With the goal of developing servant leaders, the MCF operates servant leadership programs for university students and faculty.  These programs combine seminar-style training with real-life, personal experiences to bring the powerful principles of servant leadership alive for each participant.  Programs are currently offered in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, the Philippines, Afghanistan and the USA.  Two specialized tracks operate for students and faculty.

Servant leadership programs for university students include four key components:

Principles Course.  The principles of servant leadership are presented to students on-site at their universities.  Through stories, interaction, case studies and dialogue, students grapple with leadership concepts that are often very different from those common in their culture.

Research Project.  After completing the servant leadership training, students work with a mentor to research servant leadership at a company or organization in their country.  The application of servant leadership principles in each situation is discussed and analyzed.

The Academy.  After students complete their research projects, they come from around the world to attend the Academy - a 15 day experience held in the Northwest United States in the summer each year.  The Academy helps students to experience the power of servant leadership in corporations, small businesses, non-profit organizations and government, as they personally get involved in different "communities of servant leadership.

Demonstration Project.  After completing the Academy, students work together in teams to complete a project that reaches out to their home community.  The project shows students that their dreams for bringing change to society can be realized.

Servant leadership programs for university faculty include three key components:  

Principles Course.  The principles of servant leadership are presented to university faculty on-site at their universities.  During the course, faculty begin to consider together how servant leadership principles can influence their departments and their university as a whole.

The VIP Program.  Selected faculty are invited to participate in the Visiting International Professor (or "VIP") Program, where they spend one month at an American university.  During this month, they attend classes, department meetings and meet regularly with university teachers and administrators.  Throughout the experience, they consider how servant leadership impacts life and the quality of learning at the university.

Demonstration Project.  After the VIP Program, faculty implement some new aspect of quality learning and servant leadership in their own classrooms or department.