When suicidal behavior is reported, student affairs officers on many campuses notify parents as one component of a multifaceted campus suicide prevention plan. In response to proposals to mandate parental notification, the author argues that practical considerations warrant against expanding state laws to require notification following campus…

Student development has become a buzz word within the student affairs profession and the concept of student development has become the guiding paradigm of the student affairs profession. Unfortunately, this embracing of student development lacked the necessary critique or debate essential to academics. This digest provides an abstract of a major…

This report is the ninth in a series of studies that have examined student life at Indiana University residence halls using an ecosystem perspective. In the 1986 study, a representative sampling of dormitory residents was drawn. A questionnaire used forced-choice items on a Likert-type scale. An environmental referrent section gave students the…

In an attempt to meet the needs of the Baylor University college community, the staff of the Counseling Center cooperated with the Radio Department in developing a weekly 15-minute radio program which addressed itself to the probelms of students. By means of interviews with campus personnel and questions solicited from listeners, the program…

Although referral from one campus agency to another is common, little has been written about the process, and less effort expended evaluating it. Instead of viewing referral in a mechanistic manner, it is suggested that referral include a human factor and be seen as a "transfer of trust." The paper discusses the roles of the various participants…

Some proposals are offered that student personnel administrators can use to facilitate student development. They involve coordination of outside and class activities, opportunities for attitude development, a personal development orientation for administration functions, student input relating to administrative actions, and treating students as…

This article proposes a model master's preparation program for student development specialists. It includes an evolutionary pattern for triadic roles assumed by professionals. Two major factors are emphasized: (a) three interrelated cores of learning (classroom internship and selfhood) and (b) a sharing task force (an integrating agent of…

Career counseling of college students requires utilization of information that considers a student's degree of comfort in an academic setting as well as their academic performance. The relationship between the Learning Environment Scale of the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory and the twelve scales of the College Student Inventory (CSI) was examined…

Describes student organizational development as an evolving technology for conducting intentional student development. Reviews three general models for guiding this effort with emphasis on the CORE (Cohesion, Organization, Resourcefulness, Energy) Model. CORE can be used as a conceptual organizer, training or delivery model for student…

Describes a development in computer technology called database management, presented in a model for student development. Although the type and amount of information for the database is flexible, suggests it provides an opportunity to apply existing educational principles on a wider basis to more students. (Author)

A four step model, developed to help college union staff help students independently determine and fulfill their leisure time needs, features identification of needs and skills, classification of these needs and skills, participation, and evaluation. (CJ)

Three levels of development for a student affairs staff are proposed. The levels reflect the orientation and sophistication of the staff as a collective unit, with the effectiveness of a staff being related to its level of development. (Author)

This study describes effects of a workshop on attitudes about evaluation among practitioners and students in college personnel work. Influences of the workshop on subsequent behavior were also explored. Significant changes in certain beliefs and attitudes were found, but workshop influence on subsequent behavior was not strongly supported. (Author)

Case-study research indicates that the experiences of women and blacks differ significantly from those of their white male counterparts in managing the political dimension of student affairs. Discusses case studies, identifying eight major "recurring themes" that represent the most critical tasks in understanding and managing the political…

Results of a national survey indicate that most programs for minority students are supported primarily by institutional funds. Most chief student affairs officers believe that these programs should be internally funded because of their high institutional priority. (Author/LSR)