College has traditionally been a transition to adulthood, with campus life and academic experiences providing students with knowledge, tools, and challenges that create a sturdy foundation on which students build their personal and professional lives. According to the author, that foundation is eroding because parents are the ones now wielding the…

Student affairs professionals are encouraged by their professional organizations to recognize the responsibility they have to their institutions by "supporting its mission, goals and policies" (American College Personnel Association [ACPA], 2006, p. 6) and by avoiding conflicts of interest between the self and the college or university (National…

Leadership is a key ingredient in the ultimate success or failure of any organization. In this article the authors review the research on leadership in general and then focus on how leadership in the academic world is similar to, yet distinct from, leadership in the private sector. Included in this discussion are a description of how leadership in…

The purpose of this study was to consider factors that graduate students in master's degree programs in student affairs identify as influential to their decisions to enter the student affairs profession. A total of 300 master's students from 24 randomly selected graduate programs participated in the study. Relatively few differences were found…

This article presents the methodology and findings on school attendance obtained over two years from 2006 for the National Behaviour and Attendance Review in Wales. The review was led and chaired by the author and the report was presented to the Minister for Children, Lifelong Learning and Skills and the Welsh Assembly Government in May 2008. The…

It is time for the field of student affairs to put aside its four-decade preoccupation with professional status and recognize that its identity as a field is essentially an administrative convenience linked by an allegiance to a common philosophical perspective on its work and by nature of its clientele and the milieu in which it is practiced.…

This document contains the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) statement, A Perspective on Student Affairs, issued in 1987 on the 50th anniversary of The Student Personnel Point of View. The document also provides the Student Personnel Point of View statements from 1949 and from 1937. The 1987 publication provides a…

A tongue-in-cheek description of several different types of counselors. (HMV)

Examines the development of professional identity and commitment in young student affairs administrators. (Author)

Assessed burnout in 98 career services staff members who completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results showed low scores on the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscales, indicating burnout does not exist in this sample. Considers several explanations for these results. (JAC)

The purpose of this book is to help new student affairs workers in higher education make an easier transition from graduate student to full-time professional. It also hopes to increase the retention of professionals who enter the field. This book provides an examination of key issues facing new professionals and suggests ways of thinking about the…

The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Research Division surveys its members every two years regarding salary information for key student service positions. For the 1999-2000 survey, 1,198 surveys were initially sent; follow-up reminders were sent by e-mail. Four hundred nineteen or 35% were returned. This was a…

Ernest L. Boyer, former President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Chancellor of the State University of New York, published countless reports and books offering an insider's description of the challenges faced on today's college and university campuses. He also identified concrete suggestions for improving the…

The authors suggest several ways student personnel administrators can maintain and improve organizational effectiveness in a period of social change. (RWP)