This dissertation explores and connects the concepts of self-creation and self-care as a means to better address the evolving needs of students seeking to actualize themselves in and beyond higher education. These needs include helping students manage change, and other issues such as stress, anxiety, substance abuse, and physical health…

Institutions of higher education are uniquely positioned to educate tomorrow's leaders and initiate change in the number and ethnic diversity of women in leadership roles. The purpose of our study was to understand the essence of Hispanic college women's leadership identity development with participants and researchers co-constructing meaning. We…

While there have been many studies into students' attitudes toward Physical Education at the school level, far fewer studies have been conducted at the university level, especially in China. This study explored 949 students' attitudes toward their university Physical Education experiences in four Chinese universities. An intercorrelated model of…

To tackle the complexity of issues associated with homelessness, an interdisciplinary lens with direct input from service providers and community members is necessary. Within a community-university partnership between a larger inner-city multiservice shelter serving the homeless population, and faculties of social work and nursing in a Canadian…

This chapter presents the need for the journey of self-authorship and an overview of key concepts and terms explored in this volume.

Institutional and programmatic effectiveness in promoting self-authorship requires an understanding of how to assess self-authorship. (Contains 2 tables.)

Making self-authorship a goal of an interdisciplinary multisemester general education program shows great promise for meeting desired undergraduate learning outcomes for citizen-learners. (Contains 1 table.)

Innovative educational practice reveals the secrets to enabling complex learning and self-authorship.

Attempts to establish the corresponding dimensions of needs measured by the Work Motivation Inventory and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Three significant relationships were found between the two components. (Author/DEP)

This article describes a concept and a plan that enables a group to become an accountable and reliable community. As goals, responsibilities, and communication are shared and eventually owned by community members, individuals increase their self-awareness, collaborate with others in task and interaction experiences, and realize community…

To aid teacher training, the Record of Student Learning Experience (ROSE) gives formal recognition to experiences students bring to courses, identifies individual learning needs, encourages self-direction, empowers students, identifies development needs for induction to schools, and highlights the complexity of teaching. Describes first and second…

Describes a Life Development Center, a structured residential environment in which students and professionals work together to achieve personal growth and development. The Center provides for the integration of academic and residence environments in which students' understandings of themselves and others may be expanded. (JAC)