This monograph uses illustrations from the student affairs field and other disciplines to describe for student affairs staff some of the profound changes underway in the field. It focuses on four core elements in the field of student personnel services: (1) delivery of services to students; (2) student development programming; (3) administration,…

Dysfunction occurs when one person's behavior has control over others or when one person allows others to control him/her through the use of manipulative rules accompanied by self-defeating behaviors in the emotional, psychological, or behavioral realms. Examples of people who are dysfunctional among student services personnel include the person…

The seven chapters in this monograph were written to provide the student affairs professional with one professional resource among the many that are necessary to understand the legal aspects of professional responsibility in this area. "Risk Management and Professional Responsibility" (Hilda F. Owens) identifies some elements of…

In 1985, Miami-Dade Community College conducted a survey of Florida's community colleges to gather information about the colleges' placement offices. All 27 colleges were contacted by phone, and a series of brief questions were asked of the individual responsible for placement. Survey findings included the following: (1) 74% of the colleges had…

A professional development plan for a career in campus activities is presented, along with suggestions for implementing the plan. Attention is directed to: professional development as an ongoing process, steps to develop competence, how people learn, personal qualities needed by a student development professional, areas of knowledge and traits…

In the area of college athletics, the chief concern of the student affairs professional is the relationships which ought to exist between institutions as represented by the division of student affairs and the student athlete. The athlete faces the same set of academic and social demands that the non-athlete faces in addition to the unique demands…

This article proposes an access program to human services for the married student population that can be coordinated by the college student personnel worker. (PD)

The focus of this study was on college student satisfaction and the perceptions of that satisfaction by academic advisors and the student affairs staff members. Results indicate that student affairs staff more accurately perceive the level of student satisfaction than academic advisors. (Author/HMV)

A content analysis of 63 faculty collective bargaining contracts and a survey of the chief student personnel officers and faculty union leaders involved revealed that student personnel workers at two-year institutions are treated more like teaching faculty than at four-year institutions. (Author)

The field of student development is currently quite fluid, which means that there is room for almost any carefully formulated hypothesis about the developmental process. The author discusses three models of student development but concludes that none should serve as the only model for student development specialists. There is profound and…

This paper is a guide to the location, decor and record keeping of a college counseling service. It delineates the issues and concerns that will dictate the choice of each of these aspects of the counseling service. The choice of location can be determined only after considering the issues of privacy, accessibility and confidentiality. Thus, for…

This is one of a series which focuses on the use of human resources in guidance programs. Intended for use by school personnel workers, on all levels, to help in the development of new programs through actively working with other significant persons. This monograph discusses support personnel through the exploration of: (1) models of practice; (2)…

It is suggested that student personnel workers in higher education have comparable responsibilities to their academic counterparts as "educators" in a literal sense. Each contact with a student by personnel officers should be viewed as an opportunity for facilitating learning and growth. As such, a responsibility for being conversant with and open…

Few junior college educators would deny the important role of student personnel work in achieving the diverse educational goals to which junior colleges are committed. Since the publication of the findings of the 1965 Carnegie Project, which revealed weaknesses in existing student personnel programs, much attention has been given by educators to…

An exploratory study of American College Personnel Association members' attitudes about the process of collective bargaining was conducted. These attitudes were analyzed according to individual and institutional characteristics, in order to provide the basis for recommendations to the association concerning its appropriate role with collective…