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2020

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

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Ignatian-Centered And Appreciative Advising: Supporting The Holistic Development Of Students In 15-Minute Intervals, Joseph Defeo Ph.D., Bridget Keegan Ph.D. Nov 2020

Ignatian-Centered And Appreciative Advising: Supporting The Holistic Development Of Students In 15-Minute Intervals, Joseph Defeo Ph.D., Bridget Keegan Ph.D.

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

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Ignatian pedagogy offers a powerful vision and methodology for learning and for life. The majority of work devoted to Ignatian pedagogy focuses on its integration into the traditional curriculum and classroom. However, as many educators are aware, learning, reflection, and self-discovery continue after and between courses and class meetings. Here the role of the faculty or staff advisor is essential, providing continuity and longer-term accompaniment for the student over the course of his or her educational career. This essay examines how Ignatian pedagogy builds upon and enhances secular theories of advising and how Ignatian pedagogy can inform advising relationships. …


Discerning Leaders: Forming Jesuit Higher Education Administrators And Faculty In The Ignatian Tradition, Joseph A. Defeo Nov 2020

Discerning Leaders: Forming Jesuit Higher Education Administrators And Faculty In The Ignatian Tradition, Joseph A. Defeo

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Abstract

The need for good leadership is essential for any institution to be successful over the long term. In our current context, many months into a pandemic (Covid-19), the rising awareness, anger, pain and frustration of racial inequalities that are becoming more public and part of the national conversation, and the wide-ranging uncertainty of so many areas that make both short and long-term planning extraordinarily challenging, the need for good leaders is even more important. Leaders in Jesuit higher education face the same societal challenges as any other institution of higher education. Jesuit higher education, however, whose mission is grounded …