Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
1-24-2019
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Year of Publication
2019
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Education
Department/School/Program
Educational Policy Studies and Eval
First Advisor
Dr. Jane Jensen
Abstract
Following the mass shooting at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, institutions of higher education appeared to restructure themselves and change the way that they worked with students who may pose a risk to self or others. They formed committees, sometimes known as Communities of Concern, to help review these concerns and respond appropriately. The purpose of this study was to examine how the Community of Concern Committee at the University of Kentucky was developed following the incident at Virginia Tech. Particular attention was focused on the change and learning that took place. Using the frames of single-loop and double-loop learning, this study examined six oral history accounts of the development of the Community of Concern Committee at the University of Kentucky. The oral histories coupled with historical documents provided a timeline of events related to the development of the committee. In addition, the oral histories revealed a complex learning process which blended single and double-loop learning to guide this institutional change. The comparison between this incident and other legal issues within higher education was explored as well as the opportunity to expand this exploration outside of the current case study.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.007
Funding Information
This research was supported by the Arvile and Ellen Turner Thacker Research Endowment.
Recommended Citation
Young, Marianne R. L., "AN ORAL HISTORY EXPLORATION OF CHANGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOLLOWING THE VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. 62.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/epe_etds/62
