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Learning Considered: Emergent Design In Student Affairs, Carl F. Ericson
Learning Considered: Emergent Design In Student Affairs, Carl F. Ericson
Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection
This paper is an argument for how Student Affairs practitioners in Higher Education can do a better job pursuing and living up to the profession’s stated goals for student learning. It is not a balanced or thorough presentation of facts and theories and it makes no attempt to review all of the pertinent literature. It does use extensive quotations from key documents and authorities in relevant fields and those excerpts are intended not only to support the argument and display the ideas and language necessary to develop a learning centered culture, but to also point out that people working in …
College And Career Readiness, Brandie M. Oliver, Susan Kleinman
College And Career Readiness, Brandie M. Oliver, Susan Kleinman
Scholarship and Professional Work – Education
Dr. Oliver and Mrs. Kleinman address College and Career preparation in the January 2015 issue of IndianaGram.
Human Kaleidoscopes: Cultivating Success In Non-Traditional Students, Carolyn Coles Benton
Human Kaleidoscopes: Cultivating Success In Non-Traditional Students, Carolyn Coles Benton
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
Non-traditional students are a growing population in higher education, yet our understandings of the unique factors that predict their success have not increased. This narrative inquiry examines the lived experiences of high school dropouts entering the college arena as non-traditional students, attempting to improve their personal and academic lifestyles by acquiring a General Education Diploma (GED) in addition to obtaining an associate’s degree from a for-profit postsecondary educational institution. The purpose of this study is to better understand the lives and circumstances of students, leading up to their dropping out of high school. Participants’ reflections of their own college experiences, …