Download or read book A Qualitative Exploration of Women of color Professional Academic Advisors Perceptions and Experiences written by Elia S. Tamplin and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within higher education institutions and research, Women-of-Color’s (WOC) professional experiences have become more visible. Yet, the lived experiences of WOC professional academic advisors working in colleges and universities are missing from the literature. WOC advisors are vital to student success as they are mentors, teachers, guides, cheerleaders, stand-in parental figures, role models, and advocates. As well, they are important because they contribute to serving as a mediator and bridge in higher education conversations around supporting and affirming Students of Color. Perhaps uncovering their stories and learning how they can be better supported will allow them to better thrive in their roles on campus and in higher education. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore and make visible the lives and experiences of WOC advisors, while expanding understandings of WOC experiences within the university as a whole. This phenomenological study, inspired by critical-feminist/womanist epistemologies and intersectionality, consists of semi-structured interviews with nine Women-of-Color professional academic advisors. Results contribute significantly to past research that examines the experiences of WOC in the Ivory tower. As well, the results introduce a more focused look at Advisor of Color experiences within academic advising. More specifically, this study contributes detailed information on Women-of-Color professional academic advisors and their experiences, information that can be used to make recommendations that guide advising and institutional best practices and policy.

Download or read book Exploring the Voices Experiences and Leadership Career Paths of Women of Color in Higher Education written by Tonya P. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the voices, experiences, and factors promoting the leadership career paths of senior-level women of color in higher education and to capture the voices of senior-level women of color on how they were able to overcome the barriers and challenges to breaking the glass ceiling on their leadership career paths to senior-level administration in higher education. A phenomenological research method was employed to capture the participants' voices, experiences, and leadership career paths of their roles in higher education. Results show that the women of color in the study confirmed the perceived challenges and barriers, perceptions of establishing a career path, and factors to overcome barriers and challenges to breaking the glass ceiling. Twelve themes emerged from the 15 participants. Participants in the study were from community colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and predominately White institutions. The interview process consisted of semistructured, open-ended interview questions to capture their voices about their lived career path experiences. Through adversity, these women of color persevered with a single-minded determination to overcome the barriers and challenges faced as a woman of color in higher education.

Download or read book The Work Life of the Professional Academic Advisor written by Susan Bramlett Epps and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional advisors are bearing the burdens of a) helping students make a connection to their institution; b) being largely responsible for the efforts to retain these students; and c) providing a multitude of services to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body. While a great deal of information is available about students, retention, and services, the literature is void of detailed information on the professional advisor and the advisor's work life. The purpose of this study was to learn more about how advisors experience the elements of work life (job satisfaction, relationships with colleagues, commitment to the organization, performance, variety, and autonomy) and, in doing so, illuminate ways in which institutions can create environments in which advisors are encouraged to maximize their potential. Advisors' perceptions and the way they experience their work lives were collected through eighteen one-on-one personal interviews. The interviews were audio-taped and then professionally transcribed for a verbatim transcript. The transcripts were coded into the categories of work life and then sub-coded by emergent themes. In general, the professional advisors interviewed reported they were satisfied with their jobs as advisors, and most particularly with the support and guidance they receive from their colleagues and supervisors, the amount and level of variety in their work responsibilities, and their level of autonomy. These advisors described a strong degree of commitment to quality advising and notably to their students. Most of the frustrations they reported were related to concerns of 'letting the students down.' As a result of this study, recommendations for further research in the area of academic advising include 1) examining the roles, attitudes, and responsibilities of professional versus faculty advisors, 2) investigating the reasons institutions do or do not employ professional advisors, 3) collecting more detailed, preferably qualitative, information on the advisor/student relationship from the student perspective, and 4) addressing the issue of whether advisors would advocate for academic advising to become a profession.

Download or read book Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Research written by Charles Vanover and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides comprehensive coverage of the key methods for analyzing, interpreting, and writing up qualitative research in a single volume, and drawing on the expertise of major names in the field. Covering all the steps in the process of analyzing, interpreting, and presenting findings in qualitative research, the authors utilize a consistent chapter structure that provides novice and seasoned researchers with pragmatic, "how-to" strategies. Each chapter introduces the method; uses one of the authors′ own research projects as a case study of the method described; shows how the specific analytic method can be used in other types of studies; and concludes with questions and activities to prompt class discussion or personal study.

