Compares two styles of test interpretation, delivered and interactive, in ongoing career counseling for 26 university honors students. Results indicate that clients who received an interactive interpretation considered their sessions to be deeper and their counselors to be more expert, trustworthy, and attractive than did clients who received a…

Profiles student affairs graduate faculty by drawing on two studies that concentrated on the diversity emphasis in master's level student affairs programs. Discusses demographic information and reports on faculty members' self-reported levels of knowledge, comfort, and behaviors regarding women, people of color, gay men, lesbians, and bisexual…

Examines a pedagogical language and theoretical framework for graduate-level teaching in student affairs preparation programs. Conversation, dialog, textual analysis, and ethical practice are discussed as components of a pedagogy underscored with passion. Advocates ethical behavior in graduate seminars by prodding students to encourage goodness in…

Asserts that transformational leadership principles can help student affairs staff to actualize their own leadership potential and to model appropriate leadership characteristics for student government leaders. Discusses implications for practice. (KW)

Reports on a study in which student government members and their constituents were asked to indicate what services were being provided on their campuses, the effectiveness of these programs, and which issues they considered to be most important. Includes appendix. (Author/KW)

Claims that, to prepare students for the future workplace, some notions are best forgotten. Educators must design seamless learning approaches, and institutional policies and practices must engage students in a variety of learning activities. Schools should cultivate an institutional ethos that promotes involvement in educationally purposeful…

Argues that student affairs contributes daily to student learning and academic success. Discusses friction over dwindling resources and issues over the purpose of student affairs. Provides results of a national survey regarding student affairs practices, which includes officials' high interest in examining present professional philosophies that…

Interviewed five people on campuses across the country who play different roles within higher education and who have different perspectives on affirmative action. Looks at how these persons conceptualize affirmative action, the program's economic issues, the value of diversity, the effects of affirmative action on campuses, and the questions…

Involvement on campus varies from involvement in student organization leadership positions to paid paraprofessional positions that also reflect strong leadership expectations. A minimum amount of student development knowledge is essential for advisers for a successful functioning and ethical interaction with students. (MLW)

Small colleges face difficulties in attracting premium employers to participate in standard placement programs, which in turn creates a negative image among students. Relates successful steps taken to increase student exposure to career services, employers, and networking techniques. Discusses necessity of reexamining how and why career services…

Critical thinking is an important outcome of college. Current research in this area pertaining to Greek organizations is of importance to student-affairs administrators who want to create learning communities for and with students. Offers strategies for success to be used by Greek organizations, student affairs personnel, and college faculty. (MKA)

This chapter addresses considerations related to and potential contributions of entertainment media use in student affairs learning contexts.

Ways to use films, television programs, popular music, and popular books to teach counseling skills are described.

This psychometric study was designed to test the feasibility of measuring college students' preferences for developmental and prescriptive advising styles as separate constructs. Part 5 of the Academic Advising Inventory (Winston & Sandor, 1984b) was revised into two independent scales, one for measuring preferences for developmental advising…

This chapter explores the proliferation of poker (both live and online) and discusses how campuses have responded to this activity. The chapter concludes with some implications for practice and further research.