Taking action : creating sustainable change in student affairs

• Other Authors: Ewell, Sara B. (Editor), Giblin, Joan (Editor), McNabb, Joe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2023.
• Series: Contemporary perspectives through action research across educational disciplines
• Subjects: Student affairs services > United States.; College students > Services for > United States.; Action research in education > United States.; Education > Student Life & Student Affairs.; Extra-curricular activities.; Educational administration and organization.; Student life.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806601356
• DOI: 10.1108/979-8-88730-397-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) : illustrations

"Action Research can empower all administrators in higher education to engage more effectively in resolving challenges in colleges and universities. Scholar-practitioners are particularly well poised to impact three defined areas of practice: college students, faculty, and curriculum, teaching...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Sara B. Ewell, Joseph McNabb, and Joan Giblin
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Understanding the impact of student affairs and student services directors' leadership style on the undergraduate student experience: An action research study / Thomas Tressler-Gelok
• Chapter 2. Investigating the effects of a peer mentorship program on low-income, first-generation students' access to financial resources / Jennifer Bevins
• Chapter 3. Sustaining engagement among student organizational leads / Brandon Gross
• Chapter 4. Lateral transfer students: What drives their decision to leave and why do they experience transfer shock / Christopher Collins
• Chapter 5. The importance of connections and collaborations to enhance the successful graduate student experience / Kathy Dilks
• Chapter 6. Integrating mental health literacy in student affairs master's programs / Emily Bauer
• Chapter 7. A student centered approach: Using systems theory to improve community engagement and belonging / Joseph Castelot
• Chapter 8. Understanding and responding to career counseling needs of Chinese international graduate students / Lindsey Plewa
• Chapter 9. A study of community college dropouts: Action research on how a peer mentorship program through phi theta kappa (ptk) honor society can improve students' performance / Chunfu Jeff Cheng
• Chapter 10. Improving retention of high-achieving, generation z students at a private, liberal arts university / Lars Farabee
• Chapter 11. Seeing the unseen: An action research study of first-generation college student persistence at a mid-size private institution in the northeast / Michael A. Urmeneta
• Chapter 12. Herstory: Giving a voice to the college experiences of black female students in the new England area / Nicole Johnson. About the Editors.