Originally published in March 1972, traces the evolution of college student personnel services through the history of its professional groups. Acknowledges the continuing drive for coordination or consolidation of the diverse groupings that represent the many ways in which student personnel work is defined. (Contains 23 references.) (GCP)

Reviews resources for and examples of effective diversity programming and suggests multicultural competencies for program planners and their students. Argues that practitioners must consider multicultural competencies for themselves and their students as well as the issue of free speech. (Contains 20 references and 2 tables.) (Author/GCP)

Based upon themes generated in this qualitative study, "high quality supervision" was defined by student affairs professionals as an educational endeavor demonstrated through principled practices with a dual focus on institutional and individual needs. Findings reveal that high quality supervisors engaged in common sense and ordinary supervisory…

The purpose of this article is to outline models of performance appraisal in business, assess the current status of performance appraisal in higher education, review practices of business which are applicable in the higher education setting, and present a new model of performance appraisal, the DEVELOP model. (Contains 27 references.) (Author)

Study sought to obtain information from students of color in student affairs graduate preparation programs on their perceptions of the multicultural quality of life at their respective institution. Suggests that programs must assess the extent to which the student body, course offerings, course content, and program structure help to promote…

States that college students get more out of their educational experiences when the collegiate purposes are clear and consistently communicated across the campus. Also states that the cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal developments of students are equally important. Offers four suggestions on how college faculty and student affairs staff…

Results of a research study to determine the extent to which presidents of 4-year institutions with Senior Student Affairs Officer (SSAO) experience share the leadership characteristics of effective presidents as defined by earlier research are reported. Based on analysis of the data using t test and ANOVA statistical procedures, it is concluded…

Little has been written about the roles and functions of student affairs administrators during the civil rights era. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine how the civil rights era influenced the student affairs profession, paying particular attention to the roles played by student affairs administrators in relation to students, other…

Study examined the extent to which racial differences existed in self-reported intellectual and social gains between African American and White college students at predominantly White institutions. Taking into account the influence of an array of intervening variables, African American and White students reported significantly different…

Student development theories offer frameworks for better understanding and enhancing the experiences of graduate and professional students.

Among the numerous approaches that are employed to prevent sexual violence, the performance of scenarios has become one of the "promising practices" in U.S. postsecondary education. This article describes findings from a pilot study to analyze scripts used for theatre-based sexual violence prevention programs. Employing the method of…

Why should service learning be placed within student affairs? What special skills can student affairs professionals bring to service-learning program implementation? How can administrators use this program to promote strong student affairs-academic affairs collaboration? This article discusses a "best practices" model that is working…

This paper provides a framework for understanding the complexity of the chief student affairs officer (CSAO) at higher education institutions, examining existing models and an alternative, "cluster-culture" model. It notes that current literature on the CSAO position is inadequate in its description of the roles, responsibilities, and orientations…

The literature affecting the growing profession of student development can be broken down into three basic forms: text books and text/practitioner books; refereed and non-refereed journals; and monographs and Jossey-Bass New Direction Series paperbacks. These printed materials are directed to and serve a very disparate audience of about 50,000…

This monograph provides an intensive examination of the student development movement in college student affairs. Chapter I examines student development as a reform movement within the field of student affairs in higher education. Chapter II challenges the assertion that student development as conceptualized in its seminal documents represents a…