Student Affairs Administration Examination: Question 1
In the last 10 years, a number of reports have been issued by the preeminent student affairs associations, specifically the American College Personnel Association and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. These seem to be in a pursuit to frame the future direction of the student affairs profession. Reports such as the Student Learning Imperative (SLI) (ACPA, 1996) and Principles of Good Practice (ACPA/ NASPA, 1997) have been welcomed for introducing a new student affairs philosophy focused on student learning and encouraging collaboration between student and academic affairs professionals. Certainly these reports have had the effect of energizing student affairs professionals and providing a call for the field.
In 1993, ACPA President Charles Schroeder convened a group of scholars and leaders in higher education “to examine how student affairs educators could enhance student learning and personal development" (ACPA, 1996, p. 5). The final version of the Student Learning Imperative was published in 1996. In the statement, the authors …show more content…
The SLI acknowledges the contribution of student development theory, but still recognizes that intellectual pursuits are at the heart of the mission of higher education. This re-emphasis on student learning could be interpreted as endorsing a return to the sterile Germanic intellectualism of post-Colonial United States history but it is not. The historical role of student affairs in higher education has not only been one of providing services to students via the out-of-class domain but also of seeking to validate itself as a profession that contributes more than routine administrative
In the last 10 years, a number of reports have been issued by the preeminent student affairs associations, specifically the American College Personnel Association and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. These seem to be in a pursuit to frame the future direction of the student affairs profession. Reports such as the Student Learning Imperative (SLI) (ACPA, 1996) and Principles of Good Practice (ACPA/ NASPA, 1997) have been welcomed for introducing a new student affairs philosophy focused on student learning and encouraging collaboration between student and academic affairs professionals. Certainly these reports have had the effect of energizing student affairs professionals and providing a call for the field.
In 1993, ACPA President Charles Schroeder convened a group of scholars and leaders in higher education “to examine how student affairs educators could enhance student learning and personal development" (ACPA, 1996, p. 5). The final version of the Student Learning Imperative was published in 1996. In the statement, the authors …show more content…
The SLI acknowledges the contribution of student development theory, but still recognizes that intellectual pursuits are at the heart of the mission of higher education. This re-emphasis on student learning could be interpreted as endorsing a return to the sterile Germanic intellectualism of post-Colonial United States history but it is not. The historical role of student affairs in higher education has not only been one of providing services to students via the out-of-class domain but also of seeking to validate itself as a profession that contributes more than routine administrative