Student Affairs Research Articles

“What are you looking for in a candidate?” The career search process for international students in higher education student affairs

AbstractThis study examined lived experiences of two international student affairs professionals in the United States. Through a series of interviews, the dialogues unfold rich narratives that explore the multifaceted journey from academic preparation to career placement in the field of higher education student affairs (HESA). It also underscores the unique challenges encountered by international students compared to their domestic counterparts during the job search process. Given the limited research pertaining to the experiences and support for international graduate students during the job search process in the field of HESA, this study provides valuable insights and implications for educators, institutions, and career support services to better address the needs of the diverse and growing demographic of the candidates.

Organizational Trust, Working Parents in Student Affairs, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT How do the actions of higher education leadership impact the trust employees feel in their organization? Using a theoretical framework that suggests that trust is shared, learned, and conditional, we investigate the way the actions of senior leaders and direct supervisors both helped and harmed employees’ trust in their organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on interviews with 25 working parents in student affairs, we found that many felt abandoned by their senior leaders as institutions focused their actions on supporting students, often at the expense of employee health and well-being. Although some individual supervisors were noted for being supportive, their actions often were counter to the dominant culture, leading to overall feelings of disillusionment and distrust. This study’s findings extend far beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, illustrating how institutional behavior can influence employee morale.

Imposter Syndrome’s Impact on Latine College Students During Transformative Times

ABSTRACT Using LatCrit Theory, I explored how 14 Latine college students experienced imposter syndrome during a period of transition that impacted and influenced their educational experience. Findings highlight three key themes: 1) My academic success was not because of me, 2) A brief hold on imposter syndrome, and 3) Having a sense of agency when navigating imposter syndrome. I conclude with a discussion and implications where I share tangible practices and strategies to help administrators, faculty, and student affairs professionals understand support and engage Latine college students.

Exploring the Higher-Level Leadership Inside the Student Affairs Department at International Universities in Europe

Student Affairs divisions at universities experience the highest number of turnover in Human Resources: people come to work and do not stay more than a year in their job positions due to burnout, overload of responsibilities, and insufficient resources. Considering that Student Affairs` leadership is hierarchical, Student Deans and Department Directors are often overlooked as people who might experience similar feelings as other workers in the division. There is no research about the experiences of higher-level leaders in Student Affairs. Therefore the main question of this qualitative study was, “What does it mean to be a department head?” In this study, five higher-level leaders in Student Affairs at International Universities in Europe answered a few questions about their meaning, experiences, and desirable changes that they need in their position during the semi-structured interviews. The thematic analysis was used to code the interviews and converge the codes in themes and subthemes. As a result, five themes emerged and included: meaning, responsibility, relationship, mental health, and changes. The findings contribute to a broader understanding of the experience and needs of workers in higher-level leadership positions in Student Affairs to increase the retention rates at Student Affairs. Considering the constantly changing nature of things in Student Affairs, research that includes more universities across Europe is needed to identify and address the needs of professionals specifically in Student Affairs at International Universities.

Student Support and Retention

Traditional student support services offered by universities are broad and varied; however, many of these fall under either student or academic affairs and are located centrally on campus. Offering a decentralized, college-specific model of student support and retention that partners with both academic and student affairs allows for a holistic, integrated approach to student resources that is easily accessed within a student’s own academic area. UA Little Rock has implemented this innovative model by housing a licensed social worker in each main campus college. These social workers provide case management services ranging from triage of at-risk students to coordination of on-campus and community resources. Each social worker is also able to provide a limited number of small micro-grants as emergency funds. Primary goals of this initiative include increased student use of the case management services, increased faculty referrals, improved student retention, evaluation of interventions, and student satisfaction. Pilot evaluation data indicates that a diverse population of students across multiple disciplines are utilizing these services and that retention rates for students receiving case management services differs based on their presenting issue(s). To support ongoing evaluation of services, there is a need to more clearly standardize data collection without disruption to practice.

