Book Review: Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education, 2nd Edition

Abstract

This new edition of "Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education" by Audrey Rentz and Associates focuses on "the evolution of student affairs and its practice" (p. ix). An updated version of a work originally published in 1988 and edited by Rentz and Saddlemire, this edition contains eleven chapters that describe specific student affairs functional areas: admissions and enrollment management, academic advising, career services, counseling, discipline and judicial affairs, multicultural affairs, orientation, residence halls, student activities, student financial aid, and student health. In addition, two introductory chapters present, respectively, "the philosophical heritage of student affairs" (p. 3) and a history of the field. Rentz identifies two target audiences for this information: students in student affairs graduate programs and experiences professionals.