Download or read book Hope Within the Ivory Tower written by Atiya R.. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pursuing a doctoral degree can be a challenging task. For doctoral students of color attending predominately White institutions (PWIs), additional barriers such as racism, social isolation, and a lack of support may negatively impact their path towards degree completion. For women of color, a group that often experiences multiple oppressions related to race and sex, this task can be more difficult. Unfortunately, research focusing on the unique experiences of women of color enrolled in doctoral programs and the strategies they use to navigate their programs is scant. The purpose of this quantitative study is to explore the relationship between hope, perceptions of campus connectedness, perceptions of institutional racial climate, and coping strategies used by women of color in Counselor Education doctoral programs at PWIs. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the study, including relevant background information, a rationale for the study, and an overview of the key components of dissertation research. Chapter 2 is comprised of a comprehensive review of the literature. This chapter will first describe literature related to doctoral education, present doctoral enrollment and graduation rates, and provide findings related to the experiences of women, students of color at PWIs, and women of color in graduate programs. Then, literature related to the experiences of students of color in mental health graduate programs will be presented. Chapter 3 contains a detailed description of the quantitative methodology used to examine the research questions, chapter 4 contains a detailed description of the results, and Chapter 5 concludes the study with a discussion of the results, implications of the findings, limitations to the study, and recommendations."--Page xv.

Download or read book Sister scholar Making Flesh the Lived Experiences of Black Women Professional Academic Advisors for Undergraduates written by Danesha Winfrey and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AbstractAlthough research exists on Black women undergraduates and Black women faculty in American higher education, there is scant research on how Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates are experiencing the academy. One way to learn more about the life experiences of Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates is through an analysis of their narratives. The purpose of this study was to explore how Black women are perceiving their lived experiences in a public university. This present study also sought to explore how the narratives of Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates in higher education can be operationalized for student success. The present study consisted of three research questions and they were:1.How are Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates perceiving their lived experiences in the academy of a public university? 2.How do Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates find value in their lived experiences?3.How are Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates relaying their stories to other Black women in academia?This present study used Black feminist theory and narrative inquiry as a methodology to analyze the data gleaned from interviewing three Black women professional academic advisors for undergraduates at a public, four-year university in the southeastern region of the United States of America (U.S.). The major findings revealed that academic advisors for undergraduates need support from their university and from the colleges and departments for which they work. The findings show that the various knowledges of Black women academic advisors for undergraduates are devalued. The findings show that the participants are affected by the treatment of Black Americans. Additionally, the findings indicated that the participants do engage in self-valuation through work. Finally, the findings revealed that the participants bring their biases and worldviews to work to help others. Implications for practice show that universities should consider hiring more undergraduate advising staff to allow professional academic advisors for undergraduates the time to practice in their academic philosophies.Keywords: Black women professionals, Black feminist theory, undergraduate academic advisors, narrative inquiry, critical advising, feminist pedagogy, higher education, student success.

Download or read book A Qualitative Exploration of African American Womanhood written by Nikita Murry and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disciplines of counseling and counselor education have expressed a commitment to greater multicultural competence. Existing research points toward greater study of Black American females; however, for some the call for equity and change in the societal perceptions of Black women has largely gone unanswered. For others, emerging research had started to change the perception of Black American women. Current counseling literature is limited in the exploration of gender identity development from a Black woman' s perspective. This study fills a gap in the literature concerning gender identity development for Black American females by exploring the phenomenon of womanhood and how Black American women have come to view themselves as women. The study is comprised of two main parts: Individual interviews with Black women, followed later by focus groups of counselor educators/counselors who discussed the implications of the interview findings. All participant resided in an upper Midwestern state. Ten Black American females ages 35 and over engaged in two separate interviews that explored their views of womanhood, how they came to see themselves as women, and their perspectives on contemporary Black women. Phenomenological qualitative methods were used to analyze the interview data. The emergence of a womanhood identity occurred through motherhood, other lifecycle transitions, maternal family influences, and by cultivating wisdom through life experiences and formal education. Qualities associated with womanhood included responsibility, independence, self-sacrifice, overcoming challenges and resilience, spirituality and faith, and sexuality. Contemporary views of Black women were influenced by societal messages that both uplift and weigh down, and participants were inspired by the presence of Michelle Obama as the nation's first lady. A total of six focus group participants addressed the implications fo the findings for counseling and counselor education. Several themes that were relevant to both counselor training and counseling practice included: multicultural competence, viewing Black women in multiple dimensions of context, shifting from a deficit to strengths focus, effective use of counseling theory, understanding Black struggle and rethinking resilience, religious and spiritual resources, and tensions between race and/or gender. Implications for counseling practice and counselor education are discussed, and future research recommendations are made.

