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Meeting Challenges: Competency-Based Education And The Obama 2020 Goal, Joseph Thomas
Meeting Challenges: Competency-Based Education And The Obama 2020 Goal, Joseph Thomas
The William & Mary Educational Review
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Investigating Meaning Making: Body Image And The College Athlete Experience, Catie A. Greene
Investigating Meaning Making: Body Image And The College Athlete Experience, Catie A. Greene
The William & Mary Educational Review
Four NCAA Division I female college athletes were interviewed about the meaning of the female college athlete experience and how each has come to view and treat her body as a female college athlete. Interview responses were assessed along Perry’s (1970) scheme of cognitive development. Because of the established relationship between the internalization of the societal thin ideal and eating disorder (ED) symptomatology, an argument is made for promoting cognitive development along Perry’s scheme to foster female college athletes’ resilience to ED symptomatology. Implications for practice and research are discussed.
Pell Grant And Low-Income Student Postsecondary Education, Mike Postma
Pell Grant And Low-Income Student Postsecondary Education, Mike Postma
The William & Mary Educational Review
No abstract provided.
Consumerism And Higher Education: Pressures And Faculty Conformity, Amanda Armstrong, Madeline Smith, Jaymi Thomas, Amanda Johnson
Consumerism And Higher Education: Pressures And Faculty Conformity, Amanda Armstrong, Madeline Smith, Jaymi Thomas, Amanda Johnson
The William & Mary Educational Review
This article examines, through the lens of social influence theory, the impact of consumerism on faculty behavior. Rathus (2005) defines social influence as “the ways in which people alter the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of others” (p. 607). Demands such as student-teacher evaluations and high graduation rates can lead professors to lower their standards in order to conform to the expectations of students as consumers of higher education. Further, the institutions which employ faculty members also contribute to such conformity through the perpetuation of this business-oriented mindset. The authors explore consumerism in higher education through the following three elements of …