Download or read book Navigating the Labyrinth Toward College Student Government Presidency A Phenomenological Study of Women who Run for Student Government President written by Hilary Zimmerman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years in the United States, women have been outpacing men on important college outcomes such as grade point average and degree attainment. While women have made strides in the last few decades, there are still important areas of higher education in which women are significantly underrepresented. In student government, women are vastly underrepresented in the top leadership role, the president. This study examined the experiences of college women who ran for the student government president position. Using a combination of the leadership labyrinth and human ecological systems this study sought to learn more about women's leadership pathways into running for student government president and the contextual factors that impact that ways in which they navigate their pathways. This study took an in-depth, phenomenological approach in which data was collected through a three-part interview process with seven women who were running for student government president at their respective institutions in spring 2017. The findings from this study suggest that pre-college and early college experiences are important for women. Specifically, the women in this study gained important leadership insights from competitive sports in high school and experiences with activism early in their college careers. Interestingly, women did not necessarily see high school student government or involvement in college student government as a precursor to running for president. Further, findings revealed that women went through a process of validating their internal sense of self as a leader with others while navigating varying levels of confidence about their perceptions of themselves and external perceptions of them as leaders. Finally, findings also suggest the women were impacted by issues related to gender and politics that surfaced during the 2016 national election and struggled with social media bullying during their campaigns. This study provides important implications for theory, faculty, and student affairs professionals who work with women and/or student government in light of these findings.
Download or read book Why We Lead written by Jennifer M. Miles and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student involvement is encouraged at contemporary colleges and universities. Involvement in student organizations can assist with academic and social integration, as well as retention. One way for students to become involved is through student government associations. As student government members, students participate in the governance process at their institutions. They make decisions that affect their fellow students, and collaborate with faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community members. The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the experiences of female student leaders at colleges and universities. Five female presidents of student government associations were interviewed. The colleges and universities were located in the Midwestern region of the United States. The results revealed the benefits and challenges associated with serving as student government president, including how the experience has affected the students personally and professionally.
Download or read book A Phenomenological Study Into how Students Experience and Understand the University Presidency written by Kahler B. Schuemann and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little is known about how college students experience and understand the university presidency. Students are important consumers of the academic experience and by affiliation are constituents of organizational leadership. The social distance between students and university presidents continues to narrow. To address the void in scholarly literature, my study explored how students experience and understand the university presidency. My investigation utilized phenomenological methodology to form descriptive themes. I interviewed 10 college students who self-identified as being involved with extracurricular activities and having, at minimum, occasional interaction with their president. Participants were selected from two small, public, Midwestern universities where their president had served for five or more consecutive years. The in-depth face-to-face interviews with students provided rich data. My findings revealed three themes relating to how students experience and understand the university presidency: value experiencing informal presidential encounters; understanding leadership through compassion and vision; and meaningful impact from presidential interactions. Students experiencing interaction acquire an enduring image of presidential leadership. Students understand the presidency as a balance between compassion and vision. Students form impactful memories when their president recognizes their effort and accomplishments. Encouraging interactivity between students and presidents benefits students by further motivating their campus involvement, enhancing their connection to the university, and inspiring their student leadership aspirations. Recommendations for further research include: investigating interactivity between students and presidents through social media; expanding the target population to include a more diverse student demographic and differing types of organizations; studying how involved students influence the general student population and serve as a key communication conduit for presidents to reach a larger population; and exploring how university presidents experience and understand their students.
Download or read book Student Government written by Camden M. Hall and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student Governance written by Walter Preston May and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student governance has been in existence as an integral part of higher education almost since the founding of the first college in colonial America. However, little is understood about the lived experience of students involved in student governance, and specifically those who participate in leadership positions within student government organizations such as the student government president. Therefore, the primary purposes of this study are to highlight experiences of students who served as presidents of a liberal arts college's student government association and to examine the meanings these individuals construct out of their leadership experiences. This study employed qualitative methods, which included in-depth, open-ended, semi-structured interviews and journaling. The sample was made up of six students who served as student government association presidents at a small, private, liberal-arts college. From the data derived through the interview and journaling processes, an overall picture of the experiences of the participants and the meanings that the participants construct of their experiences was drawn. Based on the results, several themes regarding the participants' experiences as student government presidents emerged from the data, which include: positive and negative facets of their presidencies, stress as a substantial element during their time in office, dissimilar experiences of women and minority students, varied experiences regarding relationships and conflicts with members of the campus community, the multiple roles required of a student government president, and personal approaches to leadership that a student government president must possess and hone. Conclusions based on the data were included and implications for student affairs practitioners were discussed as well as recommendations for further study were made.
