Student Affairs Reconsidered

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Author: David S. Guthrie

ISBN-10: 0761807942

ISBN-13: 9780761807940

Category: College & University Administration

This book asks Christian educators—particularly those involved in the student affairs profession—to become more engaged with the idea that the programs offered, classes taught, disciplinary actions dispensed, policies framed, and the like, are the arenas in which Christianity must take shape. The book also challenges educators at non-sectarian institutions to entertain the notion that a Christian view of higher learning in general and the student affairs profession in particular may not only...

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This book asks Christian educators--particularly those involved in the student affairs profession--to become more engaged with the idea that the programs offered, classes taught, disciplinary actions dispensed, policies framed, and the like, are the arenas in which Christianity must take shape.

AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionCh. 1A Framework of Understanding1Ch. 2Student Affairs in Historical Perspective15Ch. 3Student Learning and Student Affairs39Ch. 4Christian Higher Education and Christian Student Affairs65Ch. 5Theorizing in Student Affairs from a Christian Perspective79Ch. 6Model Programs in Student Affairs103Ch. 7Reframing Student Affairs and Higher Learning119About the Contributors131

\ Journal Of College Student DevelopmentStudent affairs administrators at all types of institutions ought to read this book. It provides a good base for thought and discussion about the purposes of the profession, the theories of student development and learning environments.\ — Richard L. Palm, University of Missouri—Kansas City\ \ \ \ \ Christian Scholar's Review...a welcome contribution...the authors have begun a discussion that will prepare us to think better about the changing world of higher education and our mission within it.\ \ \ Comparative Education Review...helpful little book.\ \ \ \ \ Journal Of College Student Development\ - Richard L. Palm\ "Student affairs administrators at all types of institutions ought to read this book. It provides a good base for thought and discussion about the purposes of the profession, the theories of student development and learning environments."\ \