Applying College Change Theories to Student Affairs Practice

Student affairs professionals are critical to the efforts to improve students'' experiences and outcomes--especially in two-year institutions. This volume explores the history of student development and college impact theories and models in relation to two-year institutions.

Topics covered include:

• analysis of the applicability of the literature for diverse and current community colleges and student populations,
• implications for practitioners, and
• presentation of alternative models and lenses.

This is the 174th volume of this Jossey-Bass quarterly report series. Essential to the professional libraries of presidents. vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today''s open-door institutions, New Directions for Community Colleges provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.