Preparing Students for Life Beyond College

Robert J. Nash is Professor and Official University Scholar in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Creative Arts in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont.Jennifer J. J. Jang 張文馨 is Associate Director of Student Diversity Programs and Adjunct Professor of Mandarin Chinese at Champlain College.

"Preparing Students for Life Beyond College is a uniquely helpful, wise, and practical guide to engendering meaning-making on campuses. Containing a fine balance of explication of ideas, reflections from students, faculty, and staff, and pedagogical strategies, this book meets a need in higher education institutions that are too often adrift. The wisdom of this book can lift the sights of those who staff those institutions."--Michael D. Waggoner, Professor of Higher Education, University of Northern Iowa and Editor, Religion & Education"Nash and Jang integrate wise saws, broad-based scholarship and rich personal experiences to help us address the ‘meaning-making’ challenges facing ‘quarterlifers.’ Their practical suggestions will be useful to experienced teachers as well as to new professionals confronting these age old existential issues."--Dr. Arthur W. Chickering, Pitkin Fellow, Goddard College "With a passion for reminding the academy that the 'why?' precedes the 'what?', Nash and Jang have generously described their own classroom practice. Within this book you will discover a treasure trove of evocative, artful, tested questions that can be used across disciplines to re-claim the vital work of meaning-making throughout higher education."--Sharon Daloz Parks, Author, Big Questions, Worthy Dreams"Preparing Students for Life beyond College is a wonderful little book that offers a practical course for those who seek to support, or mentor, their students as they explore the questions that underlie their existence and attempt to create a life of meaning." --Emma Farrell, Power and Education Journal

• PrefacePart I: The VisionChapter 1: A Meaning-Centered Vision for Holistic Teaching and LearningChapter 2: The Meaning-Quest for QuarterlifersPart II: The Meaning-QuestsChapter 3: How Do I Realize My Hopes and Dreams?Chapter 4: Who Am I Striving To Become As a Moral Person...and Why?Chapter 5: Can I Be Both Religious and Spiritual at the Same Time?Chapter 6: How Can I Construct Durable, Loving, and Reciprocal Core Relationships? Chapter 7: How Do All My Overlapping Identities Help Me To Define Who I Am?Chapter 8: How Can I Prepare for a Successful Career, a Soul-Satisfying Vocation, and a Meaningful Life?Chapter 9: How Can I Answer the ‘Call of Service’ To Make the World a Better Place?Chapter 10: How Can I Cultivate the Art of Self-Care and Balance in My Life?Part III: The Next Steps Chapter 11: Meaning-Making Leadership and InterdisciplinarityChapter 12: The Capstone Meaning-Making Seminar: Personal Experiences and Recommendations