Supporting Student Affairs Professionals New Directions for Community Colleges Number 166 1st Edition by Casey Ozaki, Christina Lunceford, Anne Hornak ISBN 978-1118930311 1118930312

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ISBN 10:  1118930312

ISBN 13:  978-1118930311

Author:  C. Casey Ozaki, Christina J. Lunceford,  Anne M. Hornak

Student affairs and services play a critical role in student learning and success, as well as the level at which community colleges meet institutional outcomes. The evolution of student affairs as a field and recognition of its role in student experiences underscore its importance in the effort to provide quality
education to college students.

This volume provides a framework for excellence in student affairs work at community colleges, including assessing quality and outcomes for program development and accreditation. The authors explore:
Excellence in preparing and developing professionals at multiple stages in their careers
Creating and using professional standards and competencies
Understanding the role of accreditation in professional practice.
The issue also includes a discussion of implications for community college student affairs preparation and practice.

This is the 166th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today’s open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.

Table of contents: 

EDITORS’ NOTES

C. Casey Ozaki, Anne M. Hornak, Christina J. Lunceford

1. Excellence in Community College Student Affairs Ashley Knight

Achieving excellence in student affairs surpasses the baseline of the standards and competencies in the field, and employs right actions in leadership, staff development, and communication to improve the ed-ucational outcomes for students.

2. It Takes a Village: The Role of the Individual, Organization, and Profession in Preparing New Professionals

Christina J. Lunceford

Variance in background and preparation of new student affairs profes-sionals at community colleges heighten the importance of effective ori-entation, training, and ongoing professional development strategies.

Steve Tyrell

3. Construction of the Mid-Level Management Position This chapter explores the construction and evolution of the mid-level manager identity in relation to forms of organizational behaviors en-acted to exert managerial control.

4. The Role of the Executive-Level Student Services Officer Within a Community College Organizational Structure

John Hernandez, Ignacio Hernandez

The authors outline the various pathways to an executive-level position as a student services officer in a community college and offer reflective insight from the field.

5. An Overview of CAS Standards: The Role in Self-Assessment and Evaluation

Anne M. Hornak

This chapter provides an overview of the CAS standards and presents information about conducting a self-study using the self-assessment guides (SAGs). Additionally, an overview of how the data can be used for program development and revisioning is offered.

6. Professional Competencies for Student Affairs Practice

Patty Munsch, Lori Cortez

The NASPA/ACPA competencies define knowledge, skills, and attitudes expected of student affairs professionals, but are rarely explored in rela-tion to community college settings. This chapter applies and examines the utility of the competencies in this context.

7. Using Professional Standards for Higher Education to Improve Student Affairs

Renay M. Scott

This chapter examines the use of accreditation and CAS standards re-sources to evaluate student services programming. The chapter pro-vides an overview of the standards and contains examples to illustrate their use for improvement.

8. Creating and Implementing Practices That Promote and Support Quality Student Affairs Professionals

Steve Tyrell

This chapter explores challenges and issues facing student affairs pro-fessionals as they work to create supportive and quality educational environments for community college students. Suggestions for prac-tice are discussed.

9. Excellence Within Student Affairs: Understanding the Practice of Integrating Academic and Student Affairs

C. Casey Ozaki, Anne M. Hornak

In this final chapter, the authors argue that excellence in community college student affairs is an academic endeavor. In order for student affairs practitioners and units to be responsive to the needs of a wide range of students, the work must involve an academic orientation and collaboration between student and academic affairs.

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