This document contains the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) statement, A Perspective on Student Affairs, issued in 1987 on the 50th anniversary of The Student Personnel Point of View. The document also provides the Student Personnel Point of View statements from 1949 and from 1937. The 1987 publication provides a…

Sketches of four early deans in the student personnel field, Stanley Coulter, Mary Bidwell Breed, Gertrude S. Martin and Herbert E. Hawkes, are presented. (Author)

Reexamines freedom of expression and campus dissent from historical and legal perspective, highlighting the changes that have occurred over the past 30 years. Concludes that university administrators should prepare for increasing student activism and campus dissent in coming years. Notes that much can be learned from reviewing administrative…

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…

This is a series of short biographical essays on LeBaron Russell Briggs (Harvard), Marion Talbot (University of Chicago), Thomas Arkle Clark (University of Illinois), and Lois Kimball Mathews Rosenberry. These were pioneers in student personnel work at the turn of the century. (BEF)

In the author's extensive research about leadership theories, higher education issues, and student outcomes, the success of several student affairs leaders became apparent. They all had worked at their institutions for an extended period of time and no precise leadership theory could describe their activities. A series of questions were identified…

Presents biographical information, career recollections, and responses to counseling issues from Kate Hevner Mueller, former Dean of Women at Indiana University and matriarch of a student affairs preparation program. (ABB)

Chronicles the emergence of deans of women with emphasis on the growth of the profession in the 1930s in spite of economic hardships. Deans of women set the standards for professionalism in student services by establishing graduate training, research, a professional literature, and a model of service to others. (EMK)

Reviews the history of student development to provide a context for discussing four major issues facing community colleges in the coming decade: quality reformation, educational technology, finance, and the definition of the community college mission. Reflects on the current status of the student development profession. (DMM)

Presents a historical perspective about how student affairs have responded to the central purpose of learning in colleges and universities. Describes how college student affairs were originally cast in a dualistic role with academic affairs, but then developed into a more progressive and holistic philosophy. (Author/SR)

In order to more fully understand the student services function in the community college, this paper presents a historical overview of the community college movement and the emergence of the student services profession in the United States. A parallel is drawn between the community college mission and the student services profession. The paper…

A study of American history revealed trends linking women's entry into higher education with economic and social factors that have shaped American life. Coeducation began at Oberlin College (Ohio) in 1837 when women were admitted as degree candidates to the same academic courses as men. Industrialization, westward expansion, the growth of public…

This paper provides a historical review of vocational guidance and student personnel work in order to bring attention to the need for a historical foundation in the field and to suggest a unified way of analyzing student service work as a profession. Vocational guidance is discussed first because it provides important insights into the historical…

The evolution and current status of student personnel services in community colleges are examined in this paper. Following introductory remarks concerning the place of student services in the broad mission of community colleges, a historical perspective on student personnel services is provided, covering major influential reports and publications…

This bulletin summarizes and attempts to analyze followup activities now provided by teacher-preparing institutions supported by State funds. It points out college activities that are contributing to the development of better school programs in college service areas, to the improvement of college programs for teachers-to-be, and to increased…