Rethinking Student Affairs Practice

Patrick G Love

ISBN 10: 0787962147 / ISBN 13: 9780787962142

Published by Wiley Apr 2004, 2004

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Neuware - The insights of twentieth and twenty-first century science have been used by organizational development consultants to challenge leaders to think differently about their organizational structures and processes. In Rethinking Student Affairs Practice, Love and Estanek use these insights to provide a model for change appropriate to higher education in general and student affairs in particular.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Student Affairs Practice
• Publisher: Wiley Apr 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787962147
• ISBN 13: 9780787962142
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 20D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 588 grams

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Synopsis

To be effective managers, student affairs professionals must understand the structures and processes that form the organizational context in which they work, and must be able to work within them. These structures are often characterized by a rigid division of labor and an expectation that good managers can predict the outcomes of their efforts and can and should exercise control over the inputs. However, to be effective leaders, they must be able to perceive new possibilities beyond those structures and expectations. How can they do both?

Rethinking Student Affairs Practice offers an answer to that question. Love and Estanek challenge their readers to perceive their responsibilities, institutions, and relationships through multiple lenses. They have developed a model for change based in four concepts that will help their readers do this. The four concepts are valuing dualisms, transcending paradigms, recognizing connectedness, and embracing paradox.

About the Author

THE AUTHORS

PATRICK G. LOVE serves as associate professor of higher education in the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology at New York University.

SANDRA M. ESTANEK is assistant professor of graduate education and leadership and director of the master's program in College Student Personnel Administration at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.