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ERIC Number: ED604726
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 358
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-0855-7713-7
ISSN: EISSN-
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How Community College Conduct Administrators Make Meaning of Their Experience
Crawford, Meloni Sue Rudolph
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Northern Colorado
The purpose of this study was to explore how community college conduct administrators make meaning of their experience. This is a qualitative, constructivist, narrative study utilizing multiple methods of data collection (semi-structured interview, focus group, reading list elicitation, and researcher journal). The setting was multiple community college campuses in one western state that are part of a larger state system of community colleges. The data revealed that to these five administrators, the work is always more than the title reflects. Those who do the work are unique and altruistic, and the institutions at which the participants work had a lack of awareness of what these conduct administrators do each day. The navigation of the work each day takes skill in compartmentalization and crisis calibration as well as empathy and a need to engage in safety planning. Ultimately, each participant felt that they were in the work that they were meant to do. Implications for practice include prioritized training for administrators in these unique positions, an attempt to understand and support the difficult work these administrators do, and an acknowledgment of their need for self-care when working with students of concern. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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