The Future of Student Affairs: A Guide to Student Development for Tomorrow's Higher Education

1978 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Alvin Lipsetz ◽  
Theodore K. Miller ◽  
Judith S. Prince
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Development ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Mainstreaming African Indigenous Epistemologies into Student Development in Higher Education: A Case of Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (Issue 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Crispen Mazodze ◽  
Jacob Mapara ◽  
Maria Tsvere
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
University Education ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Student Affairs Practitioners ◽  
Indigenous Epistemologies ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis Software

Framed in the context of decoloniality, this study advocates for the embedding of African indigenous epistemologies into student development in university education in order to emancipate it from the pervasive Eurocentric hegemony. The thesis of this paper contends that student development in higher education has remained firmly anchored on Eurocentric ways of knowing at the expense of other epistemologies especially those from the Global South. Indigenous epistemologies are interiorized and marginalized. Efforts to Africanize the curriculum have largely been piecemeal and student development theory has continued to be underpinned by Eurocentric epistemology with a devastating impact on student identity and character development. This study employed the qualitative research paradigm in which three state universities in Zimbabwe were purposively selected as research sites. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with student affairs practitioners and were analysed qualitatively through coding of emerging themes and this was complimented by the use of the NVivo qualitative data analysis software. Results revealed that Eurocentrism is largely the dominant epistemology in student development while African indigenous epistemologies are marginalized, invisibilized and interiorized. The findings also exposed several challenges that are faced by student affairs practitioners with the major ones being; inadequate institutional funding, unavailability of Afrocentric literature on Student Development as well as well as lack of space on the timetable. The study recommended the inclusion of African indigenous epistemologies into student development through the adoption models that imbue cultural values and ways of knowing of indigenous people.

scholarly journals Reconstructing Faculty Roles to Align with Self-Authorship Development: The Gentle Art of Stepping Back

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A Day ◽  
Terry Lane
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Mirror Image ◽  
Academic Settings ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
Premier Cycle ◽  
Self Authorship

Student development has connections to important academic purposes in higher education (King, Baxter Magolda, Barber, Kendall Brown & Lindsay, 2009). In particular, a growing body of work on self-authorship, a social-constructive theory of development, has demonstrated relevance to the purposes of higher education (Baxter Magolda, 2001; King & Baxter Magolda, 2004). The conditions which support self-authorship development in academic settings have been studied in detail, drawing attention to what King et al. (2009) frame as developmentally effective educational experiences. Explorations of self-authorship development in academic settings have focused on students’ experiences and outcomes. The classroom experiences of faculty, particularly those working outside institutional initiatives, to support self-authorship have received less attention. This study used a theory-driven (Baxter Magolda, 2001; Pizzolato, 2005), practice-based research framework, to explore a faculty-student affairs collaboration through participant observation as the collaborators sought to align their teaching practices with the tenets of self-authorship development in the context of a senior undergraduate course in Service-Learning. Four themes emerged, which have relevance for those who wish to consider student personal and academic development concurrently. We argue that individual faculty members can collaborate with student affairs professionals and use self-authorship theory to expand their constructions of what it means to be a “good professor” by approaching teaching as a mirror image of the self-authorship journey travelled by students. Les programmes de perfectionnement des étudiants sont liés aux objectifs académiques importants de l’enseignement supérieur (King, Baxter Magolda, Barber, Kendall Brown & Lindsay, 2009). En particulier, les travaux de plus en plus nombreux qui portent sur l’épistémologie personnelle (self-authorship), une théorie constructive sociale de développement, ont démontré leur pertinence par rapport à l’enseignement supérieur (Baxter Magolda, 2001; King & Baxter Magolda, 2004). Les conditions qui soutiennent le développement de l’épistémologie personnelle en milieu universitaire ont été étudiées en détail et attirent l’attention sur ce que King et al (2009) formulent comme des expériences éducatives efficaces de développement. Les explorations du développement de l’épistémologie personnelle en milieu universitaire se sont généralement concentrées sur les expériences et les résultats des étudiants. Les expériences des professeurs en salle de classe, en particulier celles des enseignants qui oeuvrent en dehors des initiatives institutionnelles dans le but de soutenir l’épistémologie personnelle, ont été beaucoup moins examinées. Cette étude a été menée dans un cadre de recherche guidé par la théorie et axé sur la pratique. Elle explore la collaboration entre professeurs et affaires étudiantes par le biais de l’observation des participants alors que les collaborateurs tentent de faire correspondre leurs pratiques d’enseignement avec les principes du développement de l’épistémologie personnelle, dans le contexte d’un cours de premier cycle de niveau avancé d’apprentissage du service communautaire. Quatre thèmes ont été mis en lumière. Ceux-ci sont pertinents pour ceux et celles qui souhaitent tenir compte à la fois du développement personnel et du développement académique des étudiants. Nous soutenons que les professeurs peuvent collaborer avec les professionnels des affaires étudiantes et faire usage de la théorie de l’épistémologie personnelle pour élargir leur compréhension de ce que cela signifie d’être « un bon professeur » en abordant l’enseignement comme le pendant du chemin d’épistémologie personnelle suivi par les étudiants.

Blending Faculty and Student Affairs Professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 153-168
Author(s):  
Jared Cook
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Affairs Professionals ◽  
Private University ◽  
State Aid ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Negotiation Tactics ◽  
The Future

Higher education is currently facing some of the most significant stability challenges it has seen in years. Between sharp declines in state aid and revenue, as well as growing challenges from competitors (i.e., Google Career Certificates), the longstanding stability higher education has enjoyed is dwindling. As higher education looks to the future, faculty and student affairs professionals need to find intentional ways to partner, allowing utilization of resources from both parties. This chapter explores one such partnership focused on leadership and civic engagement at a small private university in the Midwest. The chapter includes a framework for collaborative success, built from multiple leadership models, learner orientation, and negotiation tactics.

Purpose in Life, Student Development, and Well-Being: Recommendations for Student Affairs Practitioners

NASPA Journal ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy D. Moran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Purpose In Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Student Affairs Practitioners ◽  
Recommendations For Practice

To supplement student development research, the author reviews clinical psychological research on the concept of purpose in life. This review is presented to provide implications and recommendations for practice in the higher education setting. By not only encouraging students to identify a purpose in life but also assisting them in this process, student affairs practitioners may positively influence their personal development and well-being.

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