Student personnel professionals are beginning to have key roles and increased involvement in distance learning programs. This article presents a work sample exercise for use when interviewing and hiring college student personnel administrators for professional positions in distance learning programs. (Contains 20 references.) (GCP)

Contends emphasis has to be on teamwork in promotion of more cooperative attitudes between student affairs and academic affairs professionals. Notes communication is key to building respect for each other's function. Recommends joint efforts can help antagonisms diminish and enrich cooperation. (ABL)

Uses metaphors to examine organizational entry into student affairs divisions from the perspective of employing institutions and new staff members. Defines organizational entry and briefly describes metaphorical analysis before employing metaphors (skydiving, matchmaking, gardening, and grocery shopping) to improve understanding of the entry…

Suggests that developing critical thinking skills is a priority in colleges and universities, that student affairs personnel share responsibility for this task, and that the two key critical thinking activities, examining assumptions and exploring alternatives, are natural to the out-of-class environment. Suggests specific strategies for…

Performance appraisal is widely endorsed as an essential part of the staffing process, yet most student affairs practitioners acknowledge that it is done poorly, or not at all, in their institutions. The reasons for this neglect are outlined, and suggestions are offered for ways to make performance appraisal a more valuable staffing tool.…

For-profit higher education has expanded dramatically over the last decade and represents a newly prominent choice for students pursuing postsecondary education. How do for-profit institutions serve and support students? The practice of student affairs in the for-profit sector was explored through campus visits and interviews with administrators…

Despite long-standing calls for more intentional professional development as a way to ensure a higher quality workforce in student affairs, little progress has been made. Various committees and task forces have suggested frameworks for program development, the certification of program quality and attendance, the recording of individual…

Suggests that the student personnel profession is in a period of transition. Offers these suggestions regarding graduate programs in student personnel work: (1) admissions be seriously reduced; (2) curricula be critically reviewed and reevaluated; and (3) admissions committees reevaluate their qualitative standards. (Author/HMV)

Surveyed 147 chief student affairs officers to examine the status of student affairs as a profession and the influence of academic training or experience on advancement. Concluded that professional experience is the essential ingredient in advancement, overriding the field in which a terminal degree was earned. (JAC)

Describes an enrollment management model which is useful to institutions that have budgets dependent on enrollment. (Author/BL)

Presents a systematic approach to accountability and academic support on the part of institutional student affairs areas. Contends that the major mission of colleges and universities should be academic and intellectual achievement and that the true effectiveness of student affairs programs should be judged in this light. The Value-Added concept is…

Decisions of student personnel often involve an operational definition of quality'', making it a matter of personal and professional integrity to investigate an ethical posture fully and to act consistently with that posture. (Author)

This article presents the major findings of a national study on Student Personnel Manpower planning that NASPA, ACPA, NAWDC and AAJC initiated in December, 1971. (JC)

Analyzed 2,055 position listings in 47 issues of THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION to evaluate trends in the student personnel job market. Results showed a general downward trend in housing and general student affairs positions, an increase in admissions and financial aid positions, and a less seasonal job market. (JAC)

Using the Oklahoma Racial Attitudes Scale-Preliminary Form, researchers examined the White racial consciousness (WRC) of 534 White student affairs practitioners. Experience with multicultural issues, self-identification with a socially marginalized group, discussions with supervisors on race and multicultural issues, and interest in working with…