Browsing by Subject "Minnesota College Professionals Association (MCPA)"

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    Class(ism) in Co-Curriculars? Investigating Low-Income and Working Class Students' Participation in Co-Curricular Activities
    (2012-10-18) Soria, Krista M.; Svoboda, Victoria
    Presented at the Minnesota College Professionals Association, this discussion focuses on the engagement of low-income and working-class students in higher education. Research suggests that students from lower social class backgrounds are historically underrepresented in higher education, less likely to feel a sense of belonging on campus, and less likely to persist toward graduation. This presentation examines intersections between students' social class and their participation in the types of co-curricular experiences that can enhance students' belonging and retention. In increasing their awareness of social class, student affairs practitioners can discover institutional and structural barriers preventing lower/working-class students from full participation in college.
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    Strengths at the U: Creating a Strengths-Based Undergraduate Experience
    (2012-10-18) Soria, Krista M.; Hinz, Katy; Stubblefield, Robin
    Presented at the Minnesota College Professionals Association, this discussion focuses on the assessment of the StrengthsQuest initiatives at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Since fall 2011, the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities has offered over 10,000 incoming first-year students the Clifton StrengthsFinder inventory within a larger framework of the StrengthsQuest higher education program. This workshop highlights a collaborative campus-wide approach to building students’ strengths, with a focus on providing insights, strategies, and recommendations to practitioners seeking to implement strengths-based activities with students, integrate a strengths-based philosophy on campus, and build a firm foundation for assessment.
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    Using Strengths to Mentor Students
    (2013-11-04) Hinz, Katy; Bryant, Kelly; Soria, Krista M.
    Since fall 2011, the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities has offered over 10,000 incoming first-year students the Clifton StrengthsFinder inventory within a larger framework of the StrengthsQuest higher education program. This presentation highlights a collaborative campus-wide approach to building students’ strengths, with a focus on how to use strengths through mentorship in a variety of student affairs divisions and how this can greatly benefit students. This presentation will also assist practitioners seeking to implement one-to-one strengths-based activities into their own professional practice, their unit, and/or at their institution.