Supporting Student Affairs Professionals: New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 166 (J-B CC Single Issue Community Colleges) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118930312 ISBN 13: 9781118930311

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2014

Synopsis

Student affairs and services play a critical role in student learning and success, as well as the level at which community colleges meet institutional outcomes. The evolution of student affairs as a field and recognition of its role in student experiences underscore its importance in the effort to provide quality
education to college students.

This volume provides a framework for excellence in student affairs work at community colleges, including assessing quality and outcomes for program development and accreditation. The authors explore:

• Excellence in preparing and developing professionals at multiple stages in their careers
• Creating and using professional standards and competencies
• Understanding the role of accreditation in professional practice.

The issue also includes a discussion of implications for community college student affairs preparation and practice.

This is the 166th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.

About this title

About the Author

C. CASEY OZAKI is an assistant professor of teaching and learning at the University of North Dakota.

ANNE M. HORNAK is an associate professor of educational leadership at Central Michigan University.

CHRISTINA J. LUNCEFORD is an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Bowling Green State University.

From the Back Cover

Student affairs and services play a critical role in student learning and success, as well as the level at which community colleges meet institutional outcomes. The evolution of student affairs as a field and recognition of its role in student experiences underscore its importance in the effort to provide quality
education to college students.

This volume provides a framework for excellence in student affairs work at community colleges, including assessing quality and outcomes for program development and accreditation. The authors explore excellence in preparing and developing professionals at multiple stages in their careers, in creating and
using professional standards and competencies, and in understanding the role of accreditation in professional practice. The issue also includes a discussion of implications for community college student affairs preparation and practice.

From the Inside Flap

Student affairs and services play a critical role in student learning and success, as well as the level at which community colleges meet institutional outcomes. The evolution of student affairs as a field and recognition of its role in student experiences underscore its importance in the effort to provide quality
education to college students.

This volume provides a framework for excellence in student affairs work at community colleges, including assessing quality and outcomes for program development and accreditation. The authors explore excellence in preparing and developing professionals at multiple stages in their careers, in creating and
using professional standards and competencies, and in understanding the role of accreditation in professional practice. The issue also includes a discussion of implications for community college student affairs preparation and practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118930312
• ISBN 13: 9781118930311
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Ozaki C. Casey, Hornak Anne M., Lunceford Christina J.