The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration: (Sponsored by NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education), 3rd Edition
by Editor: George S. McClellan; Editor: Jeremy StringerFormat: eBook
Pub. Date: 2009-11-01
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
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Summary
What issues and trends affect higher education and student affairs today? In this fully updated handbook, leading experts discuss the answer to this and other essential questions. They provide a definitive reference for student affairs professionals at all levels of administration and management. The handbook offers specific, practical advice as well as broad approaches to planning and problem solving. It contains modernized discussions on such critical topics as institutional mission, institutional governance, understanding campus environments, finance and budgeting, assessment, program planning, staff selection, training and evaluation, and much more.
Table of Contents
| Figures and Tables | |
| National Association of Student Personnel Administrators | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| The Authors | |
| Contexts of Professional Practice | |
| From the People Up: A Brief History of Student Affairs Administration | |
| The Importance of Institutional Mission | |
| Institutional Governance and the Interests of Students | |
| Understanding Campus Environments | |
| Fiscal Pressures on Higher Education and Student Affairs | |
| Accountability | |
| Internationalization in Higher Education and Student Affairs | |
| Frameworks for Professional Practice | |
| Using Refl ection to Reframe Theory-to-Practice in Student Affairs | |
| Maintaining and Modeling Everyday Ethics in Student Affairs | |
| Applying Professional Standards | |
| Professional Associations in Student Affairs | |
| Students: The Reason for Our Professional Practice | |
| The Changing Student Population | |
| Continuing the Journey Toward Multicultural Campus Communities | |
| Helping Students with Health and Wellness Issues | |
| Supporting Online Students | |
| Human Resources in Professional Practice | |
| The Dynamics of Organizational Models Within Student Affairs | |
| Effective Management of Human Capital in Student Affairs | |
| Middle Managers: Roles and Responsibilities Spanning the Student Affairs Career | |
| Professional Development as Lifelong Learning | |
| Doctoral Education and Beyond | |
| Interpersonal Dynamics in Professional Practice | |
| Supporting and Enhancing Student Learning Through Partnerships with Academic Colleagues | |
| The Political Environment of the Student Affairs Administrator | |
| Developing Effective Relationships on Campus and in the Community | |
| Understanding and Managing Conflict | |
| Skills and Competencies of Professional Practice | |
| Budgeting and Fiscal Management for Student Affairs | |
| Legal Issues in Student Affairs | |
| Implementing Assessment to Improve Student Learning and Development | |
| Program Planning and Implementation | |
| Facilities Planning and Development | |
| Technology: Innovations and Implications | |
| Responding to Campus Crisis | |
| Epilogue: Continuing the Conversation | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| Figures, Tables, and Exhibits | |
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