Offers plan of action readily adaptable to almost any realm of student affairs and derived from an analysis of faculty perspectives. Recommends understanding values, rewards, and perspectives held by professoriat; assessing environment; and planning strategy to facilitate formation of student affairs-faculty alliances. (ABL)

As the demand for qualified higher education faculty increases, practicing administrators with the appropriate education and experience will be likely recruits. Article provides an overview of the realistic considerations and preparations administrators should take when contemplating making the move from an administrative to faculty position.…

Describes a program in which members of the student personnel staff at a midwestern university gather every two weeks for a "brown bag luncheon." There is no formalized agenda and attendance is completely voluntary yet staff members can informally discuss issues of concern. (Author/HMV)

This report describes an institute for community college faculty, student personnel specialists, administrators and students which would aid individual campuses in meeting current community educational needs and prepare a stratagem to deal with any particular problem uncovered by their analysis. A description of the institute, objectives and…

Argues there is a need for those in higher education to regain an understanding of the purpose of colleges and universities within society and to renew a sense of collegiality within the campus community. Discusses pressures on the institution and tension within the institution. Defines collegiality and discusses how to shape the collegiate…

Notes that student affairs educators and faculty view education from different perspectives and hold different views of each other's role in higher education. Sees limited resources/financial constraints as tending to heighten conflicts between these groups. Discusses views of faculty and student affairs educators about education and about each…

Issues surrounding student cheating and plagiarism are ubiquitous in higher education. Research has consistently found gaps between policies and practices on our campuses, a struggle for those student affairs professionals charged with institutionalizing the value of academic integrity. While the motivations and roles of students have been…

This article will introduce the Privileged Identity Exploration (PIE) Model. This model identifies eight (8) defense modes associated with behaviors individuals display when engaged in difficult dialogues about social justice issues. Implications for the model and ways it can be used to assist facilitators as they engage participants in…

University faculty members were asked to rate the overall desirability of a number of descriptions of student behavior. Results indicated that some important differences exist among colleges within a large university with respect to the student behavior valued by faculty. (Author)

Joint appointments appear to be accepted as a workable solution to the problem of staffing. It would seem that the necessary ingredients for successful joint appointments are rapport and coordination between student personnel directors and counselor educators. (Author)

The basic thesis of this article is that student personnel trainers need to attend more closely to the existing knowledge about organizations and human behavior as they develop graduate programs. Illustrations of several applicable theories have been presented to provide examples of how such theories would be extremely useful in shaping programs.…

Explored leadership education in college student personnel (CSP) preparation programs using naturalistic inquiry techniques with 22 faculty members from 11 CSP programs. Found that generally CSP faculty perceived leadership education to be an objective, if not always a primary one, of graduate programs. (ABL)

The demographic of the American college student has changed significantly in the last 20 years, affecting institutional planning on multiple levels. The study presented in this article examines the collaboration between Academic and Student Affairs at Buffalo State College in planning a family college designed to facilitate the integration of…

An application of the principles of effective faculty advising is presented in this paper. The major objective in the presentation of the model is to provide for professional intercourse about the principles and objectives of faculty advising as it now exists and as it could be developed. (Author)