Over the past 5 years, ACPA and NASPA have promoted conversations about an exploration of scholarship in the field through dedicated special issues of their journals (2001 and 2002 respectively) to the topic. The leadership of NASPA called a summit in 2006 for scholars and practitioners to gather and discuss the state of scholarship in the field of student affairs. The purpose of the summit was to make recommendations for the future production and dissemination of scholarship. This article provides an overview of the summit, the questions asked and answered, and future directions to take as a community of scholars and practitioners.
This chapter suggests how student affairs professionals and faculty members might collaborate in developing a research agenda for student affairs research. Also, the authors discuss how higher education graduate programs might assist student affairs staff with research activities.
Leadership is something I think about all the time. I studied leadership theory in my doctoral program, writing my dissertation on the leadership styles of women college presidents. I have taught graduate and undergraduate courses on leadership. I have also explored the concept of spirituality over the past decade or so, and the connections between spirituality and leadership. I write this reflection piece to share with others how both spirituality and leadership have shaped my experience and practice as a student affairs administrator.
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