Calls for more active involvement by student affairs personnel in influencing and leading campus institutional reform efforts. Argues that their skills and knowledge entitle student affairs personnel to a full partnership with the educational enterprise. (Author/CM)

Presents results of a study that applied knowledge and measurement techniques found in role stress literature to student affairs professionals in order to better understand the problem of attrition among those professionals. Results indicated the salience of role ambiguity as a variable in job satisfaction and the decision to leave. (JBJ)

Examined graduate student views of leadership education in college student personnel preparation programs. Results of qualitative study revealed that many college personnel service graduate students saw their programs as significant in their development as leaders. Students most often cited practicum and assistantship supervisors as those…

Examined relationship of perceived time to make decision, management level, problem context, and reported administrator stress in student affairs officers (n=80) and housing directors (n=88). Results indicated time to decide did not dramatically affect participants' responses, but management level and problem context were associated with…

Reviews search process, with particular attention to search process, at 24 target sites in western United States. Found hiring patterns reflected a reliance on traditional and outmoded criteria and western states hired few minorities for deans of student services. Recommends actions to improve representation of Asians, Hispanics, and Native…

Investigates the extent to which the organizational commitment and life satisfaction of upper-level women student-affairs administrators (N=140) are influenced by personal and work-related attributes. Findings highlight the relationship between role ambiguity and organizational commitment. Implications for improving women's commitment and…

Describes a qualitative study that explores the perspectives of 16 senior student affairs officers. Describes the predominance of student learning as an overarching framework for understanding their work. Findings suggest that the work of student affairs remains largely unchanged on many campuses, except for an increased emphasis on student…

A semistructured interview protocol was used to present perspectives on leadership from five national leaders in student affairs. Several major themes emerged. Issues were discussed about leaderships; how they manage difficulties; what work were they most proud of; and what was their advice for aspiring leaders. Reviews limitations and…

This article expresses a concern about whether student affairs professionals examine the language they use, as well as ponders how they learned what they know about marginalization of populations on campuses. Briefly explores eight areas within student affairs, specifically for sexual orientation and gender identity content. (Contains 12…

Today's colleges and universities operate in a complex environment characterized by rapid and unrelenting change, and nowhere do the challenges inherent in change more directly impact students than in the delivery of student services. The need to integrate new models of service delivery, data-driven approaches to enrollment management, greater…

The focus of this study was on college student satisfaction and the perceptions of that satisfaction by academic advisors and the student affairs staff members. Results indicate that student affairs staff more accurately perceive the level of student satisfaction than academic advisors. (Author/HMV)

The principal purpose of this study was to determine how major student affairs administrators (N=410) rated potential professional development activities. A second purpose was to assess the accuracy with which a group of faculty (N=35), involved in doctoral level programs in the field, understood practitioner preferences. (Author)

A disciplinary hearing must be a growth-producing experience for the student. Student Affairs professionals can make it such. (Author)

Higher education course designed to enhance personal and professional development of student personnel administrators through cognitive and affective activities. (Author)

If theory-based student development programming is to become a reality, a thorough understanding of what is presently known about student development must be given priority in pre- and in-service training. (Author)