Realizing the Educational Potential of Residence Halls

Realizing the Educational Potential of Residence Halls
Author: Charles C. Schroeder
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1994-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"A very timely collection of fascinating and informative readings on a subject of central importance to higher education policy and practice... a sterling list of contributors... 'must' reading for professionals who work in residential institutions." —Alexander W. Astin, professor of higher education and director of the Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles This book offers an insightful and practical discussion of how the outcomes of college education can be strengthened through thoughtful, educationally rich programs that make residence halls a more integral part of the overall educational experience.

Creating Successful Multicultural Initiatives in Higher Education and Student Affairs

Creating Successful Multicultural Initiatives in Higher Education and Student Affairs
Author: Sherry K. Watt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118834844

Looking for practical tips and useful guidelines for designing and implementing successful multicultural initiatives? This resource will help you to set up a program and/or a set of strategies that promotes skill development to better manage difference on a personal, institutional, community, or societal level. It also introduces “diversity as a value versus diversity as a good” as a conceptual lens for which to view multicultural initiatives. Using this conceptual lens will assist educators in identifying the philosophical foundation of a given initiative. College educators can ask themselves the fundamental question—Is their multicultural initiative grounded in surface-level outcomes or in far-reaching change? By sharing concrete examples of multicultural initiatives, the authors in this sourcebook are inviting readers into a conversation that might spark change or a new initiative on the reader’s own campus. This is the 144th volume of this Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly series. An indispensable resource for vice presidents of student affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student services professionals, New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional, social, physical, and intellectual.

Student Housing and Residential Life

Student Housing and Residential Life
Author: Roger B. Winston, Jr.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Total Pages: 672
Release: 1993-03-11
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This book draws on the best sources of contemporary theory, research, and practice to provide a comprehensive handbook for meeting the challenges of campus violence, scarce resources, multiculturalism, and changing student attitudes. It surveys the full spectrum of housing programs and services, and provides strategies for managing student housing in a way that promotes students' personal as well as intellectual development.

Resident Assistant's Survival Guide

Resident Assistant's Survival Guide
Author: Karl Pillemer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2001-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780965362979

With simple, no-nonsense language and lighthearted illustrations, The Resident Assistant's Survival Guide gives your caregivers step-by-step tips on how to handle specific, often difficult, problems like: getting along with others as a team, being a good communicator, managing job stress, dealing with death on the job, relating to family members, working with aggressive residents, and balancing work and family.