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Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Dilemmas of Student and Academic Services Professionals in a Campus Carry State
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Somers, Patricia; Fry, Jessica J.; Jones, Ashley; Newton, A. J. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2020
Concealed campus carry is the subject of both popular discussion and academic scholarship. For almost a decade, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has been the site of the debate over campus carry during a prolonged legislative battle and an implementation marked by pro- and anti-gun protests, various Texas attorney general's opinions, and…
Descriptors: Weapons, Universities, Campuses, School Policy
A TribalCrit Sensibility toward Critical Conscious Legal Literacy: Engaging ACPA's Framework for Racial Justice and Decolonization
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Ward, LaWanda W. M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
I engaged TribalCrit Theory to explore ACPA's Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization as an option to advance the possibilities of critical conscious legal literacy. Critical conscious legal literacy equips student affairs educators to identify colonized logics that undergird law and legal interpretations and to offer…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Racial Bias, Student Personnel Workers, Legal Responsibility
Student Conduct Administrative Professionals: Relationships between Professional Identity, Training, Skills and Experience
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Glick, Brian; Degges-White, Suzanne – College Student Affairs Journal, 2019
A diverse sample of 329 student conduct administrators, holding at least a Master's degree, participated in a study to explore whether their level of specialized training, their need to stay up-to-date on current trends, and mastery of specific skills sets met the necessary criteria to determine whether student conduct administration could be…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Administrators, Student Personnel Workers, Professional Identity
Standing at the Intersection: Reconsidering the Balance in Administration.
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Lancaster, James M.; Cooper, Diane L. – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
States that student affairs administrators must choose wisely between increasing reliance on legal minimalism and a more reflective judgment model that can evolve toward a model of unified practice balancing policy and law with developmentally appropriate practices. Offers recommendations concerning the future of student affairs. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Higher Education, Laws, School Policy
The Developmental Conversion: Facilitating Moral and Intellectual Growth in Our Students.
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Liddell, Debora L.; Healy, Margaret A. – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
Policies and procedures focusing on students as learners and as agents of their own development should be considered as a new framework for student affairs professionals. Explores the contradictions faced by student affairs professionals and suggests a model for facilitating development of individuals, groups, and the community. (MKA)
Descriptors: College Students, Ethics, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
Professional Ethics in a Risky World.
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Winston, Roger B., Jr.; Saunders, Sue A. – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
Examines student affairs professionals' areas of practice in which legal risk-management and ethical practice frequently clash. Offers a series of recommendations to maximize ethical practice while minimizing risks. Provides a framework for further discussion and reflection. (MKA)
Descriptors: College Students, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Ethics
Meeting the Needs of All Students and Staff Members: The Challenge of Diversity.
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Howard-Hamiliton, Mary F.; Phelps, Rosemary E.; Torres, Vasti – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
Student affairs practitioners today must often face difficulties related to the promotion of multiculturalism while maintaining individual rights and freedoms with a college population. Addresses concerns faced by student affairs practitioners: law and regulations and promoting diversity. Discusses legislative directives, current laws, and recent…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, College Students