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Amy E. French – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2025
"The Heritage of Student Affairs in Higher Education: History, Philosophy, and Values" is a valuable resource for student affairs educators seeking to discover their professional roots. It focuses on student affairs in the United States. It offers insights into the philosophical foundations of the field, including history, values,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Personnel Workers, Student Personnel Services, Educational History
Herzog, Patricia S.; Harris, Casey T.; Morimoto, Shauna A.; Barker, Shane W.; Wheeler, Jill G.; Barnum, A. Justin; Boyd, Terrance L. – Oxford University Press, 2020
The transition to adulthood is a complex process, and college is pivotal to this experience. "The Science of College" aids entering college students--and the people who support them--in navigating college successfully, with up-to-date recommendations based upon real student situations, sound social science research, and the collective…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Bound Students, Student Characteristics, Diversity (Institutional)
Driscoll, Amy; Wood, Swarup; Shapiro, Dan; Graff, Nelson – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
This book is about student success and how to support and improve it. It takes as its point of departure that we--as faculty, assessment directors, student affairs professionals, and staff--reflect together in a purposeful and informed way about how our teaching, curricula, the co-curriculum, and assessment work in concert to support and improve…
Descriptors: Success, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, College Faculty
Ogles, Benjamin M.; Wood, David S.; Weidner, Rebecca O.; Brown, Samuel D. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2021
The approach to motivational interviewing discussed in this book will be useful to student affairs professionals and academic advisors working in a variety of higher education positions. It begins in Chapter 1 by providing a description and a brief history of MI, noting some of its connections to counseling and social psychology. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Student Personnel Services, Academic Advising, Counseling Psychology
Hodes, Jacqueline S.; Shupp, Matthew R.; Davenport, Zebulun R. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2019
Leadership skills and abilities are essential for student affairs administrators and educators. Through a narrative approach, this book addresses current issues in leadership and administration for student affairs from a variety of perspectives. Lessons, tips, and strategies for student affairs professionals at various levels are provided. Letters…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership Qualities, Student Personnel Workers, Administrators
Shotton, Heather, Ed.; Lowe, Shelly C., Ed.; Waterman, Stephanie J., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2012
While the number of Native Americans attending post-secondary institutions continues to rise, Native Americans remain one of the least represented and least understood populations in our colleges and universities. The lack of knowledge about, and understanding of this particular population may be attributed to its invisibility within the academy,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, American Indians, Tribally Controlled Education, Professional Education
Culp, Marguerite McGann, Ed.; Dungy, Gwendolyn Jordan, Ed. – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014
More than a third of all undergraduate students are 25 or older, and their presence on college and university campuses is growing. However, institutions of higher learning are struggling to meet the needs of, and improve persistence and completion rates for, this significant student population. "Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students
Stage, Frances K., Ed.; Dannells, Michael, Ed. – 2000
This revised edition presents student affairs professionals with current issues pertaining to practice. It offers twenty-six case studies that reflect the complexity of today's environment at colleges and universities, and the changing student affairs profession. The case studies describe situations that arise from campus violence, student…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Environment, College Students, Diversity (Student)