Exploring Complexities in College Student Development

This book explores how college students address life challenges and develop the self-authoring capacities needed to deal with the ambiguities and complexities of life after graduation.

1. The Central Role of Student Development in Higher Education 2. A More Nuanced Portrayal of Self-Evolution: The Ten-Position Model of Self-Authorship Development 3. The Interactionist Model of College Student Learning and Development 4. Research Methods for the Interview Portion of the Wabash National Study: Procedures, Choices, and Lessons Learned 5. Where Do Experiences That Are Important to Students Happen?: Exploring Contexts of Experiences Reported in the Wabash National Study 6. Trends and Patterns in Self-Authorship Development During College 7. Stability and Variability in Self-Evolution During College 8 What Experiences Promote the Development of Self-Authorship?: Exploring Patterns in Developmentally Effective Experiences 9. Weaving the Threads of Learning: Examining Student Experiences With the WNS Liberal Arts Outcomes 10. Implications and Invitations: How Can Educators Help Students Learn to Author Their Lives?