A lifelong love of learning and a desire to pursue people-centered work led Lydia Darlington to a career in higher education, and her mentors helped her pursue her master’s degree in higher education.

Picture this: It’s your first day as a graduate student instructor. You’re armed with a stack of syllabi, a mind full of academic theories and the unshakable feeling that you might be in way over your ...

Over half of colleges with a first-year seminar (FYS) program embed peer mentors into the experience, providing near-peer experience and engagement to incoming students. At Texas A&M University at San ...

Motivation theory has evolved over time as limitations of each new theory have become salient, and new theories are proposed to improve upon the old ones. Since each theory makes sense on its own, it ...

Elisa Abes, Ph.D. (she/her) has been teaching in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program since 2005 and has served as the Graduate Studies Director for over 10 years. She primarily teaches ...