Advising Student Groups and Organizations E-Book

Norbert W. Dunkel

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
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• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 567

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

The only manual for faculty and staff who work directly with student organizations Advising Student Groups and Organizations is a one-of-a-kind book that equips faculty members and administrators to competently and confidently serve as advisers to clubs and other student groups. The second edition is here to help colleges and universities keep up with the skyrocketing number of student groups and shifts in the legal landscape. New chapters on crucial topics, updated case studies, and a full suite of practical resources simplify the process of navigating student organizations. With Advising Student Groups and Organizations, educators can turn the chore of advising into a rewarding activity that benefits everyone. Challenges like student apathy, university politics, and budgetary restrictions can be overcome with the ideas and activities presented here. And in this fully updated edition, new chapters contain everything you need to know about: * Advising fraternities and sororities * Navigating laws such as FERPA, Title IX, and the Clery Act * Working with online distance students and using social media as an advising tool * Conflict mediation and training student advisors You'll want to keep this guide handy so you can take advantage of tools like reflection questions, activities, checklists, and sample forms. Advising Student Groups and Organizations even covers the use of assessments such as True Colors and StrengthsFinder. Now you'll be able to cut through bureaucracy to make the student advising experience truly transformative.

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Contents

The Authors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Challenges and Rewards of Advising

Astin’s Theory of Involvement

Challenges

Rewards

Chapter 2: Overview of Student Groups and Organizations

The Role of the Student Activities Office

Characteristics of Typical Student Organizations

Chapter 3: Greek Letter Organizations

Taxonomy

Types of Greek Letter Organizations

History

Structure of General (Social) Greek Letter Organizations

Providing Advising to Fraternities and Sororities

Case Vignettes

Chapter 4: Understanding Individual and Group Development

Leadership Development

Student Learning

Group Dynamics

Case Vignettes

Chapter 5: Roles and Functions of Advisers

Adviser Roles

Assisting in the Organization’s Success

Case Vignettes

Chapter 6: Providing Academic and Career Assistance

Career Development

Chapter 7: Representing Group and Institutional Interests

Community Participation

Policies and Procedures

Case Vignettes

Chapter 8: Financial Management and Budgeting

Budgets

Revenues and Expenses

Operating Statements and Balance Sheets

Fiscal Controls

Fundraising

Case Vignettes

Chapter 9: Legal Issues and Risk Management

Distinctions between Public and Private Institutions

Case Vignettes

Chapter 10: Dealing with Issues and Conflicts

Organizational Structure

Politics

Funding Issues

Assumption of Power

Tradition and Culture

Communication

Strengths and Personalities

Organization Membership

Differing Purposes

Chapter 11: Ensuring Quality in Advising

Assessment Defined

Framing Questions

Assessment Techniques

Evaluating the Adviser

Assessing the Organization

Conclusion

Chapter 12: Training

Student Organization Adviser Training

Advisers Training Students

Chapter 13: Developing and Increasing Personal Effectiveness

Recommendations for Professional Practice

Keeping the Work Rewarding

Recommendations for Continuing Professional Education

References

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Index

End User License Agreement

List of Illustrations

FIGURE 5.1 The Supervisory Cycle

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 4.1 Greek Leadership Retreat Agenda

