scholarly journals Internationalisation and the role for student affairs professionals: Lessons learnt from the International Student Engagement Meeting Initiative

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
Allen, M. McFarlane
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Lessons Learnt

scholarly journals Role of Student Affairs in International Student Transition and Success

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. I-III ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina W Yao ◽  
Chrystal A. George Mwangi
Keyword(s):  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Campus Environment ◽  
Student Transition ◽  
High Level ◽  
Functional Areas

International student mobility has grown significantly in recent years, with over 4.1 million students in 2013 who studied abroad around the world (Institute of International Education [IIE], 2016). With the changes in student demographics and increased mobility, student affairs professionals are in a unique role to support international student transition and success. Unfortunately, current research and practice in higher education tends to place a high level of responsibility on the international student to successfully transition to a new campus environment or places the responsibility on the international student affairs/student services office to solely work with these students. Given the multi-faceted needs of international students, we argue that it is critical for student affairs professionals across functional areas to be prepared to support this diverse population.  

scholarly journals Providing Culturally Relevant Services for International Black African Collegians in the United States: A Guide for Student Affairs Professionals

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1113-1125
Author(s):  
Ifeyinwa Uchechi Onyenekwu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Student ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black African ◽  
Professional Experiences

The experience of international Black African collegians (IBAC) in U.S. higher education has not been adequately investigated, particularly as it relates to understanding the diversity within Black and international student populations. In this manuscript, I offer seven culturally relevant suggestions for student affairs professionals, all of which build on my professional experiences working with IBAC in student affairs as well as my research with Nigerian collegians in U.S. higher education.

scholarly journals Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-552
Author(s):  
Kelber Tozini
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Global Perspectives

In Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education, Dr. Krishna Bista selected 18 studies that present important findings to the field, in which the authors provide examples of how the quality of the international student experience deserves the utmost attention of administrators, faculty, student affairs professionals, and policymakers. The book is divided into four main units, which are described separately in this review.

Foreign-Born Student Affairs Professionals’ Impacts and Experiences: The Missing Piece of Internationalization

2021 ◽  
pp. 102831532110527
Author(s):  
Sanfeng Miao ◽  
Haishan (Sam) Yang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
International Student ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Canadian Higher Education ◽  
International Engagement

This study examined lived experiences of foreign-born student affairs professionals (SAPs) in the United States and Canadian higher education. We sought to understand foreign-born SAPs’ impacts on higher education internationalization and what their professional experiences inferred about the level of international engagement in the field of student affairs. The findings from 35 completed interviews unveiled foreign-born SAPs’ enthusiasm and capacities in contributing to internationalization work, particularly in international student services and international and intercultural education for domestic students and peers. However, their rocky journeys to attain visas to enter and stay in the field of student affairs indicated their misplaced functionalities and signaled a missed opportunity for higher education institutions. It is recommended that higher education institutions recognize the importance of internationalizing the SAP and creating a welcoming and supportive environment to further their internationalization efforts.

Teaching students how to talk about, think about, and do community

NASPA Journal ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Varlotta
Keyword(s):  
Student Affairs ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Student Leaders ◽  
Educational Value

This article charges student affairs professionals who work with student leaders to become more intentional in how they and their students create and contribute to community. Towards that end, this article delineates a process called community-praxis that teaches students how to talk about, think about, and do community. Organization advisors who utilize community-praxis will help student members more deliberately conceptualize and create and recreate the type of community associated with their particular club, organization, or association. The process may have educational value for the advisors as well. By facilitating the community-praxis delineated here, advisors will be prompted to review the democratic theories and procedures that have long shaped educational communities. Additionally, they likely will be introduced to viable postmodern theories and practices that have not traditionally informed the ways educators conceptualize and operationalize their own campus communities.

The Student Affairs Profession in the Academic Marketplace

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan B. Hirt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Academic Affairs ◽  
Seven Principles ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Principles Of Good Practice ◽  
The Way

This essay compares the narratives that have emerged in recent years to describe the higher education enterprise with the narratives used to describe student affairs’ endeavors. I posit that the way in which student affairs professionals present their agenda is out of sync with the market-driven culture of the academy. The seven Principles of Good Practice are used to illustrate the incongruence between student affairs and academic affairs narratives on campus. I offer ways that those Principles can be recast to be more closely aligned with the new academic marketplace.

Book Review: A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals

NASPA Journal ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald D. Gehring
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The Law

Bill Kaplin and Barbara Lee let their readers know up front - on the book's cover in fact - that "A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals" has been adapted from their highly regarded third edition of "The Law of Higher Education" [LHE3](1995) ("the big red book," as my students refer to it). The authors have included material already presented in LHE3 but have completely reorganized, updated, and edited the earlier work.

Negligent Liability Issues Involving Colleges and Students: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Expanded Programs and Heightened Supervision

NASPA Journal ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Pearson ◽  
Joseph Beckham
Keyword(s):  
Student Affairs ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Institutional Liability ◽  
Degree Of Risk ◽  
Judicial Opinions ◽  
Negligent Liability

Student affairs professionals recognize that learning experiences transcend the classroom, and they have expanded the range of programs and services available to students well beyond the laboratory and lecture hall. The authors survey judicial opinions involving institutional liability for negligence and conclude that the expansion of educational programs carries the potential for heightened risk. Student affairs professionals must be sensitive to these risks and take steps to foresee dangerous conditions, making sure that the level of reasonable, prudent care is commensurate with the degree of risk associated with the activity and educating students about the risks attendant to their participation.

Book Review: A Guide to Decision Making in Student Affairs: A Case Study Approach

NASPA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Davis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
New Professionals ◽  
Study Approach

Stanley Levy and Charles Kozoll capture much of the complexity of decisionmaking and offer an important contribution to our understanding of this perplexing topic. The publication of A Guide to Decision Making in Student Affairs: A Case Study Approach, furthermore, is timely due to what Stage (1993) recognizes as an increasing expectation that "new professionals, even at the lowest levels, have the ability to work independently and solve complex issues knowledgeably and with skill and integrity" (p. iii). The case study approach combined with the expert advice of 15 seasoned student affairs deans (called informants) provides a valuable resource for learning about a central task in our profession. The book offers students as well as experienced professionals background information critical to decisionmaking in higher education, exploration of fundamental issues that influence the process, carefully constructed and relevant case studies, and a reservoir of advice from some of the most well respected senior-level practitioners in our field. This book is particularly valuable to faculty members facilitating learning with new professionals, but it is a resource most student affairs professionals would find well worth owning.

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