This booklet offers advice and information for college or university student affairs officers who have been involuntarily terminated. The document addresses initial responses to the news of termination and suggests buying time and seeking legal advice before signing any agreements, talking to those outside the situation, controlling communication…

Student affairs administrators make discretionary moral and ethical choices regarding the relationship of individual students and of institutional policy to the law. A study was conducted which used Kohlberg's Moral Judgment Development Theory to explore the relationship between the student personnel administrator's moral judgment and his or her…

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)

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

In order to improve the effective interaction and teamwork of the aid administrator and business officer, each should improve management skills regarding human skills, technical skills, and conceptual skills. Activities for improved communication, information, procedures, interrelationships, and decision-making are outlined. (Author/LBH)

This paper examines the question of professionalism as it pertains to college student personnel administrators. The criterion used for assessing professionalism includes the functions performed, the commonalities of experiences shared, the training of new members and the emphasis on continued learning or professional growth. (Author/CG)

Focuses on what can be done when a program fails. What are the causes for failure? What elements must be considered in the decision process? What strategies can be employed to recycle resources into more productive activities? What alternatives are available to aid in program repair or rejuvenation? (Author)

Article is a commentary on the confluence of race and responsibility for African American campus administrators. The conversational presentation is contextualized within a treatment of a short period of student unrest. Complexities around negotiating a campus crisis that includes race are addressed. Administrators share insights on the nature of…

A study to determine whether labor markets for top-level two-year college administrators are occupational internal labor markets characterized by career lines and fixed, low-level entry positions, is discussed. Characteristics of loosely structured labor markets are described, and a model of administrative careers is proposed as having heuristic…

Provides historical information on student affairs models including student development, student services, and the "Student Learning Imperative." Explains why and how the "Seven Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs" were established. Describes an incident in which these principles were put into practice. (MKA)

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…

This information analysis presents descriptions of some of the major current issues in student services at various types of institutions of higher education. Issues are categorized as institution-based, student-oriented, and profession-based. Institution-based issues examined include excellence and access, enrollment management, academic support…

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