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  title info:
    title: Skill development among student affairs professionals in the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region III
  name:
    name part: Roberts, Darby Michelle.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Carpenter, D. Stanley
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2004
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Student affairs practitioners develop a variety of skills in order to serve students and the institutions in which they work. This research study used a newly developed instrument to assess the perceived performance of a variety of skills and the methods that student affairs professionals use to develop those skills. The population included professional affiliates of Region III of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Faculty members and those not practicing in student affairs were excluded from the surveyed population. The professional affiliates were identified as new professionals, mid-managers, and senior student affairs officers. The instrument identified 72 skill statements in ten categories: leadership; student contact; communication; personnel management; fiscal management; professional development; research, evaluation, and assessment; legal issues; technology, and diversity. For each skill category, fifteen learning methods were identified. A usable response rate of 61.6% was obtained. The data supported the stage theory of student affairs professional development for nine of the ten categories: senior student affairs officers rated their mastery of skills greater than did mid-managers, and mid-managers rated themselves higher than did new professionals. All groups rated their communication skills high. In several categories, there were statistically significant differences between the administrative levels. The exception was for the technology category. There was not a statistically significant difference between the groups. Professionals use a wide variety of methods to gain competence in the skill areas. The most common methods involved interaction with other practitioners and included mentoring, discussion with colleagues, and professional conference program sessions. Very few professionals have taken a sabbatical or on-line course to develop the identified skills. Several skill categories revealed differences between administra…
  note: by Darby Michelle Roberts.
  note: Vita.
  note: Abstract.
  note: "Major Subject: Educational Administration"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (record created on Jul. 18, 2005.)
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  note: Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2003.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation).
  subject:
    topic: Major educational administration
  subject:
    topic: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
  subject:
    topic: Student Affairs
  subject:
    topic: higher education
  subject:
    topic: Professional Development
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/481
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 050728
    record change date: 20151102050848.0
    record identifier: in00002058557