
Publication date
20/06/2014
Price (ZA)
R150.00
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-920677-44-2
Perspectives on Student Affairs
By M Speckman & M Mandew (eds)
The goal of Perspectives on Student Affairs in South Africa is to generate interest in student affairs in South Africa. The papers contained herein are based on best practice, local experience and well-researched international and local theories.
The papers in this book deal with matters pertaining to international and national trends in student affairs: academic development, access and retention, counselling, and material support for students coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are linked to national and international developments, as described in the first two papers.
This publication will assist both young and experienced practitioners as they grow into their task of developing the students entrusted to them.
All contributors are South Africans with a great deal of experience in student affairs, and all are committed to the advancement of student affairs in South Africa. The editors are former heads of student affairs portfolios at two leading South African universities.
Foreword v
Preface ix
Biographical notes xiii
Introduction 1
PART 1: An Overview of Issues and Challenges
Key challenges facing student affairs: An international perspective 9
Birgit Schreiber
An overview of critical issues in the student affairs profession: A South African perspective 27
Llewellyn MacMaster
PART 2: Access, Support and Success
Academic student affairs: Bridging the gap for student development and success 41
Martin Mandew
Student success as the number one affair in student affairs: A structural inequality outlook 59
Matete Madiba
Back to basics: Selected views on factors that prevent access in higher education 77
Lullu Tshiwula and Ncedikaya Magopeni
PART 3: Holistic Support
The ethical challenges of a student counselling professional: When does discretion become permissible? 95
Hanlé Kirkcaldy
The place of social work as a support service for tertiary students 107
Zethu Mkhize
Towards an asset-based model: A critical reflection on student material support with special reference to clienthood/citizenship tension 121
McGlory Speckman
Bibliography 145