Courses focused on assessment within higher education have proliferated across Higher
Education and Student Affairs (HESA) graduate programs, tied to an emphasis on using …

Attention to key skills has long guided the field of student affairs, prompting exploration into
the preparation of new professionals; yet, Senior Student Affairs Officers'(SSAO) insights on …

To facilitate familiarity and comfort with outcomes assessment, we map three sets of student
affairs professional standards to the outcomes assessment cycle. Although the standards …

Student affairs professionals face increasing pressure from ideologies, people, and
organizations outside of higher education institutions. Historically, student affairs practice …

Working as an administrator in higher education often requires a graduate degree in order to
qualify for entry-level positions. Yet, graduate programmes in higher education are often …

Abstract The Association on Higher Education and Disability's (AHEAD) Professional
Competencies (formerly Professional Standards) serve as a guiding document for …

Few studies have been conducted on the use of the ACPA/NASPA Competencies (2015) in
graduate preparation programs. To understand the use of these competencies in graduate …

Higher education needs individuals working with students to have the skills to handle a
variety of issues related to success and well-being. Graduate programs preparing higher …

While research reveals weaknesses in preparation-program curricula, there are challenges
with these studies due to incomplete data from program directories. This descriptive study …

Few student affairs graduate preparation programs address deficit thinking. This study
explored how an anti-deficit achievement framework was used to socialize scholar …