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Serving the Millennial Generation
By 2012 total college enrollment is projected to exceed 15.8 million, and a new generation of students and their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors will be in the forefront of this enrollment boom. Now is the time for student affairs practitioners to consider new learning and service strategies, rethink student development theories, and modify educational environments. This volume provides a foundation for understanding the incoming generation of students and to offer suggestions on how to educate and serve them more effectively. This best selling issue is the 106th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education report New Directions for Student Services.
Rethinking the Police
Through personal experiences and the mentorship of Black Christians, former police officer Daniel Reinhardt's eyes were opened to the dehumanization, systemic racism, and brutality endemic to U.S. police culture. Laying out a history of policing in the U.S., Reinhardt offers a new model based on servant leadership, not dominance and control.
Joining the Mission
Joining the Mission is a helpful guide for new (and experienced) faculty at religious colleges and universities. Susan VanZanten here provides an orientation to the world of Christian higher education and an introduction to the academic profession of teaching, scholarship, and service, with a special emphasis on opportunities and challenges common to mission-driven institutions. From designing a syllabus to dealing with problem students, from working with committees to achieving a balanced life, VanZanten s guidebook will help faculty across the disciplines Art to Zoology and every subject between understand better what it means to pursue faithfully a vocation as professor. Susan VanZanten s...
Linking Theory to Practice
The new edition of this acclaimed book offers twenty-six new case studies on student affairs issues that reflect the complexity of today's environment at colleges and universities. The cases present a challenging array of problems to tackle, such as racial diversity, campus violence, alcohol abuse, and student activism. The campus settings range from large research universities, community college campuses, historically black institutions, and residential liberal arts colleges. An excellent teaching tool, the book challenges students to consider multiple overlapping issues within a single case study. The book is also intended for student affairs workshops or for new or experienced professionals in student affairs. Outstanding features include: A two-part structure that sets the stage for case study methods and links student affairs theory with practical applications Cases set in a wide variety of institution types and locations Complex case studies reflecting the multifaceted issues student affairs professionals face in today's college university environment
Power and Politics
Provides the most intimate view of federal higher education policymaking since Congress and the Colleges. Reveals that, despite the lack of power as measured by conventional standards, higher education associations have succeeded in convincing Congress to dramatically expand the scope of federal student aid programs under the 1992 Higher Education Act.
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
Adresses the art of controlling and updating your library's collection. Discussions of the importance and logistics of electronic resources are integrated throughout the book.
Developing Social Justice Allies
The fiftieth anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision (1954) called us as student affairs professionals to reconsider and reaffirm our commitment to social justice. This issue is a call to action to student affairs professionals who are working as social justice allies, those with a commitment to make their college campuses a place where all community members are respected, validated, and fostered in developing their full potential. This issue encourages the development of ally attitudes and action in both students and student affairs colleagues. It first presents the conceptual foundation for social justice ally development and then covers in depth the strategies for the deve...
Women Administrators in Higher Education
In this book Jana Nidiffer and Carolyn Terry Bashaw fill in the pieces of the story of the history of women in higher education as well as tackle contemporary topics such as the controversies surrounding women's education; the contributions of women religious and lay presidents and their use of power; the relationship of emergent leadership theory to women; the growth and development of deans of women; the role of women's professional organizations; and quandaries of provosts, physical educators, and student affairs professionals. The book illustrates the tenacious spirit and hard work of women administrators in their struggles to enhance opportunities for women on college campuses. Contributors include R. Vivian Acosta, Carolyn Terry Bashaw, Cynthia Farr Brown, Linda Jean Carpenter, Candace Introcaso, Susan R. Jones, Susan R. Komives, Sharon A. McDade, Jana Nidiffer, Joan Paul, and Karen Doyle Walton.
Lifting the Veil on Enrollment Management
A shrewd examination and critique of an industry that exerts a far-reaching influence on college admissions in the United States.
Reagan's Children
Zeiger reveals why the generation born between 1981 and 1988 is uniquely positioned to carry on the conservatism, faith, and optimism of former President Ronald Reagan.
