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.

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 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.

Creating a Sustainable Program for Ethics in Student Affairs

2015 ◽  
pp. 278-300
Author(s):  
Christina Van Wingerden ◽  
Maureen Ellis ◽  
Theodore W. Pratt Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
University Student ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Ethical Climates ◽  
Industry Standards ◽  
Mixed Method Design

Ethics is an important thread within higher education student affairs. Creating avenues for intentional, sustainable dialogues and consistent education for employees, one Ethics Officer at a four-year public university in the Northwest embarked on understanding the ethical climate to improve how student affairs professionals interact with students. The goal of this mixed-method design study examined the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of its division administrators about ethics, the ethical climate of a university student affairs division, and the design of an ethical training curriculum for division employees. This chapter reviews the current literature about ethics in higher education, organizational ethical climates, industry standards, and gaps in performance, while providing insights and ideas about best practices.

When Students Drink Too Much: Whose Problem Is It Anyway?

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Holly A. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Higher Education Administration ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
University Of Virginia ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
High Risk Drinking ◽  
The University

This case is for use in graduate courses in student affairs and higher education administration. It presents the challenges faced by student affairs professionals at the University of Virginia where some students participate in an annual high-risk drinking practice that has resulted in injuries and even death. Student affairs professionals at the university have attempted to address this dangerous practice for almost 20 years with minimal success. This case highlights the complex issues that administrators must often face as well as provides students the opportunity to evaluate the complex issues from the perspectives of the various constituencies involved.

Book Review: Seeking Excellence Through Independence

NASPA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Hossler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Affairs Administrators ◽  
Boards Of Trustees ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Senior Student ◽  
The Public ◽  
Campus Leaders

Terrence McTaggart and his coauthors have assembled an interesting book on the tensions between autonomy, accountability, and decen-tralization in higher education. Although there are some references to private-sector institutions, this edited volume will primarily be of interest to senior campus leaders and members of boards of trustees and state coordinating boards in the public sector. Some senior student affairs administrators and graduate students in higher education programs may also find this book stimulating.

Book Review - Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition"

NASPA Journal ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Manning ◽  
Charles Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Higher Education Administrators ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Politics Of Recognition ◽  
College And University ◽  
National Debate ◽  
University Life ◽  
Education Administrators

A diverse cultural presence on campus, political rankling among liberals and conservative, and media reprots of campus activism prevent higher education administrators from ignoring the current national debate concerning multiculturalism. College and university administrators, particularly in the area of student affairs, have taken the lead to bring the issue front and center in university life.

5. Absolution and Participation in Privilege: The False Fronts of Men Student Affairs Professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-121
Author(s):  
Voyles A. ◽  
S. McKinnon-Crowley ◽  
B. E. Bukoski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Gender Performativity ◽  
Male Privilege ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Cultural Status ◽  
Gender Performances ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gendered Expectations

Abstract Student affairs, a helping field focused on outside-the-classroom activities in higher education, has been traditionally associated with feminine gendered expectations. Using Judith Butler’s concept of gender performativity and Foucauldian discourse analysis, we investigated how men student affairs professionals use and perpetuate gender privilege in the workplace. We identified a cycle of discourse whereby men student affairs professionals deployed discursive tactics to obscure their benefit from male privilege while simultaneously garnering cultural status and social capital. Deconstructing these discursive nodes provided insight to the impact of conflicting gender discourses. We suggest our analysis can expose rules that regulate, perpetuate, resist, and oppress, which opens up new understandings and meanings for men student affairs professionals and their gender performances.

scholarly journals Experiences of African Students in Predominantly White Institutions: A Literature Overview

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davis Inyama ◽  
Allison Williams ◽  
Kay McCauley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Predominantly White ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Predominantly White Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
African Students ◽  
White Institutions ◽  
African Health ◽  
Health Sciences Students

The objective of this paper is to examine research conducted on the experiences of African health sciences students in predominantly white higher education institutions/environments. The main elements of cross-cultural adaptation models were adopted to discuss the amalgamated themes under the auspices of adjustment, integration, and conditioning. The overview revealed that African students encounter unique experiences, with isolation and “feeling different” being commonly mentioned. Recommendations for future research are presented, including programmatic implications for higher education and student affairs professionals.

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