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Informationen zum Autor Gary L. Kramer is associate dean of student academic and advisement services and professor in the Counseling Psychology Department at Brigham Young University. He formerly served as president of the National Academic Advising Association and won the Virginia Gordon Award for Excellence in Advising in 1994. Klappentext A Comprehensive Handbook for Today's Student Academic Services Professionals Student Academic Services discusses the practical delivery and management of student services and provides insight into the most current research on student development and learning, student readiness, assessment, and the factors needed to run successful programs. The book shows how academic services intersect and explains how they can more effectively work together. The authors promote a systems perspective that can help evaluate and align student services with the goals of both the students and the institution. The contributors are Jim Black Kimberly S. Brown Darlene Burnett Carmy Carranza Don G. Creamer Elizabeth G. Creamer Joseph B. Cuseo Steven C. Ender Anthony M. English Diane Foucar-Szocki Virginia N. Gordon Sara E. Hinkle Bonita C. Jacobs Sally M. Johnstone Gary L. Kramer George D. Kuh Rick Larson Janet G. Lenz Louise Lonabocker Jill A. Lumsden Randy Mitchell Diana Oblinger Rita R. Owens Bernard A. (Bernie) Pekala Gary W. Peterson Earl H. Potter III Gene F. Priday Robert C. Reardon James P. Sampson, Jr. John H. Schuh Patricia A. Shea Vasti Torres J. James Wager W. W. (Tim) Washburn Roger B. Winston, Jr. Zusammenfassung With contributions from a stellar panel of student services experts! Student Academic Services is a comprehensive resource that addresses the intricacies of today's academy and provides a hands-on guide to the expanded and complex functions of today's student academic services. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. The Authors. PART ONE: Taking a Strategic Approach to Student Development. 1. Stimulating and Supporting Student Learning (Roger B. Winston, Jr.). 2. Student Academic Services: Models, Current Practices, and Trends (Darlene Burnett, Diana Oblinger). 3. The Interrelationship of Student Academic Services (John H. Schuh). PART TWO: Profiles of Student Academic Services. 4. Enrollment Management and Conceptual Underpinnings (Jim Black). 5. The Assessment of Readiness for Student Learning in College (Gary W. Peterson, James P. Sampson, Jr., Janet G. Lenz). 6. New Student Orientation in the Twenty-First Century: Individualized, Dynamic, and Diverse (Bonita C. Jacobs). 7. Course Planning and Registration (Louise Lonabocker, J. James Wager). 8. Career Interventions: Facilitating Strategic Academic and Career Planning (Robert C. Reardon, Jill A. Lumsden). 9. Supporting Student Planning (Virginia N. Gordon, Gary L. Kramer). 10. Applying Quality Educational Principles to Academic Advising (Elizabeth G. Creamer, Don G. Creamer, Kimberly S. Brown). 11. The Essential Academic Record (W. W. (Tim) Washburn, Gene F. Priday). 12. Student Financial Services (Rita R. Owens, Bernard A. Pekala). PART THREE: New Directions for Practice. 13. Comprehensive Academic Support for Students During the First Year of College (Joseph B. Cuseo). 14. Responding to Students' Needs (Carmy Carranza, Steven C. Ender). 15. Student Diversity and Academic Services: Balancing the Needs of All Students (Vasti Torres). 16. Putting Academic Services On-Line (Sally M. Johnstone, Patricia A. Shea). 17. Promoting and Sustaining Change (Earl H. Potter III). 18. St...