Using technology's enormous potential to support student learning requires that student personnel workers enter a new world--one that students already inhabit. Using technology can be a big challenge for educators who still cling to more traditional teaching methods. This article explores what educators can do to bridge the technology gap on…

Director of career services and preprofessional advising at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describes his experiences as a participant in an international placement conference held by Britain's Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services at the University of Oxford. (NB)

Argues that student affairs professionals constitute an untapped resource that can enhance higher education fund-raising efforts. Examines fund-raising trends and looks at students as fund raisers. Describes research study in which questionnaires completed by delegates of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators revealed degree to…

Argues that, to increase minority participation in student affairs, the profession must attend to the crucial roles of key administrators, the breadth and diversity of administrative and staff roles, and the informal processes by which persons are matched to administrative jobs. (Author)

Notes that staff development programs can provide opportunity for growth and development of student affairs staff. Discusses approaches to staff development and identifies common obstacles to program development. Provides four program examples from institutions with differing approaches to illustrate current staff development practices, issues,…

Addresses general perceptions regarding student affairs work in higher education and the role of the student affairs staff member. Discusses the purpose and value of student affairs work in the face of negative perceptions about the profession. (GCP)

Explores how, despite various administrative "solutions," the tension experienced by student affairs professionals at Catholic higher education institutions remains because they stand at an uncomfortable practical interface of two epistemological systems, one stemming from the Catholic intellectual tradition and one stemming from the…

Student affairs professionals often find it difficult to become aware of opportunities to get involved in professional activities in other countries. Article addresses this situation by presenting a wide array of professional development opportunities for student affairs leaders to gain an international perspective. The author provides up-to-date…

In recent years student development theory has been adopted as the guiding theoretical framework of the student affairs profession. Unfortunately, this adoption has largely occurred without a critical analysis of the concept of student development as a gestalt or of the individual theories touted as central to understanding college students.…

Student development leaders must identify what of importance and value should be retained from past approaches to student services delivery and what approaches should be discarded. To accomplish this, community colleges must address certain key internal student development issues: (1) the changing nature of the student body (which is characterized…

Four student affairs administrators were interviewed to determine the topics they felt the campus activities profession ought to explore. The question of how campus activities can be used to aid social issues, such as depression, substance abuse, and loneliness, are discussed. (MLW)

Highlights major sections of the National Institute of Education's publication "Involvement in Learning: Realizing the Potential of American Higher Education" and the Carnegie Foundation report "The Undergraduate Experience in America" that have implications for residence life professionals. Offers suggestions for developing new programs and…

Presents an ideology of student affairs in small colleges, based on a sociological model of community, which includes synergy, an educational role, the centrality of values, personalism, and organic change. Commentaries and response to the commentaries on the ideology are given. (Author/ABB)

Suggests that the disparity between staff expectations and actual reality is related to misunderstandings about how student affairs units are supposed to function. Presents seven stress management measures to help staff members cope with and take advantage of seemingly inexplicable situations. (JAC)

Presents interview with Jack Shingleton, recipient of the College Placement Council's 1987 Outstanding Professional Award. Interview reviews Shingleton's career at Michigan State University, discusses his biggest challenge as placement director, and describes his views on the significant issues facing the field. (ABL)