This edited volume examines the diverse Latinx/a/o student populations in higher education. Offering innovative approaches to understand the asset-based contributions of Latinx/a/o students and the communities they come from, this book showcases scholars from various disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, higher education, history, gender…

The mission of this new fourth edition is to provide the reader with a solid foundation in the historical and philosophical perspectives of college student affairs development; assist the reader in understanding the major concepts and purpose of student affairs' practice, methods, and program models; enable the reader to conceptualize the theme,…

This book is written for faculty and student affairs professionals. Its goal is to assist these professionals in helping students learn to set their own directions, while knowing how and where to get help at all stages. Two premises underlie the book: that students often do not make optimal use of their colleges because they are not acquainted…

This book on student housing and residential life contains the following articles: (1) "New Challenges and Goals for Residential Life Programs" (Blimling); (2) "Student Development in the Residential Environment" (Winston and Anchors); (3) "Psychosocial Development in College" (White and Porterfield); (4) "Intellectual, Ethical, and Moral…

This monograph was written to examine the significance of recent moral development theory and research for college student development and to demonstrate ways in which these findings can be incorporated into student affairs programs and services. Although the monograph includes some review and discussion of research and theory in values…

Students sometimes respond to writing assignments automatically, almost as if they were a generic form, rather than by investigating the idiosyncrasies and unexpected possibilities of each assignment. Writing assignments can be structured to help students transcend such habits, shifting the focus from accumulating information to creating meaning…

Presents guidelines for creating process models for implementation of student development theory in practice. Describes results of workshop in which professionals created process models for translation of specific theory of their choosing into application in practical circumstances. Includes sample process model created using the guidelines.…

Contends that female student beginning to assume homosexual identity may be outside lesbian population on her campus and may turn to heterosexual faculty member or administrator as her confidant. Addresses issues and suggestions for administrator in this helping relationship. Focuses on stages of coming out and the coming out process. (Author/NB)

Systems of programmed instruction appear to offer some solutions to common pedagogic problems. In this article, the author describes how one such system has been used in some higher education courses. (Editor)

These 18 self-assessment guides and training manual from the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) for Student Services/Development Programs translate the CAS Standards and Guidelines of 1986 into a format for self-study purposes. These self-study guides allow an institution to assure compliance with minimally-acceptable practice, gain an…

Describes the College of St. Teresa's peace and justice education activities, including a weekly soup line, sponsorship of a Bread for the World chapter, student volunteer work, academic courses, pastoral team work, an Education for Peace and Justice Resource Center, Peace and Justice Days, and conferences. (LAL)

Presents various ways in which a residence hall environment may be specifically engineered to encourage individual participation in the process of education. Invitational engineering is defined as one way to transpose psychological principles to residence halls so they contribute to the developmental life of students. (RC)

Reviews the literature on the benefits of mentor relationships for both the protege and the mentor. Suggests that experienced developmental educators mentor colleagues new to the field and that developmental students be encouraged to find and cultivate mentoring relationships. (DMM)

This article addresses the challenge of developing new conceptual knowledge to help us make better sense of the way that higher education is approaching the "problem" of representing (documenting, certifying and communicating by other means) students' learning for the super-complex world described by Barnett (2000b). The current UK…

As digital audio evolves, it is only natural that college radio stations reflect the same industry standards. Managers of college radio stations are facing the dilemma of making the decision of which digital audio system to acquire. A specific characteristic for those in the academic world is that whatever piece of equipment is chosen will be…