Student Affairs and the Board of Trustees: Representation, Support, and Advocacy
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Claudia K. Beeny
A university governing board’s influence on institutional policy is undeniable. Educating board members about student affairs issues is essential to ensuring a well-informed, effective board. This study examined the relationship between student affairs and the board’s student affairs committee (SAC). An 89-item survey was developed and administered to 1,100 NASPA voting delegates with a 33% return rate. The survey focused on Goodale’s (1997) four broad areas of responsibilities for the SAC as well as membership, agendas, and their orientation. The results showed significant differences between public and private institutions in the number with a SAC, issues discussed, having a clear mission or charge and having a student voting member. As a result of the study, five recommendations were made to enhance the effectiveness of the SAC.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Article
- Table of Contents
- Student Affairs and the Board of Trustees: Representation, Support, and Advocacy
- First Year Students' Views on Changing Their Campus Alcohol Culture
- A System of Othermothering: Student Affairs Administrators' Perceptions of Relationships with Students at Historically Black Colleges
- Student Development in Tribal Colleges and Universities
- Chief Student Affairs Officer Titles: Standardization of Titles and Broadening of Labels
- Understanding Commuter Student Self-Efficacy for Leadership: A Within-Group Analysis
- Review of "Exploring leadership for college students who want to make a difference (2nd ed.)"
- Review of "Connecting to the net.generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today's students"
- Review of "Minority student retention: The best of the journal of college student retention: Research, theory & practice"
- NASPA Journal Volume 45, Issue 2
