NEW REALITIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS : Emerging Specialist Roles and Structures for Changing Times /

Student affairs organizations are at a crossroads. They face expanding enrollments; a concomitant increased need for often more complex services; changing demographics; a growing cohort of nontraditional and first-generation students; shifting and more demanding responsibilities; and increased expec...

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Main Authors: Tull, Ashley, 1972-, editor, Kuk, Linda, 1950-, editor
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Language:eng
Published: Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2012
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Summary:Student affairs organizations are at a crossroads. They face expanding enrollments; a concomitant increased need for often more complex services; changing demographics; a growing cohort of nontraditional and first-generation students; shifting and more demanding responsibilities; and increased expectations from the greater campus community, parents, and external constituents. These challenges are intensified by the accelerating speed of advancements in technology, globalization, innovation, and student consumerism; and by the long-term reality of shrinking resources, and limitations on the abi