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Naijian Zhang – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2024
"Rentz's Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education" introduces readers to the functions of all student affairs services on college campus and to the nuts and bolts on what student affairs professionals in each specific area do to achieve their goals of providing students with meaningful collegiate experiences and accomplish the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Services, Academic Advising, Enrollment Management
Frost, Linda, Ed.; Kay, Lisa W., Ed.; Poe, Rachael, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
Honors administrators spend much of their time explaining and describing what honors is and does. When they talk about what honors looks like nationally, they should have answers to the following important questions: How pervasive is the model of separate honors facilities?; How pervasive are the legendary closets that honors programs have so…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Housing, Educational Facilities, Dormitories
Townsley, Michael K. – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ3), 2008
All private colleges and universities make strategic capital investments and consider the use of debt to fund those investments. From the commonplace purchase of photocopiers to the construction of new academic buildings or dormitories, investment decisions that yield long-term financial benefits must follow on the heels of careful analysis. To…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Facilities Improvement, Construction (Process)
Luna, Gene, Ed.; Gahagan, Jimmie, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
In 2004, "Learning Reconsidered" urged educators to think more holistically about student learning and development. "Learning Initiatives in the Residential Setting" provides a framework for putting this call into action at large universities and small colleges alike. Chapters trace the history of learning in residence halls, discuss academic and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Physical Environment, Student Personnel Services, Holistic Approach
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Mosher, Ralph L.; Connor, David; Kalliel, Katherine M.; Day, James M.; Yokota, Normal; Porter, Mark R.; Whitely, John M. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 1999
The connection between knowing the right or good thing to do, and then actually doing it has long been a puzzle. "Watch what we do, not what we say" goes beyond the revealing admission of a former Attorney General of the United States to the broader reality of human behavior. Parents, teachers, employers, religious educators, and society…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Values Education, Undergraduate Study, Young Adults