Socialisation and Professional Identity: Reflections of an Administrator’s Pathway into Student Affairs in the United States
Pathways into student affairs careers may not always be clear or well defined. Often, student affairs professionals experience unconventional beginnings. Formal and informal relationships with faculty, staff and students in higher education may eventually inspire a career in student affairs. This pr...
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Journal of Student Affairs in Africa
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| description | Pathways into student affairs careers may not always be clear or well defined. Often, student affairs professionals experience unconventional beginnings. Formal and informal relationships with faculty, staff and students in higher education may eventually inspire a career in student affairs. This process of socialisation positively influenced my development as a student and continues to shape my perspectives
about college student development as a professional. My professional identity, influenced by the student affairs socialisation process and reflective practice as a professional in higher education, are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e02470c35a843bc98fd637419c6aa272022-12-21T19:41:30ZengJournal of Student Affairs in AfricaJournal of Student Affairs in Africa2307-62672017-02-014210.14426/jsaa.v4i2.15221135Socialisation and Professional Identity: Reflections of an Administrator’s Pathway into Student Affairs in the United StatesDarren L Clarke0Senior Director Strategic Alliances and Outreach at Rutgers Graduate School of Education (GSE), New Brunswick, NJ (USA).Pathways into student affairs careers may not always be clear or well defined. Often, student affairs professionals experience unconventional beginnings. Formal and informal relationships with faculty, staff and students in higher education may eventually inspire a career in student affairs. This process of socialisation positively influenced my development as a student and continues to shape my perspectives about college student development as a professional. My professional identity, influenced by the student affairs socialisation process and reflective practice as a professional in higher education, are discussed.http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/jsaa/article/view/1522 |
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| title | Socialisation and Professional Identity: Reflections of an Administrator’s Pathway into Student Affairs in the United States |
| title_full | Socialisation and Professional Identity: Reflections of an Administrator’s Pathway into Student Affairs in the United States |
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| title_short | Socialisation and Professional Identity: Reflections of an Administrator’s Pathway into Student Affairs in the United States |
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