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Voices of the lived experiences of alumni who completed an undergraduate leadership program in a small liberal arts college
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Soesbe Joseph, William |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of alumni who completed an undergraduate leadership program. Specifically, graduates from a private liberal arts institution located in the Midwest who completed a leadership education program are highlighted and served as the focus for the study. The institution involved, its leadership program, other programs affiliated with it, and the participants were all provided pseudonyms. The institution is referred to as Midwest College and the leadership program was provided the pseudonym Certificate of Leadership Program (CLP). The emphasis on leadership education in higher education is a relatively recent phenomenon and little has been published about the lived experiences of those completing leadership programs. The main purpose of the qualitative study was to learn about the lived experiences of alumni who participated in and graduated from a leadership program. A phenomenological case study approach framed the study and semi-structured interviews were predominately used to collect data. The overarching research question was, “What are the lived experiences of alumni who participated in an undergraduate leadership program?” There were a total of 11 participants and each participated in a series of one-on-one interviews. Seidman's three interview series (1991) was used as a framework to situate the interviews and Colaizzi's phenomenology data analysis model (1978) was applied in order to analyze data. Following the data analysis process, 12 themes emerged. The themes that revealed themselves included ownership of learning, awareness of self, traditional learning, collaborative learning, experiential learning, getting out of the comfort zone, participation in deep and intentional reflection, cultivation of dispositions, gained knowledge, acquisition of skills, servant leadership, and applications of leadership. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.31274/etd-180810-152 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3478&context=etd |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
