Catholic Women's College Students' Constructions of Identity: Influence of Faculty and Staff on Students' Personal and Professional Self-Understanding
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Rebecca Ropers-Huilman
This article investigates the influence of faculty and staff on women student's constructions of their personal and professional identities. Situated in two Catholic women's colleges, this qualitative study analyzes the ways in which in-class and out-of-class interactions among students, faculty, and staff helped students envision their future intentions. Students described ways in which college personnel served as career role models, modeled a work/family balance, and advised them as they planned for their futures. This study's implications for the empowerment of women at both Catholic women's colleges and nonreligiously affiliated coeducational institutions relate to the benefits of college personnel who model a personal and professional life balance, the need to consider both service and leadership in learning experiences, and the ways in which Catholic women's institutions articulate their missions to students.
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- Editor's Note
- Editor's Note
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- Female College Students Working in the Sex Industry: A Hidden Population
- Relational Leadership and Technology: A Study of Activist College Women Leaders
- How Should Colleges and Universities Respond to Peer Sexual Violence on Campus? What the Current Legal Environment Tells Us
- Catholic Women's College Students' Constructions of Identity: Influence of Faculty and Staff on Students' Personal and Professional Self-Understanding
- "I, too, am America" The Founding of Bennett College for Women
- Advancing Women Faculty to Senior Leadership in U.S. Academic Health Centers: Fifteen Years of History in the Making
- Bridging the Gap: 16 Years of Academic Leadership Development for Women
- Tenure Clock Extension Policies: Who Uses Them and to What Effect?
- The Power of Living the Writerly Life: A Group Model for Women Writers
- Women Faculty Post-50 Years of Age in Tenure Earning Positions: Opportunities and Challenges
- Program Description
- Women Who Lead: Utilizing a Strong Collaboration between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs to Facilitate the Professional Development of Our Students
- Have Baby Will Graduate: The Ohio State University ACCESS Collaborative Program for Young Single Parent Women
- Women's Leadership Development Program
- Book Review
- Review of The Gender Gap in College
- Review of On Becoming a Woman Leader: Learning from the Experiences of University Presidents
