Abstract:

Student affairs professionals face increasing pressure from ideologies, people, and organizations outside of higher education institutions. Historically, student affairs practice has been focused on student development theory. In this constructivist grounded theory study, we explore this tension using interviews with 21 early-career, mid-level, and senior student affairs practitioners. Our findings highlight the complex forces now shaping student affairs practice, including external demands related to (a) efficacy and efficiency of student services; (b) compliance with local, state, and federal laws; and (c) student and public relations crises. We theorize these pressures relative to Foucault’s thinking about surveillance and self-regulation within total institutional spaces, using these ideas to offer new insight into student affairs practice.

摘要：

学生事务专业人员面临着来自高等教育机构以外的意识形态、人员和组织的越来越大的压力。从历史上看，学生事务实践一直集中在学生发展理论上。在这项建构主义扎根理论研究中，我们通过采访 21 名早期职业、中级和高级学生事务从业者来探讨这种紧张关系。我们的研究结果强调了目前影响学生事务实践的复杂力量，包括与以下方面相关的外部需求：(a) 学生服务的效力和效率；(b) 遵守地方、州和联邦法律；(c) 学生和公共关系危机。我们将这些压力与福柯关于整个机构空间内的监视和自我监管的思想相关联，利用这些思想为学生事务实践提供新的见解。