Contemporary implications of student press censorship were explored using the case study of "The Catalyst," an underground student publication at Texas Tech University during 1969-1971. Recommendations include a proactive administrative approach toward building rapport with student publications, establishing constitutionally based uniform policies…

Describes international student service units in higher education, including their primary functions, staff roles and responsibilities, major functional challenges, professional challenges and support systems, professional literature, and tips for those interested in the field. Also describes the author's personal career path in international…

Describes the role of the student life/activities specialty in higher education student affairs, including mission, functions, organization and staffing, major challenges and issues, and career pathways for student life administrators. Also describes the author's personal career path in student life administration. (EV)

Presents and assesses a unique cocurricular training program for student personnel graduate students preparing to enter into higher education administration. The FACTS (Future Administrators Cultural Training Seminars) program was designed to supplement the students' classroom learning with practical insights into the nuances of working with…

Calls for more active involvement by student affairs personnel in influencing and leading campus institutional reform efforts. Argues that their skills and knowledge entitle student affairs personnel to a full partnership with the educational enterprise. (Author/CM)

Presents results of a study that applied knowledge and measurement techniques found in role stress literature to student affairs professionals in order to better understand the problem of attrition among those professionals. Results indicated the salience of role ambiguity as a variable in job satisfaction and the decision to leave. (JBJ)

Examined graduate student views of leadership education in college student personnel preparation programs. Results of qualitative study revealed that many college personnel service graduate students saw their programs as significant in their development as leaders. Students most often cited practicum and assistantship supervisors as those…

Examined possible relationships between reported work-related stress and organizational and personal variables, hardiness of personality, exercise activity, and organizational culture of 240 student affairs administrators within Minnesota. Results revealed that job satisfaction and hardiness of personality were greatest predictors of lowered…

Surveyed student affairs professionals (n=56) to determine if those who purported to know in-depth Perry's (1970) theory of intellectual development demonstrated use of Perry theory in intervention criteria. Concluded those who demonstrated intentional use of Perry theory criteria were more likely to be Myers-Briggs Feeling and Perceiving types…

Examined relationship of perceived time to make decision, management level, problem context, and reported administrator stress in student affairs officers (n=80) and housing directors (n=88). Results indicated time to decide did not dramatically affect participants' responses, but management level and problem context were associated with…

Reviews search process, with particular attention to search process, at 24 target sites in western United States. Found hiring patterns reflected a reliance on traditional and outmoded criteria and western states hired few minorities for deans of student services. Recommends actions to improve representation of Asians, Hispanics, and Native…

Explored the role of values in student affairs graduate education and professional practice by surveying nonteaching practitioners (n=34), teaching practitioners (n=19), and professors (n=14). Subjects supported values education as a major component of student affairs graduate programs. Most agreed it was important to define the essential values…

Examined desired competencies of chief student affairs officer as perceived by college presidents (n=149) at four-year institutions. The findings revealed that institutional presidents perceived that personal and interpersonal skills were competencies most desired in chief student affairs officer. Respondents ranked integrity as top competency,…

Describes an orientation program for graduate students in a student affairs program at the University of Maryland. Beginning at the time of students' initial inquiry about the program, and continuing through the first semester, this program has been evaluated as effective by participants. (MKA)

Describes the role of student-affairs professionals in building campus community through work with natural groups. Discusses challenges to the creation of campus community and highlights the Social Change Model of leadership development. Describes other campus community-building approaches and the role of student-affairs professionals. (Author/MKA)