Download or read book Mentoring and Academic Advising Experiences of Female Ph D Students with Children A Qualitative Study written by Alyssa Ferree and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ph.D. student mothers often face challenges when balancing their academic obligations and family responsibilities. For students with children, there is a correlation between increased family obligations and decreased productivity (Brus, 2006; Maher, Ford, & Thompson, 2004; Lynch, 2008), but academic, social, and financial support can positively impact satisfaction and progress in the Ph.D. program. Faculty advisors play a crucial role in the Ph.D. experience and can positively or negatively impact a student0́9s experience and productivity. The purpose of this study was to explore the academic advising and mentoring experiences of female Ph.D. students with children. This qualitative study included ten participants from social science, science, and engineering degrees. Information was gathered through semi-structured interviews with female Ph.D. students with children ages ten and under. Questions explored the expectations students had of their faculty advisors, what academic advising and mentoring behaviors assisted students0́9 ability to balance family and academia, and what academic advising and mentoring behaviors hindered students0́9 ability to balance family and academia. Tronto0́9s (1993) elements of an ethic of care guided emergent themes from the data analysis. The study results indicated that students0́9 expectations of their advisors change as they progress through the Ph.D. program. Expectations focused on financial support, communication, professional development, and recognition that students also have personal lives and responsibilities. Advising factors that impacted student experiences included advisor fit, role conflict, and department culture. Interview responses indicated that the majority of student participants were satisfied with their advising relationship, but a few respondents did experience harmful behaviors. Students who were satisfied with their mentoring experience were more likely to have advisors that displayed all of Tronto0́9s (1993) elements of an ethic of care. The study concluded that faculty advisors play a significant role in Ph.D. student socialization, how students experience their Ph.D. program, and a student0́9s academic and professional success. The data provided insight to the positive and negative impacts faculty advisors may have on the experiences of female Ph.D. students with children.

Download or read book A Qualitative Exploration of the Career Stories of Novice Women Faculty in Counseling written by Mera Maria Kachgal and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Qualitative Case Study Exploring Advising as teaching and the Advisor teacher Identity written by Brenda Valentin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educators become content experts and often learn how to teach their content through higher education schooling, hands-on training, and professional development. There is currently a lack of advising professional development and literature-based knowledge that develops pedagogical knowledge and identity-building skills in academic advisors. If advisors are to self-identify with the advising-as-teaching model and view themselves as teachers, the lack of this essential skill may prevent them from adequately applying the theory to their practice. The literature review summarizes some of the existing and previous research conducted on academic advising as a practice, the professional advisor identity, and professional development. This research study explores academic advisors' perceptions of the advising-as-teaching model in their practice, how they develop their advisor identity as advisor-teachers, and the necessary skills to enhance their advising practice.

Download or read book Academic Advising Approaches written by Jayne K. Drake and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strong academic advising has been found to be a key contributor to student persistence (Center for Public Education, 2012), and many are expected to play an advising role, including academic, career, and faculty advisors; counselors; tutors; and student affairs staff. Yet there is little training on how to do so. Various advising strategies exist, each of which has its own proponents. To serve increasingly complex higher education institutions around the world and their diverse student cohorts, academic advisors must understand multiple advising approaches and adroitly adapt them to their own student populations. Academic Advising Approaches outlines a wide variety of proven advising practices and strategies that help students master the necessary skills to achieve their academic and career goals. This book embeds theoretical bases within practical explanations and examples advisors can use in answering fundamental questions such as: What will make me a more effective advisor? What can I do to enhance student success? What conversations do I need to initiate with my colleagues to improve my unit, campus, and profession? Linking theory with practice, Academic Advising Approaches provides an accessible reference useful to all who serve in an advising role. Based upon accepted theories within the social sciences and humanities, the approaches covered include those incorporating developmental, learning-centered, appreciative, proactive, strengths-based, Socratic, and hermeneutic advising as well as those featuring advising as teaching, motivational interviewing, self-authorship, and advising as coaching. All advocate relationship-building as a means to encourage students to take charge of their own academic, personal, and professional progress. This book serves as the practice-based companion to Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook, also from NACADA. Whereas the handbook addresses the concepts advisors and advising administrators need to know in order to build a success advising program, Academic Advising Approaches explains the delivery strategies successful advisors can use to help students make the most of their college experience.

