The number of postsecondary education (PSE) programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) has been steadily growing over the last few decades. There has been little public information regarding these programs and schools. Consequently, students, families, and researchers alike lack details about the various…

Describes a typology for classifying and monitoring the expanding knowledge base in student affairs. The categories in this typology include descriptive, theory development, concept integration, policy formulation, decision making, and developmental. (BH)

Presents a multidimensional perspective of the student affairs profession within the context of institutional autonomy and diversity. Encourages continued discussion on the evolution of professional identity. Offers paradigm which challenges unitary and comparative approaches to the profession. (Author/NB)

Outlines use of qualitative research in student affairs. Suggests rationale for the appropriateness of qualitative methods as means of knowledge generation. Discusses five issues of concern. Concludes qualitative research methodology reflects and parallels complexity and richness of student affairs field. (Author/ABL)

Adapted existing management model of organizational growth to student affairs professional associations. Assessed adequacy of that model, the Maturation Model for Professional Associations (MMPA), by using expert panel. Experts believed the MMPA maturation variables seemed to be logical and accurate boundaries for measuring areas of organizational…

Provides a framework for student personnel workers to use in evaluating how their various needs, values, personality characteristics, and lifestyles might fit with administrative positions. Compares administrative and line positions. Recommends line professionals consider the issues before shifting to administration. (Author/ABL)

Presents a summary of the general thrust and specific recommendations made to the Executive Council of the American College Personnel Association by its Long-Range Planning Committee. (Author)

Explores ways to present annual reports in a vital and dynamic manner. Discusses segments of the report such as the mission statement, office objectives, key labor market trends, key student trends, service delivery internal direction and current concerns and future challenges. Emphasizes the importance of dissemination and the essentiality of a…

Draws from dissertation on women's centers to present profile of 124 campus centers. Identifies patterns among them with regard to staffing, mission, constraints, and audience. Suggests two issues about center operations--constraints imposed by inadequate funding and the homogeneity of the center audience. (NB)

Presents a typology of women's centers and provides an overview of state, regional, and national networks of women's centers, including the evolution of the Women's Center/Services Caucus of the National Women's Studies Association and the more recently organized National Association of Women's Centers. (NB)

Provides overview of status of intercollegiate athletics and presents information to student affairs officers so they can assist their institutions in complying with National College Athletic Association regulations. Introduces issues that may confront student affairs administrators, identifies principles and recommendations for practice that can…

Examines the overlay of maintaining a high degree of professional knowledge and autonomy with the additive and generative stages of professional development for midmanagement student affairs staff. Discusses rethinking professional autonomy and describes a focus group on professionalism in student affairs. (ABL)

Explores the knowledge base of student affairs and raises questions about the common learning that shapes the profession. Concludes student affairs personnel must experience the growth of their maturing profession and continually explore what it means to be "one of us." (ABL)

Discusses application of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as a staff development tool at Wichita State University in Kansas. Describes procedure for implementing the MBTI in staff development and presents results from MBTI use with 39 staff members. Recommends that student affairs divisions at other institutions use the MBTI in staff…

Presents the Margaret Sloss Women's Center as a model to assist in the continued development of campus-based women's centers. Discusses the purpose and mission of the center and describes areas of advocacy, information and referrals, programming, and organizational structure. (Author/NB)