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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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How Student Affairs Professionals Learn to Advocate: A Phenomenological Study
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Harrison, Laura M. – Journal of College and Character, 2014
This phenomenological study examined how student affairs professionals learn advocacy skills and what they learn in their education on this topic. Findings based on 22 interviews show participants felt underprepared by their graduate programs for the myriad challenges involved with advocating for students. Findings indicate participants found…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Student Personnel Services, Advocacy, Interviews
Faculty and Student Affairs Collaboration in the Corporate University
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Harrison, Laura M. – Journal of College and Character, 2013
Faculty, student affairs professionals, and most importantly, students, are paying the price as institutions of higher education increasingly operate in a top-down manner with an over-emphasis on the bottom line. The corporatization of higher education creates lopsided reward (and punishment) systems for faculty, unreasonably stressful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, College Faculty, Student Personnel Services