As a supplement to student development research, reviews clinical psychological research on the concept of purpose in life. Provides implications and recommendations for practice in the higher education setting. Proposes that by encouraging students to identify a purpose in life and assisting them in this process, student affairs practitioners may…

Surveys women student affairs administrators to determine the relationships between mentoring and role conflict, role ambiguity, organizational commitment, career satisfaction, and perceived sex discrimination. Results indicate mentoring may benefit White women and women of color in different ways, and may result in reduced role conflict and…

The scholarship of student affairs has neglected to carefully review its contextual past and, in the process, failed to fully integrate historical research into practice. The story of Thyrsa Wealtheow Amos and the history of the Dean of Women's Program at the University of Pittsburgh, 1919-41, helps us to reflect on the true reality of our work in…

A total of 580 ethical problems faced by 303 student affairs administrators were examined by category using Kitchener's ethical principles. Reports of these problems differed significantly when gender, level of experience, administrative level within the institution, and institution size were examined. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)

The study examines the perceptions of 104 mid-and senior-level student affairs administrators of positions, responsibilities, competencies, and theories important for professional practice for new student affairs professionals. In regard to competencies, the results of this study provide important information about preprofessional abilities that…

Heavy drinking continues to be a nationally recognized problem on college campuses. This article describes how student affairs professionals play a pivotal role in identifying and referring these students for relevant services. A five-step model for alcohol screening, advising, and referral is described using motivational enhancement strategies.

A comparative study of titles used by the principal student affairs officers at NASPA institutions in 1962 and 1972 shows that the term "Vice President for Student Affairs" is growing in popularity although "Dean of Students" is still the most frequently used title. (HMV)

The major objective of this publication is to meet the immediate needs of the large majority in the student affairs profession before they must come face to face with the elements of the collective bargaining process on their own campuses. (Author)

This is a step-by-step guide to reemphasizing the human touch through paraprofessionals in orientation/registration. The steps are funding a student team, selecting a student team, training a student team, productively utilizing a student team, and evaluation. (Author)

The inequities persist, despite training, experience, and interest in student personnel as far as the status of women administrators is concerned. (Author)

Considers the role of student affairs personnel in helping to develop a more coherent and holistic approach to higher education. Encourages student affairs personnel to direct attention to issues of student empowerment, outcomes assessment, guidance and advisement, and learning communities and environments. (Author/NB)

Student affairs professionals at smaller institutions are encouraged to research their commuter students' characteristics and needs and to create or enhance services and programs to improve the college experience for commuters based on their findings. (KS)

An evaluation scheme for determining appropriate types of funding for student services in a changing academic environment is given. (Author)

This program corrects the deficiencies of existing extension, television, and correspondence-oriented prison education by operating with student personnel workers and faculty inside the prison on a full-time basis. The following program components prove essential: the goal is rehabilitation; the methods are post-secondary education and counseling…

The author believes in the ability of the student to make the right choices about his own education and takes the view that the university must shift its attention away from the conventional counter insurgent posture to one more in keeping with its true function as the educator of society. (Author/BY)