Focuses on the need of the emerging profession of student affairs for standards and guidelines to give it direction and help it achieve status among professions. Discusses the role of the Council for the Advancement of Standards for Student Services/Development Programs (CAS). (Author/JAC)

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)

Surveyed 335 chief student affairs officers to present descriptive information about their careers. Results confirmed previous findings that mobility at the top level of the profession is decreasing. The most common previous experience was teaching, and few had published although most acknowledged the value of publications for upward mobility.…

A reorganization of student personnel services into at least two divisions has been proposed, with many advantages for performing all its functions effectively. (Author)

The value patterns of the suites of 18 men and 18 women reveal significant differences among suites on overall value similarity, with political, family, and money-related values prominent. Satisfaction with the suite living experience correlated postitvely with end-of-year value similarity. (Author)

Multiple regression techniques are a potent tool in conducting student affairs research. Several considerations in employing these methods are reviewed and evaluated. (Author)

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)

Describes special services available for disabled students at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York. These include special registration, individual counseling, tutoring, special testing, community outreach, and special classes. (JAC)

The study supported the hypotheses that a student's political and religious views relate to his attitudes on a number of other issues as well. There was less support for the hypothesis that sex (male and female) relates to these issues. (Author)

This article describes a summer orientation program used by a liberal arts college in New York. This orientation program utilized the systems approach as most appropriate for the development of a personalized humanistic orientation for newly admitted students. (Author)

In this study six variables were investigated which seemed to be related to differing perceptions of the counseling center. The variables were sex, marital status, senior vs. freshman standing, living locations, problem type, and source of knowledge of the counseling center. (Author)

Age differences in the occurrence of specific negative life events and in sources of information about, barriers to, and usage of student services among undergraduates at a large public university, were found. (Author)

Outlines six sources of stress for college freshmen, including poor preparation, social distractions, family crisis, financial stress, confused career direction, and situational experiences such as health problems. Suggested sources of help are discussed. (JAC)

There is a transition stage in the organization of student affairs involving student personnel work as defined in the period following World War II and a newer concept of student development. An organizational model is proposed for the transition along with a proposed approach leading toward a student development goal. (Author)