Arrested Development: Pursuing a Higher Education in Carceral Contexts

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Livingston Runell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Readiness For Change ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
Alternative Pathways ◽  
Institutional Confinement

Engaging in pro-social activities such as postsecondary education during incarceration can help to transform offenders and move them in noncriminal directions. This article explores the process of beginning carceral higher education, drawing from interviews with 34 formerly incarcerated individuals who completed postsecondary classes at various state correctional facilities. It also discusses the participants’ readiness for change and changing perspectives experienced during incarceration. The study documents the value of carceral developments in shaping alternative pathways to crime and the role of contextual factors related to institutional confinement, higher education, and antithetical subcultural norms.

The Role of Educational Leaders: A Case for Inclusion in Institutions of Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Brianna Joseph ◽  
Kelly B. Kearney ◽  
Cynthia L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
The University

Over the last decade, an increasing number of postsecondary education (PSE) programs have been developed for students with intellectual disability (ID). This case discusses one such program. Along with the courses designed to meet the specific needs of students with ID, the program also permits these students to take courses in the various departments of the university. Faculty were informed that their course(s) might include students from the PSE program for students with ID. One faculty member likes the idea of the program but is not comfortable with students with ID registering for his courses. This case uses discussion prompts and activities to prepare instructors and professors in higher education to foster inclusive practices and ideology throughout the collective university community.

Influence of digital learning orientation and readiness for change on innovative work behaviour: reflections from the higher education sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Nimitha Aboobaker ◽  
Zakkariya K.A.
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Readiness For Change ◽  
Learning Orientation ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Teaching Learning

Purpose The paper aims to examine the influence of students’ digital learning orientation on their readiness for change and innovative work behaviour. Elaborations are made on how these concepts can be utilized for strengthening the teaching-learning process in higher education institutions, and help them gain more cutting-edge competencies in areas of learning delivery and learning engagement. Design/methodology/approach The respondents for this descriptive study were drawn through random sampling, from an end-semester student group, who had taken up post-graduate courses in science and technology streams of a prominent science and technology university. Data was collected by administering self-reporting questionnaires. Findings The study revealed that higher digital learning orientation is associated with improved attitude towards change and higher innovative behaviour. With conflicting results in exiting literature, regarding the influence of digital learning orientation on learning outcomes, this study adds to the body of knowledge by testing previously unexplored propositions in a student sample. Originality/value This study is pioneering in conceptualizing and testing the proposed model. The paper emphasizes the role of digital learning orientation, especially in the context of today’s students being referred to as ‘digital natives’. It is thus imperative to understand how the same can be translated into learning outcomes. The results of the study highlights the need for augmenting the role of digital orientation in the teaching-learning process, so as to transform educational institutions sustainable in producing graduates with readiness for change and innovative work behaviour, in the context of an emergent digital economy.

Hustle in Higher Education: How Latinx Students with Conviction Histories Move from Surviving to Thriving in Higher Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 000276422110548
Author(s):  
Joe Louis Hernandez ◽  
Danny Murillo ◽  
Tolani Britton
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Institutional Agents ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
Academic Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Pipeline ◽  
Personal Connections

The voices and experiences of formerly incarcerated college students are emerging throughout the social science literature. The importance of documenting their narratives is grounded in the reality that more than an estimated 12,000 system-impacted people are enrolled throughout the California postsecondary education system. This paper highlights the knowledge and skills formerly incarcerated students possess and deploy to navigate higher education successfully. Our study adds to the growing body of literature examining the experiences of formerly incarcerated Latinx students from an anti-deficit perspective. We use the theory of funds of knowledge and semi-structured interviews with 16 formerly incarcerated Latinx students at different points of the postsecondary education pipeline to understand their experiences. We find that formerly incarcerated Latinx students tapped into their “hustle” to move from surviving to thriving in higher education. These pre-college skills, acquired through their life experiences, allow students to seek academic and financial resources, create academic networks, and make personal connections with institutional agents to overcome various personal and institutional barriers.

THE ROLE OF A HIGHER EDUCATION DIPLOMA IN THE PROFESSIONAL CAREER OF THE SPECIALIST IN THE FUTURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 456-466
Author(s):  
Kateryna Kolesnikova ◽  
Dmytro Lukianov ◽  
Tatyana Olekh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
The Future

FAITH–BASED COMMUNITIES AND POLITICS IN DULLSTROOM-EMNOTWENI: LOCAL STORIES OF IDENTITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Landman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Cultural Conflicts ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
The Face

A majority of the black community of Dullstroom-Emnotweni in the Mpumalanga highveld in the east of South Africa trace their descent back to the southern Ndebele of the so-called ‘Mapoch Gronden’, who lost their land in the 1880s to become farm workers on their own land. A hundred years later, in 1980, descendants of the ‘Mapoggers’ settled in the newly built ‘township’ of Dullstroom, called Sakhelwe, finding jobs on the railways or as domestic workers. Oral interviews with the inhabitants of Sakhelwe – a name eventually abandoned in favour of Dullstroom- Emnotweni – testify to histories of transition from landowner to farmworker to unskilled labourer. The stories also highlight cultural conflicts between people of Ndebele, Pedi and Swazi descent and the influence of decades of subordination on local identities. Research projects conducted in this and the wider area of the eMakhazeni Local Municipality reveal the struggle to maintain religious, gender and youth identities in the face of competing political interests. Service delivery, higher education, space for women and the role of faith-based organisations in particular seem to be sites of contestation. Churches and their role in development and transformation, where they compete with political parties and state institutions, are the special focus of this study. They attempt to remain free from party politics, but are nevertheless co-opted into contra-culturing the lack of service delivery, poor standards of higher education and inadequate space for women, which are outside their traditional role of sustaining an oppressed community.

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