Student services: a handbook for the profession

"This book reflects the realities of contemporary practice in student affairs. This sixth edition includes new chapters on student development, crisis management, programming, and applications with perspectives on critical issues such as ethical standards, campus culture, psychosocial development, student retention, assessment and evaluation, and much more. Coverage includes critical theoretical perspectives, counseling and helping skills, advising, leadership, and environmental theories as well as competencies such as professionalism, supervision, and crisis management. Learn the historical context of higher education and the student affairs role.--Adapted from publisher's description.

Part one: Historical context. Historical overview of American higher education -- The history of student affairs -- Philosophies and values -- Part two: Professional context. Institutional identity and campus culture -- Campus climate and diversity -- What is ethical professional practice? -- Legal foundations and issues -- Part Three Theoretical bases of the profession. The nature and uses of theory -- Holistic development -- Cognitive development -- Psychosocial and identity development -- Critical theoretical perspectives -- Organization theory and change -- Environmental theories -- Student retention and institutional success -- Part four: Organizational aspects of professional practice. Framing student affairs practice -- Organizational structures and functions -- Strategic planning and finance in student affairs -- Assessment and evaluation -- Left behind: how the profession of student affairs is underprepared to meet students where they (digitally) are -- Academic and student affairs partnerships -- Part five: Essential competencies. Professionalism -- Multicultural competence and change on campus -- Leadership -- Staffing and supervision -- Teaching and facilitation -- Cou…