The Importance of Self-Authorship During the Admission Process
There are many different reasons that students apply to certain schools. Some students have lofty academic goals such as attending Harvard, Stanford or Princeton. Some students want to go to sport powerhouses such as Alabama, LSU or Texas. Some students want to stay close to home and choose to attend satellite schools or commuter campuses. Some students take into account financial burden and choose to attend technical schools or community colleges to help cut the cost of education. One thing that is often forgotten by students applying to Universities and colleges is that it is in fact a process and they will grow and develop from the process. This paper will discuss the theory of self-authorship with an emphasis on Robert Kegan’s work specifically geared towards orders two, three and four. Then the paper will discuss how admissions counselors should apply the theory of self-authorship provided by Kegan to help students through the admissions process and help them interpret their own journey to higher education. An important consideration is that the below argument will be geared towards “traditional” students and thus may not work for a student who does not fall under the traditional student category.
Kegan’s Levels of …show more content…
The most important component to the third order is that involves cross-categorical thinking and allows the individual to think abstractly and to put others interest ahead of their own interest (Evans et al., 2010). The individual still does not understand how their opinions influence their own views on the word around them (Evans et al., 2010). Baxter Magolda also approaches this level, but under the title “crossroads” and discusses how the individual becomes dissatisfied with the world or formulas around them and begin to search for new views of knowing (Evans et al.,
There are many different reasons that students apply to certain schools. Some students have lofty academic goals such as attending Harvard, Stanford or Princeton. Some students want to go to sport powerhouses such as Alabama, LSU or Texas. Some students want to stay close to home and choose to attend satellite schools or commuter campuses. Some students take into account financial burden and choose to attend technical schools or community colleges to help cut the cost of education. One thing that is often forgotten by students applying to Universities and colleges is that it is in fact a process and they will grow and develop from the process. This paper will discuss the theory of self-authorship with an emphasis on Robert Kegan’s work specifically geared towards orders two, three and four. Then the paper will discuss how admissions counselors should apply the theory of self-authorship provided by Kegan to help students through the admissions process and help them interpret their own journey to higher education. An important consideration is that the below argument will be geared towards “traditional” students and thus may not work for a student who does not fall under the traditional student category.
Kegan’s Levels of …show more content…
The most important component to the third order is that involves cross-categorical thinking and allows the individual to think abstractly and to put others interest ahead of their own interest (Evans et al., 2010). The individual still does not understand how their opinions influence their own views on the word around them (Evans et al., 2010). Baxter Magolda also approaches this level, but under the title “crossroads” and discusses how the individual becomes dissatisfied with the world or formulas around them and begin to search for new views of knowing (Evans et al.,