This book is an invitation to take seriously the multi-dimensional perspective of stakeholders, to honor the reality of college students' lives, and to evolve higher education to meet their needs. It challenges readers to take a 360-degree perspective on college students, their needs and challenges, and opportunities to serve them better.
- Kristen A. Renn, Professor, Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education, & Mildred B. Erickson Distinguished Chair, Michigan State University
In Multiple Perspectives on College Students: Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities, Gulley and his incredibly large and diverse team of authors model what it looks like to include an array of perspectives to understand or address a complex problem. I especially appreciated the opportunity to learn from students, parents, and legislators' views about college students. When we listen to a variety of perspectives, as outlined in this text, we will both better serve students on our campuses and the public good mission of institutions of higher education.
- Chris Linder, Associate Professor, Higher Education, & Director, McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention. Co-Author, Identity-Based Student Activism: Power and Oppression on College Campuses
If you have ever wondered 'what are they thinking (or doing)?!' when it comes to various groups in and adjacent to higher education, you need to read Gulley's edited text. Inviting the perspectives of multiple, and sometimes seemingly opposing, stakeholders - including students, families, PK-12 teachers, higher education faculty and administrators, legislators, and institutional partners, Gulley creates a volume that provides readers with insight on where and how various constituents' perspectives diverge and align around college students' needs and opportunities. The book provides an example of how stakeholders can reach 'across the isles' to broach key questions, engage in difficult dialogue, and identify ways to center and support the needs and opportunities of students across identities. Gulley calls us to do something we are struggling with right now - listening to and understanding one another so we can move forward.
- Sonja Ardoin, Program Director & Associate Professor of Student Affairs Administration, Appalachian State University
As an educator, I cannot wait to use this book in my higher education and student affairs master's classes and in workshops for campus leaders. The first-person essays feel like you are inviting presidents, policy-makers, legislators, students, and higher education thought leaders to your classroom discussion to challenge assumptions about our students and to catalyze the interrogation and improvement of our practices. As such, this book offers rich and interesting perspectives on the demography, needs, challenges, and opportunities for students and how they interact with the larger systems of higher education and various stakeholders.
- Jennifer R. Keup, Executive Director, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition; Affiliated Faculty Member, Education Leadership and Policies, University of South Carolina College of Education
