Applying Student Development Theories Holistically: Exemplar Programming in Higher Education

by Christine Wilson (Editor), JeanneHart-Steffes (Editor), KatherineBranch (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2018

  $146.63

  This book dives deeper into student development theory than other texts, unpacking key foundational and emergent theories of college student development while providing contemporary examples and application. Helping aspiring student affairs and higher education professionals grasp and use theories holistically, this important text brings to life theoretical knowledge to help practitioners enhance the development and learning of college and university students. Showcasing a diversity of programs and services across a variety of institutional types, Applying Student Development Theories Holistically demonstrates how professionals are using psychosocial, social identity, and cognitive-structural development theory their work, how assessment is conducted, and what is being learned about the complexities of applying human development theories in multidimensional, holistic ways.