{"product_id":"rethinking-student-affairs-practice-isbn-9780787962142","title":"Rethinking Student Affairs Practice","description":"To be effective managers, student affairs professionals must understand the structures and processes that form the organizational context in which they work, and must be able to work within them. These structures are often characterized by a rigid division of labor and an expectation that good managers can predict the outcomes of their efforts and can and should exercise control over the inputs. However, to be effective leaders, they must be able to perceive new possibilities beyond those structures and expectations. How can they do both?  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking Student Affairs Practice\u003c\/i\u003e offers an answer to that question. Love and Estanek challenge their readers to perceive their responsibilities, institutions, and relationships through multiple lenses. They have developed a model for change based in four concepts that will help their readers do this. The four concepts are valuing dualisms, transcending paradigms, recognizing connectedness, and embracing paradox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Conceptual Framework: Lessons from the New Science 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Seeing Processes Differently: How We Work 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Pervasive Leadership 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Intrapreneurship: Pervasive Leadership in Action 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Developing an Assessment Mindset 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Seeing Resources Differently: What We Work With 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Rethinking Resources 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Technology as Brush, Paint, and Artist 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Seeing Beyond the Horizon: Emerging Competencies 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Adopting a Global Perspective 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Futures Forecasting 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Rethinking Reviewed: Mindsets and Actions 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 227\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePATRICK G. LOVE\u003c\/b\u003e serves as associate professor of higher education in the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology at New York University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSANDRA M. ESTANEK\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of graduate education and leadership and director of the master's program in College Student Personnel Administration at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.   The insights of twentieth and twenty-first century science have been used by organizational development consultants to challenge leaders to think differently about their organizational structures and processes. In Rethinking Student Affairs Practice, Love and Estanek use these insights to provide a model for change appropriate to higher education in general and student affairs in particular.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be effective managers, student affairs professionals must understand the structures and processes that form the organizational context in which they work, and must be able to work within them. These structures are often characterized by a rigid division of labor and an expectation that good managers can predict the outcomes of their efforts and can and should exercise control over the inputs. However, to be effective leaders, they must be able to perceive new possibilities beyond those structures and expectations. How can they do both?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Student Affairs Practice offers an answer to that question. Love and Estanek challenge their readers to perceive their responsibilities, institutions, and relationships through multiple lenses. They have developed a model for change based in four concepts that will help their readers do this. The four concepts are valuing dualisms, transcending paradigms, recognizing connectedness, and embracing paradox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors develop these concepts and explain this process of thinking differently in the first chapter of this book. Then they apply their framework to both the processes and resources of current student affairs practice, asking their readers to think of leadership as pervasive. They challenge their readers to become \"intrapreneurs\" and explain how they can do so. They understand assessment as a mindset and not a set of activities. They expand our understanding of resources and begin to develop a philosophy of technology. Finally, they look beyond the horizon to the emerging competencies of developing a global perspective and futures forecasting.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe insights of twentieth and twenty-first century science have been used by organizational development consultants to challenge leaders to think differently about their organizational structures and processes. In \u003ci\u003eRethinking Student Affairs Practice,\u003c\/i\u003e Love and Estanek use these insights to provide a model for change appropriate to higher education in general and student affairs in particular. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo be effective managers, student affairs professionals must understand the structures and processes that form the organizational context in which they work, and must be able to work within them. These structures are often characterized by a rigid division of labor and an expectation that good managers can predict the outcomes of their efforts and can and should exercise control over the inputs. However, to be effective leaders, they must be able to perceive new possibilities beyond those structures and expectations. How can they do both? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking Student Affairs Practice\u003c\/i\u003e offers an answer to that question. Love and Estanek challenge their readers to perceive their responsibilities, institutions, and relationships through multiple lenses. They have developed a model for change based in four concepts that will help their readers do this. The four concepts are valuing dualisms, transcending paradigms, recognizing connectedness, and embracing paradox. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors develop these concepts and explain this process of thinking differently in the first chapter of this book. Then they apply their framework to both the processes and resources of current student affairs practice, asking their readers to think of leadership as pervasive. They challenge their readers to become \"intrapreneurs\" and explain how they can do so. They understand assessment as a mindset and not a set of activities. They expand our understanding of resources and begin to develop a philosophy of technology. Finally, they look beyond the horizon to the emerging competencies of developing a global perspective and futures forecasting.   \"This book offers a powerful catalyst for conversation, challenging us in the student affairs profession to think deeply and differently about the 'what,' 'how' and 'why' of our work. I will read sections of this book with my colleagues and together we will use our learning to transform our organization.\"—Larry D. Roper, vice provost for student affairs, Oregon State University  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eRethinking Student Affairs Practice\u003c\/i\u003e does for student affairs what \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e and Peter Senge did for the corporate sector and learning organizations. It makes you think, \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e differently \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e better.”—Jerrold L. Stein, dean of students, Stony Brook University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"I loved this book and will be using it in the future. It will be particularly valuable for students of higher education and entry-level professionals to read and learn new ways to think and lead our institutions to greater effectiveness.\"—Frances Lucas, president, Millsaps College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"This is the book all student affairs professionals need to read. It provides the basis for 'visioning the future' of all that we do in student affairs.\" —Doug Woodard, professor of higher education, University of Arizona\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Are you a duck or a rabbit? This book challenges you to see more and think more about our work and the lost potential when one limits the dimensions of our humanity. A must for every student affairs professional who is asking, what's next and how do I make a difference?”—Gregory Roberts, executive director and senior operating officer, American College Personnel Association\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989957165285,"sku":"NP9780787962142","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780787962142.jpg?v=1761786025","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rethinking-student-affairs-practice-isbn-9780787962142","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}