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Direct linkAvery B. Olson; Casey Carolyn Ozaki; Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero – New Directions for Higher Education, 2023
Student development theory has been an important guide in practice; however, few theories focus on both the individual and the influence of the environment. Spencer's (1997) Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST) examines the individual, the environment, and the role of environmental feedback on self-perceptions, with a…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Ecology, Systems Approach, Higher Education
Farmer-Hanson, Ashley J.; Echols, Melisa A.; Nelson, Mark S.; Manning-Ouellette, Amber – New Directions for Higher Education, 2021
Civic learning and democratic engagement (CLDE) work has become a central piece of higher education's mission, woven in daily tasks. This chapter explores how the community engagement professional (CEP) role can be reimagined across institutions and the opportunities, challenges, and next steps for moving forward. The strategic positioning of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizen Participation, Democratic Values, Citizenship Responsibility
Wawrzynski, Matthew R.; Lemon, Jacob D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
From over a decade of collecting data, we know that students who are peer educators experience significant gains as a result of their role as peer educators. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the student learning outcomes student peer educators derive from being involved in these applied learning experiences.
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Student Attitudes, Outcomes of Education, Learning Experience
Henscheid, Jean M.; Skipper, Tracy L.; Young, Dallin George – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
This chapter examines how senior capstone experiences can be intentionally designed and delivered to provide structured opportunities for reflection, integration, and applied learning, giving students an opportunity to recognize the kinds of learners, thinkers, and doers they have become through the sum total of their educational experiences.
Descriptors: Capstone Experiences, Reflection, Experiential Learning, Student Development
Johnson, Jeffrey Alan – New Directions for Higher Education, 2017
The many complex challenges posed by learning analytics can best be understood within a framework of structural justice, which focuses on the ways in which the informational, operational, and organizational structures of learning analytics influence students' capacities for self-development and self-determination. This places primary…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Analysis, Justice, Student Development
Broido, Ellen M.; Schreiber, Birgit – New Directions for Higher Education, 2016
This chapter reviews models, theories, and cross-national data on student learning and development and explores these within their context.
Descriptors: Student Development, Learning Processes, Higher Education, Educational Research
Rife, Martine Courant; Conner, Christine – New Directions for Higher Education, 2017
Offered as a case study, this chapter shows how Lansing Community College intentionally combined efforts to redesign eight high-risk courses with efforts to create clearer guided curricular pathways for the college's students.
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, At Risk Students
