Date of Award
Spring 2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Higher Education Policy and Student Affairs
Committee Chairperson
John Elmore, Ph.D
Committee Member
Orkideh Mohajeri, Ph.D
Committee Member
Jacqueline S. Hodes, Ed.D
Abstract
The original purpose of student affairs was to help develop the whole student outside of just academics. I argue that to develop the whole student, student affairs professionals must aid in students’ exploration of self-authorship. Student affairs professionals do this work by putting on programs that allow students to explore their identities. I explore how this work is compromised by neoliberalism and as a result silos students’ ability to explore their whole self. To mitigate this issue, I propose a two-part intervention that restructures student affairs programming budgets as one shared budget in order to facilitate the formation of large-scale collaborative programming, which I call “Pathway” programs.
Recommended Citation
Mychajluk, Christopher, "Identity Development As A Pathway To Self-Authorship: A Restructure Of Neoliberal Programming Practices" (2020). West Chester University Master’s Theses. 113.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_theses/113