History of Student Affairs - Resources

The history of student affairs is rich and fascinating. I'm using this space to add, as I go, sources you might use if you're interested in learning about the history of student affairs.

Print Sources (.doc)

On-line Sources:

History of Student Affairs

• National Student Affairs Archives, Bowling Green State University (html)

Early Deans of Women

• Association of Collegiate Alumnae (ACA-AAUW) AAUW Herstory: How Far We Have Come (html)
• Pioneering Deans of Women: More Than Wise and Pious Matrons (2000) by Jana Nidiffer (review - must purchase)

  Alice Freeman Palmer

  • Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Women (1993) by Ruth Birgitta Anders Bordin **e-text**
  • Entry in World Book (must subscribe)

Early Deans of Men (NADM-NADAM-NASPA)

• About NASPA - NASPA History (html)

National Education Association (NEA)

• NEA and Academe Through the Years (html)

American College Personnel Association (NAAS-NAPPO-ACPA, APGA, AACD-ACA)

• ACPA Policy and Procedure Manual (pdf)
• History of ACA American Counseling Association (html)

National Association of Deans of Women (NADW-NADWC-NAWDAC-NAWE)

• NEA and Academe Through the Years (html)
• The Dean of Women in the Institution of Higher Learning (1950) **e-text**

Early Graduate Programs - Professional Preparation Programs

• Teachers College 1914 MA/Diploma

Student Personnel Movement (and contributing perspectives)

Walter Dill Scott (1869-1955)

• Increasing Human Efficiency in Business: A Contribution to the Psychology of Business (1910) **e-text** UVa etext
• Northwestern's Number One Alumnus (html)
• Walter Dill Scott by M.S.Z. (html)

Walter Dill Scott and the Psychology of Advertising (html)

Testing/Measurement Movement

• Measuring Up: Tests, Curriculum and Standards School, PBS

Student Development Movement (and contributing perspectives)

Student Learning Movement (and contributing perspectives)

• A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (1993) U.S. Dept. of Education **e-text**
• Reform in Student Affairs: A Synopsis (1995) ERIC Digests **e-text**
• Student Learning Imperative: Implications for Student Affairs (1994) ACPA **e-text**
• SLI Quotation, "The interval between the decay of the old..." is attributed in the document to John C. Calhoun, arguably the early 19th century's' most prominent and vocal proponent of slavery and secession. Read the quote in context in the Disquisition on Government at Constitution.org. (Egad. Why did they choose that quotation again?)
• Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs (n.d., but 1998) ACPA **e-text**

History of Higher Education (context)

• Higher Education Resource Hub - see Archival Resources or History of Higher Ed (html)
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe - Legal Research (if your host server has access to Lexis-Nexis) (html)
• Images of American Political History (html)
• Title IX - current U.S. Code (html)
• 20th Century Year by Year (html)
• School: The Story of American Public Education PBS (html)

College and University Websites - History of Student Affairs

• Oberlin College Archives online
• University of Illinois archives online

The Dean Database

Bibliography

Last update: 08/07/2005