Community College Discourses of Sustainability in an Academic and Professional Corpus

Autor/inn/en	Hou, Minghui; Ayers, David Franklin
Titel	Community College Discourses of Sustainability in an Academic and Professional Corpus
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 24 (2023) 8, S.1670-1687 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-04-2022-0113
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Sustainability; Periodicals; Doctoral Dissertations; Discourse Analysis; Linguistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Nachhaltigkeit; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Diskursanalyse; Linguistik
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify discourses of sustainability of community colleges and how they related to sustainability imaginaries. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a combination of research strategies associated with corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis. Data included 57 issues of "Community College Journal," a professional magazine published by the American Association of Community Colleges, and 2,972 abstracts of dissertations about community colleges. Publication dates ranged from 2010 to 2020. Findings: Community college discourse of sustainability coheres around six themes: careers and fields of study; curriculum and credentialing; campus ecological sustainability; administrative roles and processes; external organizations, partnerships and processes; and fiscal sustainability. There is little evidence of a sustainable living imaginary found. Research limitations/implications: The analysis is limited to a specific set of professional and academic texts about community colleges. Future researchers should explore discourses of sustainability in other contexts. Originality/value: There has been no research associated with critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics to explore community college discourses of sustainability, specifically in the field of community college leadership. The findings of this study situate the community college within contests over sustainability competencies in the practice of community college leadership development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01