Research On American College Student Affairs Administration

The the development of the student in university can't get away from student administration. In the new period, the development target of the talented person is more diverse, only depending on professional education which contending science study, the classroom teaching for main contents is hard to complete the great task. Regardless the knowledge acquirement, ability development, and the character exaltation which melt with careers, experiences, etc., all need the student administration and professional education make a concerted effort. But along with the fast development of society economy, culture and new technique, and along with various reforms that the higher education oneself carries on, our country's student administration in higher institutions has shown various maladjustment, including the idea, function, institution and teaching staff and so on. Our country's college student administration is just getting into a hobble and should be greatly changed so as to adapt the realistic demand and future development.In the last few years, our country has already paid more attention to the relevant research on college student administration, but we are still far behind with it in some advanced nations such as European countries and America. Therefore, studying their college student administration, and learning from their successful experience are of great significance to the Chinese college student work reform. In comparison,America ,as one of the powerest countries of higher educatio , its student administration are also successfu. As a professional field with extreme practicality, the theory, function and system of American college student affairs administration ("student affairs administration"is the typical terminology in America, which has the equal meaning with"student administration"used in our country), are being gradually improved with the progress of massification and marketization of higher education. American college student affairs administration has made much more progress. In view of this fact, the author makes a probe into American college student affairs administration, and puts forward some proposal for our student administration in higher institutions.The structure of the thesis as follows :Introduction :It mainly talks about the meaning of selecting the topic ,the outline of the thesis ,the methods of the research,and also the definitions of the concepts :student affairs administration and student administration .Part I :It describes the developmental history of the college student affairs of the United States, divided the development process into four phases ,especially the student development theory .Part II :It introduces the present situation of American college student affairs administration ,with more emphasis on main functions and professional development .Part III :It first draws a brief summary of the American college student affairs administration , points out the problem of Chinese college student administration and the challenges ,then gives some advice to our country 's student administration .