Abstract
With the expansion of higher education around the turn of the 20th century, the field of student affairs was created to enhance the extra-curriculum and promote student development beyond the classroom. This allowed faculty to focus on scholarship and formal curricular education. Unfortunately, with their different areas of responsibility, student and academic affairs grew in divergent directions and eventually developed contrasting functions, values, cultures, and epistemologies. Today, institutions must address this issue by creating ways for student affairs professionals and professors to gain a better understanding and appreciation for one another’s work; this will facilitate collaboration between these groups in pursuing their shared goal of student education and development.
Recommended Citation
Reif, G. (2007). Higher Education’s Missing Link: Examining the Gap between Academic and Student Affairs and Implications for the Student Experience. The Vermont Connection, 28(1). https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol28/iss1/11