Student Affairs as Change Agents

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Allen ◽  
Cynthia Cherry
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Present Form ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Peter Drucker

“Thirty years from now the big university campuses will be relics. Universities [in their present form] won’t survive. It’s as large a change as when we first got the printed book” (Peter Drucker, 1997).Drucker is well known for identifying a trend before others see it. If his statement about universities turns out to be true, he foresees many changes ahead for higher education. This is not a surprise to many involved in higher education. However, the question of whether higher education can adapt and who can help facilitate these changes remain unclear. It is the authors’ belief that student affairs professionals have a critical role in helping their institutions to transform themselves in response to outside challenges. This article examines the dynamics of change in today’s world, why traditional rules of change no longer apply, and identifies new realities of change. Finally it will suggest some strategies that student affairs professionals can apply in helping institutions of higher education to change.

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.

scholarly journals Student Affairs and Hurricane Katrina: Contextual Perspectives from Five Institutions of Higher Education in New Orleans

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan K Gardner ◽  
Kristy Miller ◽  
Marco J Barker ◽  
Jennifer Loftin ◽  
Marla Erwin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
Public Versus Private

Fifteen student affairs administrators from five institutions of higher education in New Orleans were interviewed regarding their experiences immediately before and after Hurricane Katrina and how the crisis affected their work. Participants were chosen for their diversity among racial, gender, and institutional contexts. Analyses of the interviews resulted in four themes that describe the differences between how public versus private institutional cultures affected these administrators’ responses and the decision making that occurred in the wake of the storm. These themes include (a) decision making, (b) communication, (c) resources and limitations, and (d) student affairs status. Implications for policy, practice, and research are included.

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.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Connecticut institutions of higher education during the 2020-2021 academic year

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Schultes ◽  
Victoria Clarke ◽  
A David Paltiel ◽  
Matthew Cartter ◽  
Lynn Sosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Residential Students ◽  
Interpersonal Contact ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Residential Student ◽  
Academic Year

Background: During the 2020-2021 academic year, many institutions of higher education reopened to residential students while pursuing strategies to mitigate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission on campus. Reopening guidance emphasized PCR or antigen testing for residential students and social distancing measures to reduce the frequency of close interpersonal contact. Connecticut colleges and universities employed a variety of approaches to reopening campuses to residential students. Methods: We used data on testing, cases, and social contact in 18 residential college and university campuses in Connecticut to characterize institutional reopening strategies and COVID-19 outcomes. We compared institutions' fall 2020 COVID-19 plans, submitted to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and analyzed contact rates and COVID-19 outcomes throughout the academic year. Results: In census block groups containing residence halls, fall student move-in resulted in a 475% (95% CI 373%-606%) increase in average contact, and spring move-in resulted in a 561% (441%-713%) increase in average contact. The relationship between test frequency and case rate per residential student was complex: institutions that tested students infrequently detected few cases but failed to blunt transmission, while institutions that tested students more frequently detected more cases and prevented further spread. In fall 2020, each additional test per student per week was associated with a reduction of 0.0014 cases per student per week (95% CI: -0.0028, -0.000012). Residential student case rates were associated with higher case rates in the town where the school was located, but it is not possible to determine whether on-campus infections were transmitted to the broader community or vice versa. Conclusions: Campus outbreaks among residential students might be avoided or mitigated by frequent testing, social distancing, and mandatory vaccination. Vaccination rates among residential students and surrounding communities may determine the necessary scale of residential testing programs and social distancing measures during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Effect of Financial Constraints on Student Affairs Services

NASPA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marysz P. Rames
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Student Affairs Officers ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Senior Student Affairs Officers ◽  
Senior Student

This study reviews the effects of university financial constraints on student affairs services from 1992 to 1997. Senior student affairs officers at 4-year, state-assisted institutions of higher education that were NASPA members with undergraduate enrollments between 5,000 to 11,000 were surveyed. Additionally, productivity strategies used by senior student affairs officers were identified. A questionnaire was developed to solicit information on the effect financial constraints had on student affairs in the areas of service changes, funding shifts, and perceived program quality.

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.

Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement in Student Affairs

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-190
Author(s):  
Hannah Rushe Piechowski ◽  
Nathan Scott
Keyword(s):  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Student Affairs Practitioners ◽  
Civic Learning ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
College And University ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
College And University Campuses

This chapter explores the challenges, issues, and recommendations that student affairs practitioners should consider in order to implement constructive civic learning and democratic engagement on college and university campuses in the United States. The work of student affairs directly impacts the development of students. Yet, student affairs professionals and programs face challenges in collaborating with academic affairs, understanding and practicing political neutrality, and responding to the current issues of the day. With consideration of quality and successful programs, student affairs can continue to move the needle of impact forward through new learning opportunities throughout the college experience, including restorative justice efforts, housing and residence life programs, and collaborative university themes.

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