Core Values In Higher Education

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Introduction

The purpose of higher education is that it fosters and produces the skills and knowledge for individual self-growth, drives innovation, and challenges societal norms (Corey, Corey & Callanan, 2011). For an individual student, higher education is seen as a place that cultural capital is obtained or challenge, in which students are able to reconstruct their identity in society (Corey et al. 2011). Self-growth for an individual is not only limit to cultural or social growth, but also pertains to career exploration through the courses and the work related experience they are exposed to in higher education. For a society, higher education is sought out as the means of producing innovation, challenging societal norms, and creating an educated citizenry through classroom discussions as well as the inclusion of various different perspectives.

Core Values

Core values such as autonomy, accountability, community, and

As students from underrepresented groups strive to and enter higher education, the various different perspectives they stimulate innovate and challenge societal norms that will benefit society. In the work of counseling in higher education, if underrepresented groups are not being assisted in a variety of ways then it is counter to purpose of higher education fostering innovation and challenging societal norms. The NACADA declaration of core values states “Advisors are sensitive to the values and mores of the surrounding community of making higher education more accessible through educational opportunities and resources”. Brilliant students who do not receive academic or financial assistance will focus on factors not pertaining to their overall self-growth during their time in higher