A liberal education model of leadership preparation: the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs for engineers

In this paper we will discuss a unique leadership program for engineers which was developed at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) over 15 years ago. We believe that this program provides a "liberal arts" model for leadership preparation as opposed to the "business school" model. In our program students have the opportunity to study and practice leadership both in the classroom and in authentic contexts over the course of three and one-half years.