- 228 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
"As an archetypal student success higher-educator myself, I did not enter this profession intentionally….But my life experiences did prepare me to be very successful at this work. So, what are those experiences, and types of knowledge, insight, skills that equip one to do this kind of work? This book is about encouraging the next generation of successors to use their experiences to become equity warriors within the system." - John N. Gardner
This book argues that today more than ever we need new and more student success leaders to step forward to make the changes that students need, and it offers the story of one such leader in the belief that it will help others see how they can make their own contribution to this movement. The author relates a story about events and individuals that launched a national and international movement to enable many more college students to proceed beyond the beginning college experience and complete the credential they are seeking. It is also the author's personal history – how he ended up spending his whole life in college, and how college can make us wiser and more successful than when we started the journey.
John Gardner brings 55 years of professional experience to telling this story. He begins with the story of how colleges can and do introduce students to life changing perspectives and ideas. In Gardner's case it was a matter of being introduced to the question: "what is justice?" and then spending his entire professional life seeking ways to bring justice to underserved college students by making changes from the inside of the higher education system.
An on-line compendium accompanies this book, which includes prompts for guided reflection and questions and topics for discussion, as well as additional material on the author's background and personal philosophy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Advance Praise
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction
- Part One: My Collegiate Journey
- 1 The All-Important First Year Of College
- 2 The Second Year Of College
- 3 The Third Year Of College
- 4 The Senior Year Capstone Experience
- Interlude
- Part Two: My Life And Learnings In The U.S. Air Force
- 5 I Should Have Paid The Air Force
- 6 Becoming An Involuntary College Educator And Discovering My Calling
- Part Three: Becoming Who I Am As An International Higher Education Leader
- 7 My First Full-Time Teaching Position: Learning From It, Losing It, And Moving On
- 8 On Reinventing The Beginning Year Of College
- 9 Evolution Of University
- 10 The Conferences On The Freshman Year Experience And A Transformative National Movement
- 11 Other Contributing Factors To The National And International First-Year Experience Movement
- 12 Another Important Transition
- 13 20-Plus Years Of New Work—This Time From North Carolina And A New Organization Home
- Conclusion
- Index
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- Backcover