Download or read book Navigating the Labyrinth of Leadership written by Amanda Doyle Herwatic and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to understand the lived experiences of female presidents in Arkansas community colleges. This was accomplished by collecting data through one-on-one interviews to examine how these women have navigated the labyrinth of leadership to reach the presidency of a community college. Using the conceptual framework of the labyrinth, as purported by Eagly and Carli (2007), this study focused on these lived experiences of these women and examined the life choices made, career paths, educational background, and obstacles these women have faced in navigating the labyrinth of leadership to reach the presidency. Through an inductive and deductive analysis of the data collected, the researcher was able to determine that the labyrinth concept is overwhelmingly applicable to the female community college president experience. The balance of family and employment was central to the journey of these women. Reoccurring instances of building social capital and blending agency with communion were also present in the journeys of these women. However, despite a close adherence to the labyrinth, the women in this study did not overwhelmingly face prejudices and resistance, a central idea of the labyrinth concept.
Download or read book Pathway to the Presidency written by Gloria A. Oikelome and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to its rapidly changing student population, the demographic profile of higher education presidents has remained homogenous and women, particularly minority women, are significantly underrepresented at the executive level. Multiple factors including: the impending retirement of aging, current presidents, the increased turnover and shorter tenures of college presidents, and the varying needs of an increasingly diverse student population, have created a window of opportunity for achieving diversification. In the context of the significant underrepresentation of women and minority women college presidents and the window of opportunity for diversification, this phenomenological study utilized the frameworks of Social Cognitive Career Theory and Intersectionality to explore the perceived impact of race, gender, and other salient identity structures on the journey experiences of seven white and six African American women college presidents. Findings suggest that while gender is becoming more and more peripheral, there are still barriers to progression stemming from gender bias. For African American women presidents, journey experiences are often shaped by the interlocking tensions of race and gender and race appears to be a salient factor in progression. Despite the various challenges resulting from these social constructs, the women employed various strategies for navigating the presidential pipeline including mentorship, taking opportunities, participation in formal leadership development programs, and ensuring a firm understanding of institutional fit.
Download or read book Understanding Female Candidate Emergence for the Role of Student Government President written by Leah A. Busam and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student Government Presidents Perceptions of Their Role in Institutional Decision making at a Two year Public College written by Michael Lenard Sanseviro and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study investigated the roles students play in institutional decision-making, and in particular how the students perceive both what their roles should be and what their roles actually are. Five Student Government Association (SGA) presidents, serving sequential one-year terms from 1999 to 2004 at one campus of a multi-campus two-year public college located in a large metropolitan area in the southeast, were interviewed. The qualitative research methodology employed thematic analysis to describe the students' perceptions in the context of both the letter and spirit of policy implementation regarding institutional decision-making. Through analysis of interviews, institutional documents, and documents at the statewide system level, this investigation explored a wide array of variables that affect the roles students play in institutional decision-making. Framed through a critical lens, this study argues that student involvement in institutional decision-making is necessary to engage students as active citizens capable of civil discourse that results in informed action for the benefit of the community in which the citizens are engaged, perpetuating a democratic society. However, this is not what the students perceived from their experiences in institutional decision-making. Based on the data, this study concludes that students play an advisory role at best, but more frequently are co-opted into serving the desired ends of the administration in a hegemonic fashion. This study offers both suggestions for praxis, and raises questions for further research, in an attempt to reconcile the tensions between the corporatization of higher education and the cultivation of democracy.
Download or read book A Qualitative Study of Women in Student Government at a Midsize Comprehensive University written by Mary A. Ham and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Self government in Colleges and Universities and the History of the Women s Self government Association at the University of Wisconsin written by Mary Jane Purcell and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book College Student Government written by Gordon John Klopf and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Survey and Analysis of College Student Government written by Joseph Ralph Fowler (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Through the Labyrinth written by Alice Hendrickson Eagly and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the heart of the authors' analysis is the metaphor they propose to replace the outdated idea of the glass ceiling: the labyrinth. This new concept better captures the varied challenges that women face as they navigate indirect, complex, and often discontinuous paths toward leadership."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Teaching Civic Engagement written by Alison Rios Millett McCartney and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Civic Engagement provides an exploration of key theoretical discussions, innovative ideas, and best practices in educating citizens in the 21st century. The book addresses theoretical debates over the place of civic engagement education in Political Science. It offers pedagogical examples in several sub-fields, including evidence of their effectiveness and models of appropriate assessment. Written by political scientists from a range of institutions and subfields, Teaching Civic Engagement makes the case that civic and political engagement should be a central part of our mission as a discipline.
Download or read book Global Citizenship Common Wealth and Uncommon Citizenships written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set of essays critically analyze global citizenship by bringing together leading ideas about citizenship and the commons in this time that both needs and resists a global perspective on issues and relations. Education plays a significant role in how we come to address these issues and this volume will contribute to ensuring that equity, global citizenship, and the common wealth provide platforms from which we might engage in transformational, collective work.
Download or read book Gender in Organizations written by Ronald J Burke and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talented women continue to have difficulty advancing their careers in organizations wordwide. Organizations and their cultures were created by men, for men and reflect the wider patriarchal society. As a consequence, some women are disadvantaged and fa
