New directions for student services, 1997-2014 : glancing back, looking forward / Elizabeth J. Whitt, John H. Schuh, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitt, Elizabeth J., editor.

Schuh, John H., editor.

Series:

New directions for student services ; Number 151.

New Directions for Student Services ; Number 151

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student affairs services--United States.

Student affairs services.

Educational counseling--United States.

Educational counseling.

Counseling in higher education--United States.

Counseling in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2015.

Summary:

Student affairs has changed greatly in the almost twenty years that the series editors have been managing New Directions for Student Services . This volume provides a look back at this period of time from 1997 through 2014 with topical chapters focused on: trends in student affairs during the past two decades, changes in students and the most effective student affairs responses, progress and recommendations for assessment in student affairs, and challenges with and skills needed for digital technologies, finance and budgets, and staff preparation. The volume concludes with a look into the future of student affairs practice based in part on the lessons learned from looking at the recent past. This is the 151st volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.

Contents:

Intro

Titlepage

Copyright

Editors' Notes

1: Glancing Back at New Directions for Student Services, 1997-2014

Guest Editors

Content of NDSS

Changes Over Time

Conclusion

References

2: Trends and Milestones Affecting Student Affairs Practice

Higher Education Cost and Access

Fostering Student Learning and Development

Promoting Unbounded Learning Environments

Assessment and Accountability

Assessment in Student Affairs

Global Engagement and Sustainability

Conclusions and Recommendations

3: Characterizations of Students and Effective Student Affairs Practice

Conceptions of Undergraduate Students Over Time

Looking Back at the Emphasis on Students

Changing Student Characteristics and Effective Student Affairs Responses

Looking Forward: Undergraduates and Implications for Student Affairs Practice

4: Looking Back and Ahead: What We Must Learn From 30 Years of Student Affairs Assessment

History of Assessment in Student Affairs

Current State of Assessment in Student Affairs

What the Future Holds

5: The Digital Age of Student Affairs

The Growth of Student Affairs Functions

Student Affairs 2.0

Student Affairs Pixelation

6: Contemporary Challenges in Student Affairs Budgeting and Finance

Revenues and Expenditures

Student Services Expenditures by Carnegie Classification and Institutional Selectivity

Institutional Budget Models

Challenges for Student Affairs Budgeting and Finances

Strategies Informing Student Affairs Resource Allocation

7: Preparing Student Affairs Educators

Major Changes in Master's-Level Preparation

Doctoral Preparation

Trends in Professional Development

The Future of Graduate Preparation

References.

8: Peering Into the Future

Change in Student Affairs

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Index

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 6, 2015).

ISBN:

1-119-17025-7

1-119-17041-9