Bass Administratively Adrift

Overcoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-08919-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten

The multiple crises of 2020–21 have presented both challenges and opportunities for change in four-year residential colleges and universities. Evidence indicates that the historic structure of administrative and student services is increasingly mismatched to the needs of a diverse and stressed student body born in a digital age. Inspired by his leadership in a university-wide initiative that focused on how students' interactions with both academic and professional staff affect their success and well-being, Scott A. Bass presents fresh insights on the inner workings of traditional nonprofit four-year degree residential institutions. The book describes the influences of history, tradition, and internal and external pressures on the American university, highlighting its evolution to its staid and fragmented structure; it distills voices of students, faculty, and staff; and it explores how successful organizations outside of higher education deliver services, with potential applicability for the academy's ability to meet students where they are.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bass, Scott A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The gap between the student experience and university operations; 2. Generation Z and the traditional university; 3. University tradition and conformity: insights and persistence; 4. Faculty influence and influences on the faculty; 5. The evolution of the student affairs profession and the ethos of specialization; 6. On decision-making, governance, and the distribution of power: implications for the student experience; 7. Lost among the silos: students and information systems; 8. Pinch points and more: insights from the student's perspective; 9. Reinventing the student experience: a case study; 10. Administratively aligned: a blueprint for a more supportive and holistic learning experience.