Korea hosted the 7th IASAS Global Summit in Collaboration with KOSAF – Student Affairs and Government collaborate to advance student success

Korea hosted the 7th IASAS Global Summit in Collaboration with KOSAF – Student Affairs and Government collaborate to advance student success

MANAJEMEN PEMASARAN PENDIDIKAN: MENINJAU PROSES PROMOSI LEMBAGA SMP IT DARUL MUTA’ALLIMIN MEULABOH

SMP IT Darul Muta'allimin, as a new institution, can attract public interest by enrolling their children in this school. Since 2017, the first year of the establishment until 2023, SMP IT Darul Muta'alimin has had an increasing number of students. The article aims to describe how SMPT IT Darul Muta'alimin carries out the institutional promotion process. This study used qualitative methods, including interviews, observation, and documentation data collection techniques. The subjects in this study were the head, Vice Principal of public relations, Vice Principal of student affairs, two teachers and five students. Analytical techniques use qualitative analysis techniques. The results showed that promotional activities began with the planning stages of institutional promotion carried out through committee work meetings that discussed the type of promotion, the amount of costs and the target area of education promotion. Education promotion activities are carried out in several forms: 1) visits to elementary schools / MIN, 2) distribution of brochures and installation of banners, 3) digital promotion through social media, 4) holding school events, 5) public relations activities, and 6) word of mouth promotion. Furthermore, promotional activities are evaluated through evaluation meetings. In the evaluation process, the team looked at the level of success achieved and the shortcomings of educational promotion activities. The lack of education promotion this year is an input for the next period of promotional activities

Book Review: Towards Professionalization of Student Affairs across the Globe Edited by Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo and Birgit Schreiber, Published by New Directions for Student Services, in Fall 2023

Book Review: Towards Professionalization of Student Affairs across the Globe Edited by Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo and Birgit Schreiber, Published by New Directions for Student Services, in Fall 2023

Raising Awareness of Mistreatment Policies and Reporting Procedures Using a Novel Medical Student Mobile Application.

Reports of mistreatment are an important first step to improving medical students' learning environment. Students may not report mistreatment due to a lack of awareness of institutional policies, reporting procedures, or for fear of reprisal. We sought to determine if a medical school cross-platform mobile application (app) could be used to improve students' awareness of mistreatment policies and procedures. Participants in this intervention included Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM) medical students, faculty, and Student Affairs Deans. We created the DUCOMpass© app to make mistreatment policies and procedures more readily available and to ease mistreatment reporting for medical students. To determine the efficacy of the app at raising mistreatment awareness, we analyzed our institutional GraduationQuestionnaire data before and after the introduction of the app (from 2016 to 2023) as compared with the national average. We verified our students' self-reported data with app usage data. To our knowledge, this is the first instance of a medical school mobile app being implemented to successfully address medical student mistreatment awareness and reporting. We found that reaching students in a familiar and easily accessible mode(s) of communication is a catalyst for lasting change. Not applicable.

The Effect of Workload and Stress Through Work Motivation on Employee Performance in the Student Affairs Sector at Surabaya State University

This work was prepared to analyze the influence of workload, work stress, and work motivation on the performance of students and alums employees of the State University of Surabaya (UNESA) who have PTNBH status. The methodology used was a quantitative Expost Facto approach using ordinal data analysis through Somer's D analysis with the SPSS version 16 application. The initial steps included conducting validity and reliability tests to ensure the data integrity of 24 student-employee respondents at Surabaya State University. The research results reveal a relationship between work stress and the motivation of student affairs employees at Unesa. Second, there is a relationship between workload and the motivation of student affairs employees at Unesa. Third, there is a relationship between work stress and the performance of student affairs employees at Unesa. Fourth, there is a relationship between workload and the performance of student affairs employees at Unesa. Fifth, there is a connection between work motivation and the performance of student affairs employees at Unesa.

Navigators in Training: First-Generation Graduate Students in College Student Affairs

ABSTRACT This qualitative case study explored the experiences of first-generation graduate students (FGGS) enrolled in a college student affairs (CSA) master’s program at a comprehensive university. Findings demonstrated how students identified as, learned from, acted as, and aspired to be cultural navigators. Participants drew upon their own experiences and institutional knowledge to help students and champion institutional change. Implications suggest that as change agents, FGGS promote equitable student success. CSA programs should provide opportunities that empower FGGS to recognize their identity-based strengths and drive institutional transformation. Institutions should recognize, value, and support FGGS and other cultural navigators as they promote student success.

