeded the ability of the affected organisation, community or society to respond and recover using its own resources.

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relief, the symposium outlines the emerging role higher education can play in improving Actions taken during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.

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outcomes, not only by providing 'boots on the ground' but also by developing skilled disaster relief leaders in both curricular and cocurricular venues. Institutions of higher education provide experiential learning opportunities offering critical service for immediate disaster relief while developing the skills of future leaders. During these experiences, students develop disaster-based leadership and logistics acumen. Similarly, programmatic Assessment is a test, examination or similar, designed to assess a candidate’s knowledge, understanding or skills in a defined area. DRIVER+ note 1: candidate can be a person or a solution, example given: assessment of a solution in a Trial.

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is critical in measuring student leadership growth during the experiential learning process of providing disaster relief. The education and

test

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of these trainings provides an important dimension of disaster leadership as it examines the leaders in action and fosters a commitment to adequately prepare them to lead in a time of disaster. A qualitative approach is recommended for assessing experiential leadership learning to better inform teaching and to cultivate future disaster leadership that meets ongoing global needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]/nCopyright of Journal of Leadership Studies is the property of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)