Exhibit 4.2 Program Outcomes

Exhibit 4.3 How to Make Reflection Meaningful

Exhibit 4.4 Organizational Norms

Exhibit 4.5 Group Stage Case Study

Exhibit 4.6 Group Member Role Case Study

Exhibit 5.1 Mentor Activity

Exhibit 5.2 Team Building Activity

Exhibit 5.3 President Job Description

Exhibit 5.4 Vice President Job Description

Exhibit 5.5 Treasurer Job Description

Exhibit 5.6 Secretary Job Description

Exhibit 5.7 Adviser Job Description

Exhibit 5.8 Sample Goal Statement

Exhibit 5.9 Back-to-Back Communication

Exhibit 5.10 Sample Memo

Exhibit 5.11 Sample Formal Agenda

Community Involvement Club Rolling Brook College

Exhibit 5.12 Sample Minutes

Community Involvement Club Rolling Brook College

Exhibit 5.13 Basic Motions

Exhibit 5.14 Sample Resolution

Student Senate Resolution 2013–107

Exhibit 5.15 Sample Program Report

Exhibit 5.16 Elements of a Constitution

Exhibit 5.17 Identifying Motives

Exhibit 6.1 Involvement Log/Profile

Exhibit 6.2 Occupational Analysis

Exhibit 6.3 Ethics Case Study

Exhibit 6.4 Moral Development Case Study

Exhibit 6.5 Transferable Skills Exercise

Exhibit 6.6 Sample Cover Letter

Exhibit 6.7 Sample Résumé

John B. Smith

Exhibit 6.8 Résumé Checklist

Exhibit 6.9 Networking List

Exhibit 6.10 Sample Networking Questions

Exhibit 6.11 Job and Non-Job Factors

Exhibit 6.12 Interviewing

Exhibit 6.13 Time Management Analysis

Exhibit 8.1 Sample Operating Statement

Exhibit 8.2 Sample Balance Sheet

Exhibit 8.3 Sample Program Budget

Exhibit 8.4 Sample Fundraising Ideas

Exhibit 10.1 Committee Charge Example

Exhibit 10.2 Communication Case Study

Exhibit 11.1 Adviser’s Self-Evaluation Checklist

Exhibit 11.2 Adviser’s Log

Exhibit 11.3 Adviser’s Evaluation Checklist

Exhibit 11.4 Discussion Questions for Assessing the Adviser

Exhibit 11.5 Generic Statements for Program Evaluation

Exhibit 11.6 Indicators of Student Organization Success

Exhibit 12.1 Sample Adviser Training Schedule

Exhibit 12.2 Sample of Peer Educator Workshops

Exhibit 12.3 Determining the Necessity of a Retreat

Exhibit 12.4 Tips on Motivating Students to Take Action

Exhibit 13.1 Additional Resources

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Advising Student Groups and Organizations

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Norbert W. Dunkel, John H. Schuh, and Nancy E. Chrystal-Green

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The Authors

Norbert W. Dunkel is associate vice president for Student Affairs, Auxiliary Operations at the University of Florida. His responsibilities include oversight of the Department of Recreational Sports, J. Wayne Reitz Union, and the Department of Housing and Residence Education. He serves concurrently as the chief housing officer and manages a comprehensive campus housing operation for ten thousand residents and their families including business services, residence life and education, administrative services, custodial, maintenance, personnel and payroll, marketing and public relations, and information technology. He oversees eighteen hundred full- and part-time employees with operational auxiliary budgets over $70 million annually. These one hundred seventy facilities encompass four million square feet. Mr. Dunkel holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy.

Dunkel is the author, coauthor, or editor of over ninety-one publications, including eighteen books and monographs, twenty-nine book chapters, and over forty-five articles. His books include Campus Housing Management (six volume set edited with James Baumann), Campus Crisis Management (edited with Gene Zdziarski and Mike Rollo), Advice for Advisers: Empowering Your Residence Hall Association (3rd edition) (edited with Cindy Spencer), Foundations: Strategies for the Future of Collegiate Housing (edited with Beth McCuskey), Advising Student Groups and Organizations (with John Schuh), Campus Housing Construction (with Jim Grimm), Peak Experiences (edited with Paul Jahr). He was editor of the Journal of College and University Student Housing and associate editor of the College Student Affairs Journal. Dunkel has made nearly one hundred presentations and speeches to various conferences and institutions including twice testifying before United States Congressional Committees. He has served as a consultant to twenty-three universities and colleges.

Dunkel has served as president for the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I) and twice previously served on the executive board. He cofounded and codirected (for ten years) the ACUHO-I James C. Grimm National Housing Training Institute, now in its twenty-second year. He is the current founding codirector of the Roelf Visser Student Housing Training Institute in South Africa, now in its fifth year. He hosted the Global Housing Summit in Hong Kong with over seventeen countries in attendance.

Dunkel came to the University of Florida after holding administrative positions at South Dakota State University and the University of Northern Iowa. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. At the University of Florida, Dunkel is a member of the UF Budget Advisory Council, Crisis Response Team, University Counseling Resources Network, Emergency Policy Group/Executive Management Team, Food Service Advisory Council, and Land Use and Facilities Planning Committee.

Dunkel has received the ACUHO-I Foundation Parthenon Society Award and Foundation of Excellence Award. He has received the Leadership and Service, Presidential Service, and Research and Publication Awards from ACUHO-I; the Dr. Kenneth Stoner Distinguished Service Award and Dan Hallenbeck Service Award from the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH); the Charles W. Beene Memorial Service Award from the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO), and the James E. Scott Bridging the Gap Memorial Award from the University of Florida.

John H. Schuh is director of the School of Education at Iowa State University. As such he is responsible for the educational program of the School including all degree programs and other educational experiences offered by the School. He assumed this position on July 1, 2013. He also is the director of Iowa State University’s Emerging Leader’s Academy.

John Schuh also is distinguished professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State, where he was department chair for six and one-half years. Previously he held administrative and faculty assignments at Wichita State University, Indiana University (Bloomington), and Arizona State University. He received his Master of Counseling and PhD degrees from Arizona State. He served for more than twenty years as a reserve officer in the United States Army Medical Service Corps, being assigned to the retired reserve with the rank of major in 1991.

