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In spring 2009, the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition conducted the National Survey of Peer Leaders. The purpose of this survey was to gather information on the characteristics of peer leadership programs and the perceived outcomes of the peer leadership experience for students. A total of 3,733 institutional representatives were emailed with an invitation to forward the survey to their student peer leaders. 1,972 surveys were completed from 145 institutions with 1,748 respondents reported holding at least one student peer leader position.

Journal Article

• The Perceived Impact of Peer Leadership Experiences on College Academic Performance
  Tracy L. Skipper - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience
  Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
  2017
  
  

Session Slides

• Peer Leadership in Higher Education: A National Portrait [pdf]
  Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
  NODA 2012 - Las Vegas, NV
  2012
  
  
• Exploring the Impact of Peer Leadership Experiences on Academic Development [pdf]
  Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
  ACPA 2011 - Baltimore, MD
  2011
  
  
• Findings from a National Survey of Peer Leadership Experiences and Outcomes [pdf]
  Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Emily Mullins
  Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience 2010
  2010
  
  
• Findings from the 2009 National Survey of Peer Leaders [pdf]
  Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Tracy L. Skipper - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
  ACPA 2010 - Boston, MA
  2010
  
  
• Peer Leadership: Measuring Personal Growth and Academic Achievement [pdf]
  Jennifer R. Keup - National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Ryan Goodwin, Emily Mullins
  NASPA 2010 - Chicago, IL
  
  

Executive Summary

• 2009 National Survey of Peer Leaders - Executive Summary [pdf]
  2011
  
  

Questionnaire/Survey Instrument

• 2009 National Survey of Peer Leaders - Questionnaire [pdf]
  2009