Research and Assessment

The Socially Responsible Leadership Scale (SRLS) is an instrument based on the Social Change Model of leadership development. It identifies and measures leadership capacities for research, assessment, and education.

SRLSonline—a Web-based version of SRLS—helps individuals, groups, and large institutions recognize their strengths...and use them for the greater good.

SRLSonline is a partnership of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, Adele H. Stamp Student Union (University of Maryland), Survey Sciences Group and the Center for Student Studies.

The Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL) is an international research project that uses the Socially Responsible Leadership Scale and other measures to better understand college student leadership development. Dr. John Dugan from Loyola University, Chicago serves as the PI and Dr. Susan Komives from the University of Maryland and Dr. Julie Owen from George Mason University serve as the Co-PIs for the research project. MSL is a partnership between the is a partnership of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, Adele H. Stamp Student Union (University of Maryland), Survey Sciences Group and the Center for Student Studies. To learn more, click here.