Examines the current functional responsibilities of chief student personnel officers in two- and four-year institutions. Compares responsibilities of the officers in the two sectors and examines changes that have taken place in the last 15 years. Results indicate no substantial difference between the roles of dean of students. (Author)

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)

Surveyed chief student affairs officers (n=59) concerning sources of stress. Examined environmental changes and physiological and psychological coping strategies used by the administrators. Found differences in feelings about stress between men and women with death or serious illness ranking first for women and new supervisor for men. Coping…

Surveys 344 student affairs administrators concerning burnout and related factors. Women reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion; men and women differed with respect to many personal and job-related characteristics and activities, and the relationship between emotional exhaustion and many of the characteristics and activities differed for…

Reports on a nationwide survey to gain information about the current status of the student personnel profession. Questions were designed to provide a profile of the institutions surveyed, a profile of the chief student personnel officers, and a profile of student affairs staff. Discusses several areas of concern about the results of the data. (PC)

The first step women in student personnel administration should take to increase their numbers in higher level positions is to identify themselves as promising and qualified employees. Their employers, too, have an obligation to identify promotable female employees and to support them in their efforts to leave entry level positions. Once…

Fourth in a series of vignettes of selected men and women who first entered and developed the profession of student personnel administration. (PD)

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)

Examined employment patterns of chief student affairs officers in a national sample varied by sex, race, and institutional type. Responding institutions (N=1,391) had the following representation: White men, 833 (75 percent); white women, 156 (14 percent); male minorities, 100 (9 percent); female minorities, 22 (2 percent). (BH)

Compares career characteristics of male and female, and minority and non-minority chief student affairs officers. Females differed from males on seven variables, including appointment at a younger age, less education, and different titles. There were no differences between minorities and non-minorities on any of the variables studied. (BH)

A brief annotated list of recommended readings for the student services manager on the topic of applying management techniques is presented. (Author)

Decisions to include African Americans in student affairs administration, particularly in senior-level positions, appear to have far-reaching effects on the experiences of African American students at institutions of higher and postsecondary education. This article calls for a stronger research agenda explicitly focusing on the engagement,…

Study applied the theory of representative bureaucracy to examine the representation of African American student affairs administrators in postsecondary institutions. Results showed African American student affairs administrators were underrepresented among student affairs administrators. Also, survey data showed that the percentage of African…

Little has been written about the roles and functions of student affairs administrators during the civil rights era. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how the civil rights era influenced the student affairs profession, paying particular attention to the roles played by student affairs administrators in relation to students, other…

The major student personnel administrator is often the first university official to learn that effective educational management involves guiding physical and human resources into dynamic, organizational units which should attain their objectives to the satisfaction of those served and provide a sense of achievement for those rendering such…