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Navigating a Path in Higher Education:A Chicano’s Narrative of Professional Meaning
Get PDFA Senior Student Affairs Officer reflects on his childhood and the moments that have influenced his philosophy of practice. Viewing his life through a social justice lens, the author’s reflections draw out moments of feeling different as a result of his race and socio- economic status. These moments, coupled with the meaning made from his college experiences, has built the framework through which he practices
Raising Heterosexual Consciousness and Engagingwith our Privileged Identities
Get PDFThis piece details an interview the author did with a fellow graduate student at Seattle University. In the interview, the author interviews the student about her experiences as a heterosexual woman, using question commonly asked of LGBT folks. Through this interview experience, she was able to more clearly identify and examine her privilege as a heterosexual and became more conscious of how it plays out in her daily life
Rethinking Scholarship: A Case for Nontraditional Research Paradigms in Higher Education
Get PDFResearch and scholarship is about making a unique contribution to your discipline, answering questions, provoking thought, advancing learning and the pursuit of cognitive truth. It is about discovery, integration of knowledge, application of new concepts, and teach- ing. Research and scholarship comes in many forms, each valuable for its ability to contribute to intellectual discourse. Through the reading of this article, I hope you, the reader, will consider how you define scholarship and incorporate nontraditional methodologies into your formal and informal roles in the lives of students. Through Scholarly Personal Narrative I discovered my voice, answered some of the more difficult questions associated with my research and transformed my thinking in the process
End the Debate Now: Accreditation for International Student Recruiting Agencies
Get PDFAn increasingly contentious issue in international education for American institutions of higher education is the practice of paying agencies to recruit international students. Many fear that the monetary incentive for these recruiting agencies fosters widespread unethical practices and jeop- ardizes any focus on the students’ best interests. The author of this article proposes that the U.S. should introduce an accreditation system for re- cruiting agencies modeled after the system for accrediting institutions of higher education. The author concludes that this accreditation system would promote the best interests of international students and also benefit U.S. colleges by main- taining the use of recruiting agencies as an option to enrich their campus’ cultural diversity and in- ternationalization efforts
Adult Basic Education: An Exploration of the Past, Present and Potential Future
Get PDFThis literature review explores the complex and often marginalized field of adult basic education (ABE). Through a social justice and empowerment lens, it examines the participants and educators engaged in ABE, as well as overarching theoretical orientations that support the field. Through an examination of past, present, and potential future issues of ABE, this analysis uncovers areas of critical focus for adult educators, leaders, and policy makers. Potential future issues discussed include migration and demographic changes in the United States, issues of technological advances and barriers, and the importance of evidence and needs-based programming and assessment. By increasing research in the field, much work can be done to combat systems of inequity and oppression for this special population of adult learners
College Access and Success: Transition and Mentorship Programs
Get PDFThis paper highlights best practices of key transition and mentorship programs from around the nation. Three of the programs examined are facilitated nationally including TRIO, Upward Bound, and GEAR UP. The fourth program, the PUENTE Project, is operated at the state level in California. Each program’s history and service model have been examined as well as the best practices and areas of improvement for the program. Throughout this study, student services in addition to social and cultural capital possessed by underrepresented students are emphasized. Professionals across various industries may say that there are too many programs with similar missions and foci. However, this paper and the explanation of four unique programs provide evidence that the subtle differences between these programs make them relevant and valuable to each program’s specific population. The movement towards college access equity is the key theme throughout the services offered by the programs highlighted in this paper. College access for underrepresented students remains a core issue in the United States. In order for this issue to be addressed appropriately, underrepresented students need resources and capital to navigate the higher education system. Transition and mentoring programs provide these needed tools
Navigating the Student Affairs Profession
Get PDFThis article provides a reflection on an illustration designed to embody the author’s perception of the professional field of student development. The illustration, titled, “Navigating the Student Affairs Profession,” is a visual exploration of the competencies, skills, and challenges of the career field as defined by contemporary practitioners and researchers. The author explains that the geographical map of professional practices derives from the author’s Jesuit and social justice education in a Student Development Administration master’s program. The author also discusses how this visual representation of the profession allows other practitioners to become more cognizant of their own identities and experiences and how these play into professional identity