Job analysis, job descriptions, and performance appraisal can benefit student services administration in many ways. Involving staff members in the development and implementation of these techniques can increase commitment to and understanding of the overall objectives of the office, as well as communication and cooperation among colleagues.…

Provides an understanding of what MIS (Management Information Systems) is and how it can assist the student services administrator in planning and decision making. (Author)

Program budgeting systems should be viewed as a comprehensive approach to decision making. They are tools intended to guide the manager through all the essential steps in the planning and resource allocation processes. (Author)

Faculty members' attitudes towards resident and commuter students were studied using the Situational Attitude Scale. Results showed an absence of differential attitudes, and indicated that students' places of residence are of little concern to faculty. Implications for student personnel professionals are discussed. (JAC)

Destructive conflict can inflict heavy costs on a college or university. Student personnel administrators, by using their knowledge of social scientific research, can serve as milieu managers, thereby reducing destructive conflict. Specific policies grounded in empirical research are provided. (Author)

The continuing evolution of an application of the ecosystems perspective in a dean of students office holds promise for having a constructive impact not only within the office but on the division of student affairs and the university as well. (Author)

Chief student personnel administrators (CSPAs) were surveyed to examine the changes in student personnel administrative positions over the past 10 years. Changes were discovered in title, level of educational preparation, experience in the position, age, and the proportion of women to men. (RC)

Examines several components of effective preparation for the planning and implementation of long-term, integrated student services programs. Preassessment issues cluster around: (1) the assessment of student needs; (2) the identification of available staff and institutional resources; and (3) some initial diagnosis of campus political climates.…

Out of the 1971 NACAC came a resolution calling for an effort to determine secondary school guidance budgetary practices on a national basis. The study reported here is exploratory in nature, leaving the reader to develop the hypotheses relevant to his or her own local situation. (Author)

Career development in higher education has come of age. Learning effective time management through self-help reading and practice or workshop can improve development offices through a more focused and better-managed career development program. (Author)

Examines significant aspects of student personnel work vis a vis student development. Reveals that "in loco parentis" has been a manifestation of a more overarching philosophical belief that colleges should foster the development of the whole student. (Author)

Whereas the late 1960s and the 1970s have been a period of new developments, experimentation, and increasing technological innovation in student services, the 1980s should be an exciting period of technological refinement and expanded application. New issues and problems will arise that can be prepared for in the present. (Author/LPG)

This article concerns itself with an overview of school social services in the New Orleans Public School System. It deals with historical review; meaning and definition of school social services; who is best qualified to administer the service; a case example demonstrating social work intervention and other professional social services. (Author)

Community college counselors were surveyed concerning their perceptions of paraprofessional responsibilities in academic advising, career development, personal/social counseling, recruitment, and other student services. The counselors' responses indicate that guidance and product-oriented services could be functions of paraprofessionals. (Author)

This study reports student personnel officers' attitudes and perceptions of their work environment and management styles. These perceptions are compared with those of other college administrators. Results indicate that student affairs administrators are on the fringes of the administrative circle. (Author)