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Women of Color In STEM written by Beverly Irby and published by IAP. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though there has been a rapid increase of women’s representation in law and business, their representation in STEM fields has not been matched. Researchers have revealed that there are several environmental and social barriers including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities that continue to block women’s progress in STEM. In this book, the authors address the issues that encounter women of color in STEM in higher education.

Download or read book Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demand for tech professionals is expected to increase substantially over the next decade, and increasing the number of women of color in tech will be critical to building and maintaining a competitive workforce. Despite years of efforts to increase the diversity of the tech workforce, women of color have remained underrepresented, and the numbers of some groups of women of color have even declined. Even in cases where some groups of women of color may have higher levels of representation, data show that they still face significant systemic challenges in advancing to positions of leadership. Research evidence suggests that structural and social barriers in tech education, the tech workforce, and in venture capital investment disproportionately and negatively affect women of color. Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech uses current research as well as information obtained through four public information-gathering workshops to provide recommendations to a broad set of stakeholders within the tech ecosystem for increasing recruitment, retention, and advancement of women of color. This report identifies gaps in existing research that obscure the nature of challenges faced by women of color in tech, addresses systemic issues that negatively affect outcomes for women of color in tech, and provides guidance for transforming existing systems and implementing evidence-based policies and practices to increase the success of women of color in tech.

Download or read book Women of Color in Higher Education written by Gaëtane Jean-Marie and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on African American, Hispanic American, Native American, and Asian-Pacific American women whose increased presence in senior level administrative and academic positions in higher education is transforming the political climate to be more inclusive of women of color.

Download or read book Socialization in Higher Education and the Early Career written by John C. Weidman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the contributions of John Weidman and his colleagues to the understanding of student socialization in higher education. It includes innovative chapters reflecting new approaches to higher education student socialization with respect to students of color, gender, STEM, and students in higher education systems outside the USA. Specifically, the book examines socialization between and within in a range of groups, including national, international and minority students, parents, doctoral students, early career faculty, and scholarly practitioners. The book assesses methodological approaches and suggests directions for reformulating theory and practice. Using sociological perspectives to address issues and concerns at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, the book gives renewed life to the college impact literature. It includes revisions and expansions of the original Weidman frameworks based on the synthesis of existing research with new work reflecting unique perspectives by a variety of authors. John Weidman has been an indisputable force in the study and understanding of student socialization in higher education. This new book by Weidman and his coeditor, Linda DeAngelo, represents an undeniably significant and welcomed expansion of the original “Weidman model” of student socialization. In updating and revising the original model, chapter authors give attention to various contemporary issues such as student diversity, gender differences, early career experiences, and internationalism. Whether one samples only some of the articles that constitute this book or reads all of them, the professional payoff will be substantial. Kenneth A. Feldman, Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University John Weidman has made a number of groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of student socialization in postsecondary education. This book, edited with Linda DeAngelo, brings together a group of fine scholars whose contributions will push our understanding even further. It is a significant addition to the college impact literature. Ernest T. Pascarella, Petersen Chair in Higher Education, University of Iowa

Download or read book Intersectionality and Higher Education written by W. Carson Byrd and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though colleges and universities are arguably paying more attention to diversity and inclusion than ever before, to what extent do their efforts result in more socially just campuses? Intersectionality and Higher Education examines how race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality, and other identities connect to produce intersected campus experiences. Contributors look at both the individual and institutional perspectives on issues like campus climate, race, class, and gender disparities, LGBTQ student experiences, undergraduate versus graduate students, faculty and staff from varying socioeconomic backgrounds, students with disabilities, undocumented students, and the intersections of two or more of these topics. Taken together, this volume presents an evidence-backed vision of how the twenty-first century higher education landscape should evolve in order to meaningfully support all participants, reduce marginalization, and reach for equity and equality.