Blueberry Pancakes Please: A Call for Community on Campus

Autor/in	Leana, Frank C.
Titel	Blueberry Pancakes Please: A Call for Community on Campus
Quelle	In: Journal of College Admission, 190 (2006), S.14-17 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-6670
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Academic Persistence; College Choice; College Freshmen; College Students; Expectation; Higher Education; School Holding Power; Student Adjustment; Student Attitudes; Transfer Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienortwahl; Studienanfänger; Collegestudent; Expectancy; Erwartung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel
Abstract	In this article, the author states that no matter how experienced and exposed to life college freshmen may appear, no matter how sophisticated they may seem, they are vulnerable and unsure of themselves a lot of the time. The child in them grapples with the emerging adult; they are eager to enter adulthood but understandably fearful of what they will find there. Many have not developed the reliable judgment to get them through the social and personal situations they will find, despite their high academic achievements or verbal facility. They are left feeling alone, confused and unhappy in their unfamiliar environment. This is the author's call for a community in which a shared campus code of conduct emphasizes courtesy, care and the rights of others, and where young adults interact constructively with their elders who are respectful of and sensitive to the developmental stages of young adulthood. Feelings of confusion and disappointment that lead to transfer could be addressed to bring about thoughtful methods for change that lead to loyalty and commitment to a college community. Most young people begin college wanting to make such a connection. Furthermore, the author is intrigued by the statement of a young woman at DePaul University who in behalf of the studentry, states that they like the university to understand one thing; that is, they do not want the university to interfere in their lives but they want someone in the university to be connected with their lives. With this, in his subtle distinction may lie the beginnings of change on college campuses for the all-too-frequent responses of freshman like Jenny, Paul and Robert's cases which are presented in this paper. [This article has been reprinted in this 2006 issue of "Journal of College Admission." For the original indexing of this article in "Journal of College Admission" n144 p12-15 Sum 1994, see EJ489058.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10