Book contents
- Administratively Adrift
- Administratively Adrift
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Gap between the Student Experience and University Operations
- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Traditional University
- Chapter 3 University Tradition and Conformity: Insights and Persistence
- Chapter 4 Faculty Influence and Influences on Faculty
- Chapter 5 The Evolution of the Student Affairs Profession and the Ethos of Specialization
- Chapter 6 Decision-Making, Governance, and the Distribution of Power: Implications for the Student Experience
- Chapter 7 Lost among the Silos: Students and Information Systems
- Chapter 8 Pinch Points and More: Insights from the Student’s Perspective
- Chapter 9 Reinventing the Student Experience: A Case Study
- Chapter 10 Administratively Aligned: A Blueprint for a More Supportive and Holistic Learning Experience
- References
- Index
Chapter 1 - The Gap between the Student Experience and University Operations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
- Administratively Adrift
- Administratively Adrift
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Gap between the Student Experience and University Operations
- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Traditional University
- Chapter 3 University Tradition and Conformity: Insights and Persistence
- Chapter 4 Faculty Influence and Influences on Faculty
- Chapter 5 The Evolution of the Student Affairs Profession and the Ethos of Specialization
- Chapter 6 Decision-Making, Governance, and the Distribution of Power: Implications for the Student Experience
- Chapter 7 Lost among the Silos: Students and Information Systems
- Chapter 8 Pinch Points and More: Insights from the Student’s Perspective
- Chapter 9 Reinventing the Student Experience: A Case Study
- Chapter 10 Administratively Aligned: A Blueprint for a More Supportive and Holistic Learning Experience
- References
- Index
Summary
Opening with a disturbing example of how outmoded university structures can jeopardize a vulnerable student’s future, Chapter 1 introduces the structural lag between an increasingly diverse student generation that grew up with the smartphone and its easy access to information and the fragmented practices of the university. This gap is deepened by societal crucibles in contemporary American life, including the pandemic, economic change, extremism, climate change, and structural racism. By forcing universities online, the pandemic highlighted how important campus life is to students, the learning process, and how much of the university experience takes place outside the classroom. As universities prepare for post-pandemic education, they must take long-discussed and long-delayed steps to critically examine their history, address the bifurcation between faculty and service staff, reform their semi-independent institutional structures, and coordinate the array of student services toward the goal of a student-centered and holistic university experience.
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- Administratively AdriftOvercoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success, pp. 1 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022