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Living Knowledge Production: Indigenous Approaches And Intersections In Higher Education, Amanda L. Cook, Sabrina T. Kwist
Living Knowledge Production: Indigenous Approaches And Intersections In Higher Education, Amanda L. Cook, Sabrina T. Kwist
The Vermont Connection
As educators and practitioners reflect on the relatively young lifespan of the United States higher education system, it is important to take this opportunity to explore and rethink our country’s systems of knowledge production. Currently many of the approaches within the United States rely heavily on Western European epistemologies. Through exploration of narrative and its influence on indigenous epistemologies, we hope to challenge and expand the Western emphasis on the empirical way of knowing. We will learn from the epistemologies of three indigenous communities: Hawaii, New Zealand, and the continental United States. We will examine the creation of worldviews, knowledge …
Intergroup Dialogues: A Promising Practice For Cross-Cultural Engagement, Michael M. Debowes
Intergroup Dialogues: A Promising Practice For Cross-Cultural Engagement, Michael M. Debowes
The Vermont Connection
In today’s colleges and universities, administrators wrestle with how to create and maintain diverse campus climates. While many institutions recruit students with a wide variety of experiences and identities, often times these students will self-segregate into like-minded or like-experienced peer groups upon their arrival to campus. Interaction between these groups of students may be minimal at best if an institution does not intentionally provide a safe, supportive and confidential space in which students can establish meaningful relationships with members of a different social identity group. This article will present one method of social justice education known as intergroup dialogues as …
Group Dynamics And Race, Czarina Ramsay, Heather A. Maginnis
Group Dynamics And Race, Czarina Ramsay, Heather A. Maginnis
The Vermont Connection
The purpose of this study is to identify what, if at all, impact race had on relationship and community building among a small and diverse group of people. The impact of group dynamics and race was measured through a quantitative analysis of the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration (HESA) program cohort experience. With the increased number of professionals from diverse backgrounds entering the field of student affairs and higher education, understanding how race impacts group interactions may be critical to one’s educational and professional success. Therefore, it is my hope that the results derived from this research will assist …
Free To Be: Supporting Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Students On Catholic Campuses, Jessica Belue
Free To Be: Supporting Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Students On Catholic Campuses, Jessica Belue
The Vermont Connection
There is a long history of tension between the authority of the Vatican and the relative autonomy of Roman Catholic institutions of higher education, particularly in the United States of America. These tensions currently arise on Catholic campuses where student affairs practitioners seek to support lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students while at the same time operating within Vatican teaching that homosexuality is objectively disordered (Ratzinger, 1986). This paper will review those Catholic teachings on homosexuality and explore policies and practices of student affairs practitioners seeking to serve LGB students at Catholic higher education institutions.
Stewardship Of Underrepresented Communities, Khristian Kemp-Delisser
Stewardship Of Underrepresented Communities, Khristian Kemp-Delisser
The Vermont Connection
Alumni can play an important role in supporting diversity and diverse populations on campus, yet underrepresented communities such as women, people of color, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) alumni have been largely untapped by alumni and development offices. Proper training, sustained commitment, and culturally-specific targeted stewardship cannot only be financially rewarding, but can also work to combat myths, stereotypes and prejudice. This article will discuss the challenges and benefits involved in using stewardship to target these communities, followed by recommendations for practice and areas of further research.
Understanding Success In The Academy: A Personal Journey, Lael Croteau
Understanding Success In The Academy: A Personal Journey, Lael Croteau
The Vermont Connection
The purpose of this scholarly personal narrative is to address a practitioner’s experiences in the academy and examine how she defines success. Her identity within her communities and personal factors which have contributed to her continued pursuit of success will also be discussed. This narrative illustrates ways in which student affairs professionals can identify and support students with complex identity backgrounds to achieve success.
Bridging The Gap: Perspectives From Different Generations On The Field Of Student Affairs, Jacque Little, Judy Raper
Bridging The Gap: Perspectives From Different Generations On The Field Of Student Affairs, Jacque Little, Judy Raper
The Vermont Connection
Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, once posed three questions for individuals to consider when contemplating their spiritual lives: What can I know? What can I do? And, What can I hope? (n.d.) These three questions, while fundamentally simple, are provocative and powerful and lead to significant soul searching regarding one’s values, beliefs, actions, and perspective. It strikes us that these three questions can also provide student affairs professionals with the opportunity for rich dialogue and critical reflection regarding our roles in and beliefs about a profession fraught with change, challenges, mystery, and ethical dilemmas. In this article, two authors, nearly …
The Cultural Components Of Leadership Development: Examining Latino/A Student Leadership, Nicholas E. Negrete
The Cultural Components Of Leadership Development: Examining Latino/A Student Leadership, Nicholas E. Negrete
The Vermont Connection
Are the leadership development models that exist today inclusive of all student leaders? Does leadership take on different forms when examined through the lenses of different cultural communities? Is there enough research available for student affairs educators to successfully identify the needs and concerns of all student leaders? Although there have been thousands of research articles and books on the topic of leadership development, very few of them have addressed the ways in which students of color, more specifically Latino/a students, develop leadership skills and competencies. Student affairs educators must not become comfortable only identifying with the leadership theories that …
Making The Case For Service-Learning In First-Year Programs, Aaron Ferguson
Making The Case For Service-Learning In First-Year Programs, Aaron Ferguson
The Vermont Connection
Today’s college students are graduating high school without the skills necessary to undertake the responsibility involved in college level academic work and lifestyles. Additionally, recent national surveys have shown that students are increasingly becoming more academically and socially disengaged (Sax, Astin, Korn, & Mahoney, 1999). In response, educators have begun to focus first-year programs on supporting students in terms of grade-based, academic achievement. Within the context of current theory and research in the field, this article will investigate the potential of service-learning as a forum for students to develop more holistically (academically, personally, and civically) within the context of first-year …
Finding The Right Words: A Personal Reflection, Demethra Lasha Bradley, Kerry L. Fleming
Finding The Right Words: A Personal Reflection, Demethra Lasha Bradley, Kerry L. Fleming
The Vermont Connection
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The Final Word: Seek That Which Is, But Is Not Apparent, Bridget Turner Kelly, Joy Pehlke
The Final Word: Seek That Which Is, But Is Not Apparent, Bridget Turner Kelly, Joy Pehlke
The Vermont Connection
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