Written in Their Own Voice: First-Year and Older Students' Perceptions on Their University's Identity |
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Authors: | Vicky S Karahalios Shannon M Williams Elizabeth Matteo |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA;2. Department of Psychology and Counseling , Alvernia University , Reading , Pennsylvania , USA |
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Abstract: | Undergraduate students (218 women, 57 men) attending a Roman Catholic, suburban university with a Franciscan charism tradition completed open-ended items assessing their perception on the mission, vision, and values of their university. However, only 41 lower division, first-year students (33 women, 8 men) and 29 upper division students (22 women, 7 men) actually wrote about different aspects of their school's identity. Qualitative themes emerged in regard to students' assessment of their school identity, such as university mission activities are perceived important, and overall support for different institutional values within the university community. |
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Keywords: | qualitative replies institutional mission undergraduate perceptions |
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