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Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Savitz-Romer, Mandy – Educational Leadership, 2012
Where students are in their development shapes how they behave and whether they succeed. An awareness of how students develop identity and motivation can help educators guide students as they set goals for the future. Bouffard and Savitz-Romer share strategies for helping students see themselves as college graduates. They also explain how the…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Motivation Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Development
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Halkovic, Alexis – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This article identifies college as the logical space for the articulation of civil rights through the complete integration of students with incarceration histories into the intellectual and social fabric of the institution. Academic institutions provide a fertile ground where possibilities for personal and social change are realized, networks are…
Descriptors: Interviews, Action Research, Participatory Research, Focus Groups
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Connor, David J. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
Students with learning disabilities (LD) are particularly vulnerable in making the school-to-college transition where they negotiate a complex constellation of challenges that include academic demands, social expectations, and emotional/personal growth. Although a substantial body of knowledge exists about college students with LD, it is largely…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, College Students, Accessibility (for Disabled), Student Experience
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Arrueta, Jose Antonio; Avery, Helen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
This article concerns the impact of educational reforms on young people in Bolivian society as they transition into adulthood, against the backdrop of globalisation and far-reaching structural changes. Ethnicity and cultural capital are linked in complex ways with social stratification in Bolivia. In a pluricultural society, the language of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Cultural Capital