APA 7th Edition

In this class, students will engage and be exposed to various issues in higher education as it relates to the past, present, and future of higher/postsecondary education. In your positionality paper, please answer the questions bulleted below. The paper should be 4 - 6 pages long and must be submitted first via Canvas (here in assignments). Then after feedback from your instructor, you will submit via LiveText. The purpose of the paper is to engage you in self-reflection and critical thinking about your own lived experiences and knowledge of higher education to date. Although this assignment is a critical reflection, please support your positions with citations (from in and outside of this course) and include a References list at the end of the paper.

What is the purpose of higher education?
What methods are used to study the history of higher education?
Who controls/should control higher education?
Who attends/should attend higher education?
What is/should be taught/studied in higher education?
How have the answers to the aforementioned questions changed over time?
What topics/issues/problems/opportunities/people in higher education am I most passionate about exploring and/or advocating?
What kind of impact do I want to make on higher education given the aforementioned questions?

REQUIRED TEXTS
American Psychological Association. (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Bergquist, W. H., Pawlak, K., & Bergquist, W. H. (2008). Engaging the six cultures of the academy: Revised and expanded
edition of The four cultures of the academy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.