Publisher's Synopsis
Over the past four decades, programming has continued to be aviable strategy for transmitting knowledge, affecting skillsdevelopment, changing attitudes, and helping students reach theirpotential both on and off campus. This volume will assist studentaffairs professionals as they plan, implement, and evaluate theireducational interventions on college and university campuses. Fromplanning a lunchtime seminar to conducting a semester-long supportgroup, this sourcebook will provide readers with guidance onimplementing programming that is powerful, relevant, and focused onlearning. The contributors detail each step of program assessment,planning, implementation, and outcome evaluation. They explain theimportance of collaborating with faculty and others, illustratingseveral types of programming partnerships with four brief casestudies and examine the significant partnership aspects that led toprogramming success. The contributors also explore two of today'smost relevant programming topics--multicultural competence andsexual violence--and provide an overview of a number of promisingprograms covering such areas as service learning, leadership,community-building, alcohol awareness, and diversity.
This is the 90th issue of the quarterly journal NewDirections for Student Services.
