How to Thrive in Student Affairs: Self-Directed Courses for New Professionals

Click Here to View Sample Pages Student affairs divisions have been significantly affected by societal shifts and a variety of changes. That has resulted in a bandwidth issue in student affairs these days. Staff shortages, increased task lists, ever-expanding student needs and more have created a logjam. There’s not enough time, energy and expertise to go around. Yet, still, the work needs to get done — and done well. That’s why we’ve created this series of Self-Directed Courses for New Student Affairs Professionals. Your new student affairs staff may be coming from non-higher ed backgrounds, without the benefit of previously learning about student affairs and those “need to know” details that can make them more successful. These courses allow new professionals to tap into any of these self-directed mini courses to get up to speed, ready to best serve students, their departments and their institutions.  Helping Staff Members Thrive, One Course at a Time Self-directed learning takes pla