Plurisexual Student Affairs Educator Trauma and COVID-19

In this critical quantitative study, we used regression with moderation analysis to investigate the factors that exacerbated or mitigated plurisexual (bisexual and queer) student affairs educators’ workplace trauma responses during COVID-19. Using the concept of monosexism and critical trauma theory, we assessed distinctions amongst 914 monosexual and plurisexual student affairs educators’ experiences with workplace trauma, finding a significant moderation effect of plurisexuality when it came to institutional leadership support’s prediction of workplace trauma response. Implications for student affairs research and practice are also discussed.

Michelle L. Boettcher and Cristóbal Salinas Jr., Law and Ethics in Academic and Student Affairs: Developing an Institutional Intelligence Approach

Michelle L. Boettcher and Cristóbal Salinas Jr., Law and Ethics in Academic and Student Affairs: Developing an Institutional Intelligence Approach

Addressing emerging issues in entomology: 2023 student debates.

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Student Debates is an annual student competition at the ESA Annual Meeting organized by Student Debates Subcommittee (SDS) members of the ESA Student Affairs Committee. In conjunction with the 2023 ESA Annual Meeting theme, 'Insects and influence: Advancing entomology's impact on people and policy', the theme of this year's student debate was 'Addressing emerging issues in entomology'. With the aid of ESA membership, the SDS selected the following debate topics: (1) Should disclosure of artificial intelligence large language models in scientific writing always be required? and (2) Is it more important to prioritize honey bee or native pollinator health for long-term food security within North America? Four student teams from across the nation, composed of 3-5 student members and a professional advisor, were assigned a topic and stance. Over the course of 5 months, all team members researched and prepared for their assigned topic before debating live with an opposing team at the 2023 ESA Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. SDS members additionally prepared and presented introductions for each debate topic to provide unbiased backgrounds to the judges and audience for context in assessing teams' arguments. The result was an engaging discussion between our teams, judges, and audience members on emerging issues facing entomology and its impact on people and policy, such as scientific communication and food security, that brought attention to the complexities involved when debating topics concerning insects and influence.

Evaluation of Introduction to Academic Culture and Student Affairs (PBAK) UIN Antasari Banjarmasin

This research aims to obtain information regarding participants' responses regarding the materials presented in Introduction to Academic Culture and Student Affairs (PBAK) activities. The subjects of this study were PBAK students batch 2018 and 2019, totaling 6198 students. Extracting data using questionnaires, observations, interviews, and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of PBAK batch 2018 and 2019 can be accepted by students which the materials mostly in positive responses, (1) correlate with the adjustment attitude of PBAK participant 98,37 % positive responses on history, vision and mission of UIN Antasari Banjarmasin, (2) there is 94, 56 % positive responses regarding the Islamic and national insight material, ( 3) participants also responded 97.33% positively to study success and organizations in Higher Education material, (4) social environmental responsibility is 96,86 % in positive response, (5) there are 96.57% students gave positive responses regarding the material on critical analysis of the implementation of the student government concept, (6) the total number of applicants expressed positive responses cosmopolitan millennials with morals and social care and transformation and agent of win manifesto towards civilized people were more about that 97.53% , (7) the material of intrapersonal and interpersonal skills material, it is known that 96.86% of gave positive responses to this material, (8) the scientific writing material was 96,01% in positive response and (9) For 96,61 % positive response given to students ethics material. The psychological impact felt by participants is the emergence of feelings of joy or happiness, usefulness, and motivation from participating in PBAK activities.

Dampak Kebijakan Tata Tertib Sekolah Terhadap Perilaku Siswa

This research aims to explore the impact of school regulations on student discipline using a qualitative method with a case study approach. Data were collected through observations and interviews with students and teachers. The results indicate that school regulations play a central role in shaping student discipline, providing a framework for behavior and clear consequences. Teachers and student affairs staff play a significant role in enforcing rules with fair sanctions. Intracurricular and extracurricular activities help maintain order and provide positive experiences. However, the positive impact is also balanced with attention to negative effects, such as feelings of restraint. Students' awareness of rule consequences is acknowledged as a crucial element in shaping character and self-discipline, an essential perspective in preparing students for the future. In conclusion, the implementation of school regulations at MA NWDI Pancor has a central role in creating an effective learning environment and shaping positive student behavior. Keywords: Student Behavior, School Regulations.

