Student Affairs for Academic Administrators

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In these days when every college or university needs to make the best use of resources, Student Affairs for Academic Administrators is intended to help academic administrators make the best use of one vital campus resource: student affairs. By providing this concise introduction to student affairs as a discipline and a profession, the authors of this volume provide a foundation for working together to improve the student experience and enhance learning.

Since academic administrators typically come up through the faculty ranks, they are unlikely to have a good grasp of what their student affairs colleagues bring to the common work of education. To provide a better understanding, the chapters in this volume cover topics such as:
•The history of student affairs, and functions typically associated with student affairs divisions;
•Current thinking and research in student development theory;
•Theoretical constructs underlying contemporary student affairs practice (and ways to employ these theories in academic administration);
•Diversity issues and their impact on student outcomes in the collegiate environment.

After a chapter on how to build successful collaborations between academic affairs and student affairs, two final chapters explore specific examples of how such collaborations work in practice: Academic honor codes, and undergraduate research. While written for academic administrators, the book also provides valuable insights for those in student affairs seeking to improve understanding and facilitate collaboration with colleagues in academic affairs.

T. Lynn Hogan is Director of Critical Thinking Initiatives at Florida State University. Prior to assuming this position in 2014, he served in a number of roles within the College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance, including associate dean, chair of the Department of Art, and interim dean. He also worked in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Career Center at the University of Georgia.

He earned his PhD in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University, his MA in journalism and ABJ in public relations from the University of Georgia, and his AS in accounting from South Georgia College. Hogan is active in the Commission for Academic Affairs in ACPA: College Student Educators International and has served as chair, co-chair, and historian. He received the commission’s award for Service to the Commission and ACPA in 2005. Hogan has published and presented on topics such as client services in higher education, collaborations between academic and student affairs, and homophobia and AIDS in higher education.