Schuh is the author, coauthor, or editor of over 235 publications, including 29 books and monographs, 80 book chapters, and over 110 articles. Among his books are Assessment Methods for Student Affairs, One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice (with Kathleen Manning and Jillian Kinzie), Student Success in College (with George D. Kuh, Jillian Kinzie, and Elizabeth Whitt). Currently he is associate editor of the New Directions for Student Services Sourcebook Series after serving as editor for thirteen years. He was associate editor of the Journal of College Student Development for fourteen years and was book review editor of The Review of Higher Education from 2008 to 2010. Schuh has made nearly three hundred presentations and speeches to campus-based, regional, national, and international meetings. He has served as a consultant to more than eighty institutions of higher education and other educational organizations.

Schuh has served on the governing boards of the American College Personnel Association, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (twice) and the Association of College and University Housing Officers (twice), and the Board of Directors of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Foundation. He is a member of the Evaluator Corps of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools where he also serves as a Team Chair for accreditation visits.

Schuh has received the Research Achievement Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education, the Contribution to Knowledge Award from the American College Personnel Association, the Contribution to Research or Literature Award and the Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, and the S. Earl Thompson Award, Association of College and University Housing Officers-International. The American College Personnel Association elected him as a Senior Scholar Diplomate. Schuh was chosen as one of seventy-five Diamond Honorees by ACPA in 1999 and as a Pillar of the Profession by NASPA in 2001. He is a member of the Iowa Academy of Education. He has received a number of institutional awards including the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, his undergraduate alma mater.

Schuh received a Fulbright award to study higher education in Germany in 1994, was named to the Fulbright Specialists Program in 2008, and had a specialists’ assignment in South Africa in 2012. In 2013 he was named to the Peer Review Committee for the Fulbright Specialist Program. He has been engaged with institutions of higher education in Scotland, England, Germany, Syria, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Ireland, Macau, Malaysia, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia.

Nancy E. Chrystal-Green currently serves as the director of Student Activities and Involvement at the University of Florida having responsibility for Sorority and Fraternity Affairs, advising student government, campus programming, event management, student organization advising, and the Travel and Recreation Program. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy. Chrystal-Green received her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from McMaster University in Hamilton, ON, Canada (1993), a master’s degree in Recreation Administration from Georgia Southern University (1996), and a doctorate in Student Affairs Administration from the University of Georgia (2004).

Chrystal-Green has spent her twenty-year career advising students and student organizations as a student affairs administrator in the fields of residence life, campus recreation, and student activities. Prior to joining the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Florida, she held administrative positions at Coastal Carolina University, Oxford College of Emory, and the University of Georgia. She has been recognized for her service to national student affairs organizations for a variety of capacities including chairing the faculty for the School of Recreational Sports Management. Chrystal-Green has also been recognized by students by being awarded the James E. Scott Bridging the Gap Memorial Award from the University of Florida and being inducted into Florida Blue Key Leadership Honorary. She has presented over thirty sessions at regional and national conferences, facilitated dozens of skill development sessions with student leaders, been a keynote speaker for many awards banquets and leadership retreats, and served as an external reviewer. Her research interests include staff supervision, leadership development, cocurricular learning, and legal and ethical issues in student affairs practice.

Preface

IN WRITING THE second edition for this book, we reviewed the changes in advising over the past fifteen years. The exponential increase in the use of technology, the evolving legal landscape, and the increasingly challenging financial environment are just a few of the broad, contextual areas that advisers have had to stay abreast of in providing the information, materials, and support needed by student organizations.

We continue to be amazed by the energy, excitement, and drive that each year’s new class of students brings to our campuses. We know many of them will develop into mature, sophisticated leaders by the time they graduate while a few will at times challenge our patience. Most important, we take pride in their development and have a renewed sense of energy when our new students walk through the door to attend their first student organization meeting.

Over the years higher education has continued to receive criticism for not putting student learning first (for example, Wingspread Group on Higher Education 1993; Association of American Colleges and Universities 2002), and, at times, that criticism could be justified. Sometimes other priorities get in the way of student learning, but we need to continue to analyze how faculty and staff use their time (see Boyer 1990). Many of us continue to draw our vision in part from (American College Personnel Association 1994) and (National Association of Student Personnel Educators and the American College Personnel Association 2004), which proposed that faculty and educational leaders in higher education, including student organization advisers, need to develop conditions that motivate and inspire students to devote more time and energy to educationally purposeful activities both in and outside the classroom. Student organization advisers have the opportunity to link classroom learning to practical applications through the experiences students have in their organizations. Although the role of adviser is different from that of classroom instructor, Love and Maxam (2011) point out “Group advising also involves the role and skills of a teacher” (419).