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The First-Year Experience Movement: History, Practice, And Implications For Student Development Professionals, Shawnda Freer
The First-Year Experience Movement: History, Practice, And Implications For Student Development Professionals, Shawnda Freer
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
This article explores the First-Year Experience movement’s origins and influence on curricular and co-curricular practice in higher education. The First-Year Experience movement is historically based in the civil rights era of the 1960s and early 1970s. In response to the social unrest on college campuses, administrators at the University of South Carolina sought to humanize the college experience, particularly for first-year students. The resulting first-year seminar course led to the development of a national resource center which has provided models of practice for excellence in teaching, assessment, and training for many universities in the United States, as well as internationally. …
Growth No. 15 (2016) - Full Issue
Growth No. 15 (2016) - Full Issue
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
The full issue of the fifteenth edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.
A Cord Of Three Strands Is Not Quickly Broken: Strengths Of A Team, David M. Johnstone
A Cord Of Three Strands Is Not Quickly Broken: Strengths Of A Team, David M. Johnstone
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
The idea of “strengths” is a shift for the western world in how it looks at talents, skills, and weaknesses. The strengths paradigm is an assessment that universities are using to assist students in identifying their talents and strengths. Many have written about strengths and the individual; few have written about or researched the impact of the paradigm on team development. Discussing how disparate strengths can work in relationship to one another is important. Moreover, understanding that improper use of strengths can lead to the “shadow” side of strengths creating dissonance and conflict in a team is also important. This …
The Intersection Of Christianity And Racial Justice Advocacy, Sharia Brock, Angelica Hambrick, Alexander Jun
The Intersection Of Christianity And Racial Justice Advocacy, Sharia Brock, Angelica Hambrick, Alexander Jun
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
Those working toward institutional social change and supporting students from diverse background are considered social justice allies (Edwards, 2006). Patton et al. (2007) describe these individuals as knowledgeable and aware of how their own racial identities influence their interactions with others, understanding of racism, as well as their decisions, policies, and interactions with students of diverse backgrounds. There are several studies that have examined the development of White college students as social justice allies, but the development of White administrators as social justice allies is under-studied (Broido, 2000; Eichstedt, 2001; Reason, Roosa Millar, & Scales, 2005). Additionally, there is limited …
Mixed Signals: The Effects Of Cell Phones On College Student Involvement, David M. Chizum
Mixed Signals: The Effects Of Cell Phones On College Student Involvement, David M. Chizum
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
American college students lead the United States of America in cell phone use. This study utilized a phenomenological qualitative methodology to learn the lived experience of college student cell phone users and the effects of cell phones on co-curricular learning, per Alexander Astin’s (1986) theory of involvement. The rapid rise and evolution of the cell phone impacts student behavior and learning. The results of the study indicated that cell phones promote student participation with peers and on-campus programs, but are unlikely to affect involvement with faculty or staff. Experientially, participants were critical of their peers’ cell phone behavior, feared missing …
Relationships With God, Relationships With Others, And Health: Associations Among First-Year College Students, Sean Wang, Kathleen Eldridge, Hannah Parmelee
Relationships With God, Relationships With Others, And Health: Associations Among First-Year College Students, Sean Wang, Kathleen Eldridge, Hannah Parmelee
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
When students transition away from their homes and into higher education, they enter a social environment where they are free, if not encouraged, to question and explore their values and beliefs, including their beliefs of God. Practicing Christians often report having a relationship with God, a conception that implies a dynamic and social process at work. This longitudinal study had two goals: (a) examine collegians’ relationship with God in terms of their God image, His involvement in their lives, and the importance of their faith, at two time points in their first year of college; (b) examine how these God …
Beyond Measure: Rescuing An Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation, Ryan G. Hawkins
Beyond Measure: Rescuing An Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation, Ryan G. Hawkins
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
No abstract provided.
Examining Mattering, Spiritual Mattering, And First-Year Retention At A Private, Religiously-Affiliated Institution Of Higher Education, Jason Morris, Alison A. Spencer, Avia Gray
Examining Mattering, Spiritual Mattering, And First-Year Retention At A Private, Religiously-Affiliated Institution Of Higher Education, Jason Morris, Alison A. Spencer, Avia Gray
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
The primary purpose of this project was to explore how Schlossberg’s (1989) theory of college student’s mattering relates to college student retention in the context of a Christian institution of higher education. In addition, the authors created and tested a “spiritual mattering” measure based on Schlossberg’s theory. Mattering is a self-perception that refers to how important we believe we are to others. Schlossberg (1989) inserted this concept into the realm of higher education when she examined mattering and adult students returning to college. The purpose of the study was accomplished through the following three research objectives: a) Determining whether “institutional” …
No Stones: Women Redeemed From Sexual Addiction, Sara Hall
No Stones: Women Redeemed From Sexual Addiction, Sara Hall
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
No abstract provided.
The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk To Students About Vocation, Aaron Morrison
The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk To Students About Vocation, Aaron Morrison
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
No abstract provided.
Most Likely To Succeed: Preparing Our Kids For The Innovation Era, Chris Riley
Most Likely To Succeed: Preparing Our Kids For The Innovation Era, Chris Riley
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
No abstract provided.
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving The Growing Epidemic Of Unmotivated Boys And Underachieving Young Men, Jenni Williams
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving The Growing Epidemic Of Unmotivated Boys And Underachieving Young Men, Jenni Williams
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
No abstract provided.
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide For Students (Second Ed.), Morgan K. Morris
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide For Students (Second Ed.), Morgan K. Morris
Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development
No abstract provided.