The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration
- ISBN-10
- 0787947202
- ISBN-13
- 9780787947200
- Series
- The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration
- Category
- Education / General
- Pages
- 704
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-03-17
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Authors
- Margaret J. Barr, Mary K. Desler
Description
Sponsored by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
What issues and trends affect higher education and student affairs today? What skills and competencies will student affairs administrators need to confront change and future challenges? What opportunities and choices will they discover as they strive to develop professionally? In this fully updated handbook, thirty-nine experts discuss the answers to these and other essential questions. Together, they provide a definitive reference for student affairs professionals at all levels of administration and management.
Organized into five distinct sections and over thirty insightful chapters, The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration offers specific, practical advice as well as broad approaches to planning and problem solving. Readers will find modernized discussions on such critical topics as institutional mission, strategic planning, change management, finance and budgeting, staff selection, training and evaluation, conflict resolution, fundraising, legal and ethical behavior, service development, technological innovation, diversity, leadership, and more.
In addition, there are new chapters that explore:
- The history and philosophy of student affairs
- How to plan and finance campus facilities
- The role and value of assessment in student affairs
- How to translate theory and assessment results into practice
- How to create successful partnerships with academic affairs
- The impact of fundraising and development
- The standards and principles of good professional practice
Filled with thoughtful advice from the field's foremost authorities, this comprehensive handbook reflects the most current and effective practices in college student affairs.
Praise for the Classic First Edition
"Each chapter is designed to stand alone as a source of information for new chief student affairs officers, individuals new to the student affairs field, doctoral students, chief student affairs officers seeking professional renewal, college presidents, and other administrative officers who want to know more about student affairs work.... Many of the chapters in this handbook are filled with 'ah hahs,' quiet smiles, and those private revelations that people have when reading an insightful statement they wish they themselves had made.... As is true for most of the Jossey-Bass professional handbooks, each chapter stands alone and offers varying degrees of information and usefulness."
--Journal of Higher Education
"The authors address the critical issues and skills necessary for higher education administration. The book covers a wide range of topics that would be appropriate for the beginning administrator as well as the seasoned veteran. The essays provide information on the practical day-to-day activities of higher education administration as well as the more abstract concepts of strategic decision-making and the political realities that surround university life. The book is recommAnded; it has such a broad brush approach that it is practical for an introductory course in higher education as well as a solid reference for the practicing administrator."
--Choice
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