Emerging Adulthood and Higher Education

Joseph L. Murray is Associate Professor of Education and Director of the Graduate Program in College Student Personnel at Bucknell University, USA.Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is Research Professor of Psychology at Clark University, USA. He is also the Founding President and Executive Director of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (www.ssea.org).

• ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 IntroductionJoseph L. Murray and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett2 Conceptual Foundations of Emerging Adulthood Jeffrey Jensen Arnett3 Emerging Adulthood and Psychosocial Development in College Joseph L. Murray4 Emerging Adulthood through the Lens of Social Identity Rosemary J. Perez & Lisa Landreman5 Generational Theory and Emerging Adulthood Joseph L. Murray6 Career Development in Emerging Adulthood Lisa Severy7 Problems Associated with Emerging Adulthood Aimee C. Adams & Bruce Sharkin 8 The Role of Parents in Emerging Adulthood Richard Mullendore, Christina Daniel, & Michael Toney9 Strategic Enrollment Management for Emerging Adults: An Organizational and Equity-Based PerspectiveJarrett B. Warshaw & James C. Hearn10 Creating Campus Environments for Emerging Adults C. Carney Strange11 Student Affairs Programs for Emerging AdultsMaureen E. Wilson & Patrick G. Love12 Cultivating Relationships between the Institution and Its Emerging Adult Alumni Shelby K. Radcliffe13 Conclusion and Future DirectionsJoseph L. Murray & Jeffrey Jensen ArnettAppendix: Information and Resources on Emerging AdulthoodContributor Biographies

"Emerging Adulthood and Higher Education takes a fresh and important examination of critical theories of adult development that can anchor our work centered around student success for adult students. The research and theory presented in this book comes at critical time as higher education pivots to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student body."—Kevin Kruger, President , NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education