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Foreword:
John N. Gardner “An Invitation for Reflection”
Introduction:
Out of the Blue
Learning to use our instruments, instincts, and
institutions to navigate changing circumstances
in higher education.
Glimpses
and Discernment
Practicing and modeling critical thinking to overcome
incomplete or inaccurate assessments
of the
“truth.”
The
Campus Compass
Becoming a moral conscience of the campus.
How
Can I Be Assured?
Responding to parental concerns
and perceptions
about the college experience.
To
What End?
Addressing unforeseen circumstances as opportunities
rather than threats or faults.
The
Search for Truth
The role of the student affairs profession in helping
students search for meaning and truth.
The
Messages We Send
Responding
to the realities of racism.
Reunion
in the Union
Using a glimpse of the past to create a vision for
the future.
Choices
and Consequence
Teaching, modeling, and processing the relationships between
choices and consequences.
A
House Divided
Re-imaging departments, divisions, and universities as seamless
structures with diverse rooms, rather than entities with “sides.”
Meeting
Our Needs
Using the 7 S’s of SucceSSful SeminarS to make
meetings more meaningful.
Laughing
at Uncertainty
The serious business of humor in student affairs.
Enclosing
Land for Cultivation
(or, the 3 P's of
ImPPProvement)
Capturing place improvement, performance improvement,
and process improvement to reach
organizational goals.
Stones
for the Fountain
Taking important pieces of our pasts with us throughout
our careers.
Bouncing
Back
Learning and practicing resilience in the student
affairs profession.
The
University of Now
Helping our students – and us – to get the most
out of the present.
Signs
of Spring
Hope, growth, opportunity, and the cyclical nature
of student affairs work.
Retention
Comprehension
Redefining the role student affairs plays in retention,
progression, and graduation.
The
Parent Trap
Adjusting to a new relationship with the parents
of undergraduate students.
Student
Affairs Hospitality
Making people, places, programs, policies, and
processes intentionally inviting.
Cutting
Our Teeth on Wisdom
Influencing the development of wisdom through reflection,
integration, and application.
Getting
It
Changing the focus from “just getting through” to “getting
the most from” educational
and professional experiences.
In
the Meantime
Making the mean-time meaning-ful in the student
affairs profession.
Pioneers
and Pilgrims
Recognizing and emulating the pathfinders and trailblazers of the
student affairs profession.
Emanation
and Generation
Creating programs and services that are independent
from their creators.
Neighborhoods
Turning
the workplace into a community.
A
Frantic Desire for Patience
Practicing patience in the profession to endure
what is and to get to what could be.
Trustees
Balancing the servant-leader and supervisor roles
by practicing trust.
Rising
to the Occasion
Finding inner strength and reserves to respond
in times of uncertainty and change.
Trick
and Treat: A New
Perspective
Overcoming uncertainty and fear by developing
new perspectives.
The
Uncertainty of Change
Adapting, adjusting,
assimilating, and accommodating uncertainty and change in the
student affairs profession.
Dear
Lindsey
A letter of future hope written to a high school
daughter.
Table
of Context
Reflection
questions, organized by subject.
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