Reconceptualizing Research on College Student Peer Culture

A New Theory-to-Practice Model for Student Affairs: Integrating Scholarship, Context, and Reflection

“…In their later work, Morrill and colleagues (1980) emphasized that their model was rooted in ecological development theory: In this regard, their treatment of primary and associational groups was particularly reminiscent of Bronfenbrenner's (1979) microsystems and exosystems respectively. However, even with recent resurgence of ecological approaches to development (Renn, 2003(Renn, , 2004Renn & Arnold, 2003), developmental ecology's limited representation in the student development literature (Evans et al, 2010) suggests that current practitioners would have trouble applying a theory-to-practice model with underlying ecological assumptions without a more detailed explication of the process involved.…”

Understanding Generation Y' Perceptions and Purchase Intentions Related to Green Practice in Foodservice Operations

“…Generation Ys are civic-minded and socially conscious individuals [8], and consumers who want quality goods, brand loyal, and willing to pay more for brand names [9]. Generation Y is important for marketers because of the impact that they have on their families' purchase decisions [10]. A previous study focusing on generation Y consumers' found that the majority (77%) of generation Y claimed that they care about the environment.…”

No Longer Sojourners: The Complexities of Racial Ethnic Identity, Gender, and Generational Outcomes for Sub-Saharan Africans in the USA

“…For some that realise that identity can be fluid, forever changing and evolving and in their control, they assert their ethnic pride politically and by staying connected to their respective ethnic communities in the USA and abroad [20]. The emerging research highlighting the diversity in racial ethnic identity tends to focus on black-white mixed race couples and their children because they fall on the extreme ends of America's racial hierarchy, whites being on top and blacks being on the bottom [21][22][23]. As stated before skin color is a great predictor of how the outside world classifies a person racially.…”

“…The social structural approach posits that teachers and administrators in many school systems across the USA hold negative stereotypes of African Americans and relate to the students in ways that signal to the child society assumes you are not going to succeed. Given that these theories hold true, African-born American children will need a buffer that can be acquired through the knowledge of these situations, history of racial relations in the USA, and positive affirmation for continued success from adolescents to adulthood in all sectors of their lives [22][23][24][25]27]. …”