Assessing Leadership Potential at the Naval Academy With a Biographical Measure

Author(s):

Stricker, Lawrence J.

Publication Year:

1989

Report Number:

RM-89-01

Source:

ETS Research Memorandum

Document Type:

Report

Page Count:

16

Subject/Key Words:

United States Navy, Biographical Inventories, Leadership, Military Personnel, Student Characteristics, United States Naval Academy

Abstract

Applicants to the Naval Academy are intensively screened. In recent years, the focus of the screening was on identifying applicants who would be successful students. However, in 1984, the Secretary of the Navy directed that the emphasis be shifted to identifying applicants who would be future leaders. This study represents one effort in this direction: the development of a biographical measure to assess the leadership potential of Academy applicants.

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