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Direct linkBetts, Macon; Grabsch, Dustin K.; Davis, Veronica D.; Bell, Laura M.; Sheedy, Faith Ann – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2023
College students engage with religion, faith, and spirituality for a variety of reasons; however, current literature exploring these motivations is limited. We utilised a constructivist, qualitative, phenomenological design and surveyed 201 students to understand their motivations for pursuing faith, religion, or spirituality. Of those surveyed,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Spiritual Development, Constructivism (Learning)
Wise, Phyllis M.; Martin, Carolyn A.; Kinbrough, Walter M.; Hitt, John C.; Urgo, Joseph R.; Lief, Charles G.; Drake, Michael V.; Hellyer, Brenda; Pepicello, William – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
Lately there has been a great deal of discussion about the importance of measuring a college's "return on investment." Is the point of a college education quantifiable results or personal and intellectual growth? In pursuit of answers, "The Chronicle" asked a selection of higher-education leaders. Phyllis M. Wise, Chancellor of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Role, Role of Education, Presidents
Longstreet, C. Shaun – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
In this chapter, the author focuses on intersectionality as a heuristic means toward an open and affirming classroom and as a model grounded in a larger history of calls for anti-oppressive pedagogy. Three critical pivots set the background to this article. The first is Paolo Freire, who clearly connected social justice with pedagogy and contended…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Politics of Education, Critical Theory
Fleming, Jacqueline – 1985
A study of black college students to assess whether they are better served by predominantly black colleges or by integrated, predominantly white colleges is discussed. About 3,000 freshmen and seniors at eight predominantly white and seven predominantly black colleges were studied in four states with different social mores and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Choice
Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. – 1997
A study explored the use of career concentration areas in Texas school systems and recommended broad career concentration areas. Of the 40 largest school districts, 35 responded to the survey. Approximately 58 percent currently use variations of the career concentration area concept to help students prepare for working life. Respondents…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Art, Business Education, Career Choice
