The final semester/year of graduate school can be an exciting time for student affairs graduate students as they prepare for the job searching journey known as the SASearch.
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When it comes to student affairs, even if you think you're coming in with no formal experience or "Skills"- you haven't thought of the transferable ones yet. That's not too different from the students I advise now. As an alumna of the university I work at, I share school pride with my students.
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As you consider alignment beyond your area, you should also have a copy of the larger outcome framework from your division or institutional outcomes and learning goals. There isn't a single "Right" or best way to construct your outcome map; there are many creative, cool ways to do so!
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The global pandemic is a time for student affairs and services to shape and offer solutions to challenges, and give direction and support to imagine the post-COVID-19 world as one world, where risks and resources are shared to combat hazards and advance social justice so that we are all equitably equipped to face the next crisis.
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Recently we have seen an increased focus on student affairs and services, and rightly so as it is a key role player in supporting students and institutions in their efforts to cope with changes brought on by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hans de Wit's article on "Student affairs and services in a time of turmoil for European and international higher education", points out that massification of higher education is ongoing in many parts of the world, with an aspiring middle-class demanding access and governments and higher education systems struggling to respond in a qualitative way.
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The effective administration of student affairs and services or SAS is based, in part, on theories of management, accounting, human resources etc. Students in higher education all over the world enrol in different programmes of study and access various services, informed and guided by basic principles and values of student affairs and services.
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Without an ethical framework, student services professionals are vulnerable to charges of unethical or unprofessional behavior. The following article is an abbreviated overview of Section III on ethics in the book Student Affairs and Services in Higher Education: Global foundations, issues, and best practices,3rd edition published in July 2020.
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Like much of higher education, student affairs has, in many cases, struggled to adapt systems and supports conceived to support the residential, full-time and under-age-25 students that now comprise only 30 percent of the college-going population.
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