Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa

Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa / edited by McGlory Speckman and Martin Mandew ; foreword by Prof. Ahmed Bawa.

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Bawa, Ahmed,
Mandew, Martin
Speckman, McGlory T.,
Place / Publishing House:Baltimore, Maryland : : Project Muse,, 2014
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 154 pages) :); illustrations
Notes:Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Biographical notes
  • Introduction
  • Key challenges facing student affairs: An international perspective
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Understanding student affairs in developed and developing regions
  • Influences of internationalisation on student affairs
  • The quest for a normative framework
  • Professionalising an emerging discipline
  • Influences of globalisation on student affairs
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • An overview of critical issues in the student affairs profession: A South African perspective
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • The foundation of the student affairs profession
  • The transformation agenda
  • Financial needs and challenges of students
  • Cultivating and developing ethical leadership
  • The way forward
  • Note
  • Academic development: Bridging the gap for student development and success
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Towards a dialogical relationship
  • What is 'academic development'?
  • Unpacking 'disadvantage'
  • Deficient Others
  • Coming in from the cold
  • Building firm foundations
  • Hitting the sweet spot
  • Are we there yet?
  • Put your money where your mouth is
  • Critical questions for the student affairs movement
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Student success as the number one affair in student affairs: A structural inequality outlook
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Stock-taking in the South African context
  • Enhancing student success and understanding learning
  • Conclusion
  • A return to basics: Selected views on factors preventing access to higher education in South Africa
  • Summary
  • Education in South Africa
  • Our study
  • Recommendations
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • The ethical challenges of a student counselling professional: When is discretion permissible?
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Problem statement
  • Central ethical issues.
  • Relevant central concepts, codes and laws
  • Management suggestions
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • The place of social work as a support service for tertiary students
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • The university community context
  • Rationale for social work services
  • Needs of students
  • Students with disabilities
  • International students
  • Social work practice
  • The role of the social worker
  • Conclusion
  • Towards an asset-based model: A critical reflection on student material support with special reference to clienthood/citizenship tension
  • Summary
  • Introduction
  • Clienthood and citizenship
  • Material support as an enabler
  • Material support, beneficence and clienthood
  • The context of material support
  • Interventions and evaluation
  • Towards an asset-based model
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Back cover.

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