Linguistic Politeness: A Pragmatic Analysis of the Request Letters

The objectives of this study are: discover the linguistic features in the opening strategy, closing strategy, and directness of the head-acts in the request letters; identify and analyze positive and negative politeness strategies used in request letters sent by students, organizations, and companies to the office of the Dean of Student Affairs; investigate the use of politeness strategies that indicates about linguistic conventions. This study employed a mixed-methods research design, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative analyses. The primary data for this study consists of request letters from students at St. Vincent's College Incorporated and various organizations within and outside the academic institution. The researcher selected 15 request letters submitted to the Dean of Student Affairs Office during the 2021-2022 academic year. This study employed three tiers of corpus analysis. The research reveals that request letters sent to the Dean of Student Affairs Office at the institution employ a diverse range of politeness strategies. The "other complimentary close and other pre-closing" is another element of the closure strategy that the researcher discovered. The head-acts shown that request letters are often direct on a degree of directness. The utilization of politeness strategies within a broader socio-cultural context illuminates established linguistic norms. The diverse inclinations towards employing politeness strategies and their multifaceted applications in request letter communication do not necessarily indicate a transition from impoliteness to politeness or vice versa. It demonstrates that people's communication styles and methods of politeness are evolving.

Enhancing Student Affairs Management in Higher Vocational Education Through Digital Media

This study comprehensively analyzed the importance of digital media on student affairs management in higher vocational colleges. The current application status of digital media in student affairs management reveals extensive and profound effects. Digital media enhances efficiency and convenience in areas such as: extracurricular activities, socialization, academic performance, ,Student Personnel, Student Services ,Student Development, Communication Tools, Self-Satisfaction and fulfillment& Inclusivity and Diversity. The researcher employed stratified sampling to select 397 respondents from four higher vocational colleges in Jiangxi Province and used a comparative descriptive research design. Based from the data results the students are aware of the crucial role that digital media plays in these domains but their assessment of the role of digital media on student affairs management based on extracurricular activities, socialization, academic performance, and student personnel student services, student development, communication tools, self-satisfaction and fulfillment, and inclusivity and diversity is considered to be less important. With this It was recommended that school administrator should highlight the importance of recognizing and building upon the unique needs and preferences of students in different academic years to optimize the use of digital media for their holistic development and well-being. There is also a need for tailoring digital media strategies and resources to meet the unique needs and objectives of students in different disciplines and maximize the benefits of technology integration in their academic and professional pursuits.

Utilization of Digital Technology in Marketing Education Services at Kusuma Bangsa High School Palembang

This research discusses the utilization of digital technology in the context of marketing educational services at Kusuma Bangsa High School Palembang. This research is a type of qualitative research with descriptive characteristics that explores various qualitative aspects in understanding marketing strategies involving digital technology. In this study, data were obtained through interviews, observations, and documentation from various parties, including the principal, vice principal for student affairs, multimedia experts, and other resource persons who have related information. Data analysis was conducted through data reduction, data presentation, and data verification. To ensure data validity, the research used data triangulation, which includes triangulation of sources, methods and techniques. The results showed that the utilization of digital technology is an important key to the existence of educational institutions in the digital era. Kusuma Bangsa High School Palembang implements an education services marketing strategy through various digital platforms, with content curation and public relations team training. The utilization of digital technology in marketing education services at Kusuma Bangsa High School Palembang has succeeded in maintaining its existence and attracting public interest. This research provides in-depth information about the importance of digital technology in marketing education services and how educational institutions can utilize it effectively. The implications of this research are expected to be useful for other educational institutions that want to improve marketing efforts through digital technology.

Retention of Student Affairs Professionals: Compensation, Remote Work, Flexibility, and Advancement Opportunities

Student affairs professionals are at risk of leaving both their jobs and higher education in general ( Marshall et al., 2016 ; NASPA, 2022 ). A survey of higher ed professionals was conducted in May of 2022 examining student affairs professionals’ likelihood of leaving their jobs, why they are considering leaving, and what factors may contribute to their retention. Results revealed that two-thirds of student affairs professionals are at least somewhat likely to look for other employment opportunities in the next 12 months. Compensation, remote work, job flexibility, and opportunities for advancement emerged as primary reasons student affairs professionals look for other employment. Compared to other position areas, student affairs professionals are disproportionately less satisfied with their salaries, and a higher salary was the most common reason cited for looking for other employment. Job satisfaction had the strongest correlation with the likelihood of looking for other employment opportunities. Remote work, age, and increased work demands since the pandemic were also associated with the likelihood of looking for other employment. Recommendations for improving the retention of student affairs professionals are discussed.