Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession

"How do you capture the essence, the reality, and the significance of a professional activity that is fluid, dynamic, extensive, and at times controversial? Komives and Woodard have done the virtual impossible with their Student Services Handbook."

--Journal of College Student Development

Now in its third edition, the classic Student Services has guided student affairs graduate education and practice for the last two decades. Updated with the latest insights on every aspect of the field, the authors examine the changing context of student experience in higher education, the evolving role of student affairs professionals, and the ethics and philosophies guiding student affairs practice.

SUSAN R. KOMIVES is associate professor of counseling and personnel services and a former vice president for student development at the University of Maryland College Park. She is a past president of the American College Personnel Association.

DUDLEY B. WOODARD, JR. is professor of higher education and a former vice president for student affairs at the University of Arizona. He is a past president of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.