Academic and general admissions data are correlated with the final grade point average and professional leadership potential of 95 graduate students. Results indicated autobiographical statements and recommendations predicted academic performance while academic skills were related to leadership success. (Author/BL)

Compares the life styles of six professional women who share and examine their experiences in five major life styles: (1) single; (2) lesbian; (3) divorced with children; and (4) Black and White engaged in dual career marriages. Reflects on the rewards and frustrations of multiple roles. (Author/JAC)

Presents examples of how an understanding of Perry's theory of intellectual development can increase the faculty member's or student personnel worker's understanding of students and improve communication. The theory is translated into developmental clues based on student comments, which can be used for practitioner training. (JAC)

The designation of staff or faculty for student personnel administrators remains unsettled at most colleges and universities. (Author)

Student affairs personnel often need to enhance their assessment competencies to better implement assessment activities. This study identifies the assessment needs of both mid-managers and professional staff while suggesting how practitioners can utilize new technologies, such as Web-based surveying, to accomplish this task. It describes the needs…

Career Assessments are useful in helping people uncover their interests, values, personality, and skills. The problem with assessments occurs when counselors do not use the information to explore options for career decisions with students. This paper offers 10 alternatives to administering Career Assessments, which counselors can immediately…

This publication provides information for intervention and prevention services concerning sexual harassment and sexual discrimination in schools. It is especially designed for student services professionals and includes national and state laws, suggestions for how to work with students, and strategies for protecting employees and students. Chapter…

Using a revised version of the Situation Attitude Scale (W. Sedlacek and G. Brooks, 1969), the attitudes of White student services practitioners toward Asian Americans were explored to determine if White student affairs practitioners at the University of Maryland differed in their attitudes in situations where a student's race was specified as…

This handbook describes the development of the Advocacy Consortium for College Students with Disabilities in Rochester, New York, and provides suggestions on how to create such consortiums. It begins by discussing the following topics: the need for advocacy consortiums to assist support providers in addressing ongoing concerns about documentation…

This article reports the results of a nationwide survey of chief student personnel officers at junior and community colleges. Included are statistics regarding sex, ethnicity, age, educational background, areas of responsibility, academic rank, salary, length of service, professional affiliations, and publication records. (Author)

This collection of excerpts on the subject of college admissions represents the ideas of panelists participating in the NACAC Annual Conference in San Francisco, 1971. (BY)

The author discusses some implications of current changes and future changes for the profession of student dean. The student personnel dean is seen as an innovator in the academic community. (BY)

Defines burnout and explains some of the components for skill building which can help student personnel professionals prevent and recover from burnout. Discusses how control over work environment can be increased by teaching skills: managing time, communicating, planning leisure time, reducing physiological stress, and gaining control of feelings.…

Chief student affairs officers (N=219) responded to a questionnaire assessing their views of graduate preparation programs in student personnel services. Results indicated chief student affairs officers are supportive of the programs and want to be involved in efforts to improve them. (RC)

Delineates the concept of transferring structured programs from one student services agency to another as a further refinement of resource conservation in structured programming. Topics covered include the rationale for program transfer, critical issues, alternative approaches to program transfer, and guidelines for successful program transfer.…