Chronology of Foundational Documents of the Student Affairs Profession
M. Wilson, M. Coomes, and M. Dannells
Division of Higher Education and Student Affairs, Bowling Green State University

Selection of Statements About the Profession

•  Minutes of the Conference of Deans of Women of the Middle West (1903)
• Minutes of the First & Second Annual Conferences of Deans and Advisors of Men (NASPA)
• The Student Personnel Point of View (1937)
• The Student Personnel Point of View (1949)
• Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students (1967 & 1991)
• The Student in Higher Education (Hazen Foundation, 1968)
• Student Development in Tomorrow's Higher Education: A Return to the Academy (T.H.E. Project Phase I) (Brown, 1972)
• A Student Development Model for Student Affairs in Tomorrow's Higher Education (T.H.E. Project Phase II) (ACPA, 1975)
• Student Development Services in Post Secondary Education (COSPA, 1975)
• The Future of Student Affairs (Miller & Prince, 1976)
• CAS Standards (1986)
•  A Perspective on Student Affairs (NASPA, 1987)
• Student Learning Imperative: Implications for Student Affairs (1994)
• Principles of Good Practice in Student Affairs (ACPA & NASPA, 1998)
• Powerful Partnerships: A Shared Responsibility for Learning (1998)
• Learning Reconsidered (2004)
• Learning Reconsidered 2 (2006)

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