"Masculinities in Higher Education" provides empirical evidence, theoretical support, and developmental interventions for educators working with college men both in and out of the classroom. The critical philosophical perspective of the text challenges the status-quo and offers theoretically sound educational strategies to successfully promote…

Previous research has neglected to explore identities and development among male students at community colleges. This chapter provides some insight into who these men are, their precollege gender socialization experiences, and conflicts that impede the development of productive masculinities.

The purpose of this constructivist inquiry was to explore the impact of socially prescribed gender roles on college men's identity development. Ten white students were interviewed and data from the interviews were analyzed using hermeneutic phenomenology. Students discussed communication restrictions associated with scripted gender roles, fear of…

The contemporary movement toward examination of one's life script gives rise to a program designed to help men think through the issues of masculine conditioning and to prepare themselves for more satisfying male roles. (Author)