Traces the evolution of women's roles in student affairs administration. Explores deans of women and their modern counterparts, chief student affairs officers. Focuses on deans of women, deans of students, and vice presidents for student affairs. Compares role of female vice presidents today to role of early deans of women. (NB)

The thesis presented in this paper is that the ombudsman is not an unnecessary extra to the Dean of Students. (Author)

A comparative study of titles used by the principal student affairs officers at NASPA institutions in 1962 and 1972 shows that the term "Vice President for Student Affairs" is growing in popularity although "Dean of Students" is still the most frequently used title. (HMV)

A discussion of changes which will take place as institutions of higher learning evolve under the influence of the new concept of the university community and the future of the role of Dean of Students in that community. (JC)

A dean of students looks at the need to streamline services of a two-year college to make them responsive to student needs and to make them financially feasible. (CJ)

Presents interviews with six deans of universities in Taiwan. Explores history, job description, and position philosophy. Concludes the role of dean seems to be that of both administrator and educator who cares for students. (ABL)

The centrality of the student affairs mission to the goals of higher education in the United States is emphasized by an examination of its origins and evolution. (Author)

Stresses the importance of preserving information for use by future administrators. Suggests that administrators preserve important documents from the files, keep newspaper clippings of important university events and a copy of the annual report to the President. (HMV)

The position taken by the authors of this paper is that rather than alloting more time and effort to rephrasing and reordering purposes and goals for the profession in general, professionals on each campus must begin to identify, articulate and state publicly their commitments to students and the campus community, and to implement programs to…

It is the author's desire that the dean face issues, new programs and subsequently the council tables with more data, better advice, and more reasoned positions than any other member of the university team. Research on the questions offered in this brief report will contribute to this end. (Author)

Identifies central aspects of student affairs work during 75-year history of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Reviews NASPA proceedings, historical accounts, and contemporary publications. Notes that NASPA's history has been shaped by history of higher education in United States and has been tied closely to the…

Examines the professional career and personal characteristics of Scott Goodnight, a pioneer in the field of student personnel work and the first president of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (then known as the National Association of Deans and Advisors of Men). (Author/NB)

This study attempted to respond to the challenge of the professional organizations to their memberships for innovative responses to the proposals for reconsidering and restructuring the nature of college student personnel work. The conclusions of the study should facilitate the action of those deans currently planning change on their campuses.…