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From:         "Will Barratt" <EGBARRA@BEFAC.INDSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      ACPA COMMISSION IX FORUM

                    Student Affairs Research:
                Expectations, Models, and Methods

                       ACPA Commission IX
            Third Annual Preconference Research Forum


                              January 1993

Dear Colleague:

     Do you attend ACPA to become rejuvenated?  Are you looking for
good research in student affairs and ACPA?  Do you produce good
research and evaluation reports but have difficulty finding an
audience for them?  Do you need better research and evaluation
studies to improve your decision-making within student affairs?  If
you answered "yes" to any or all of the items on this standardized
instrument with perfect reliability and validity, consider coming
to ACPA a day early to discuss and promote student affairs research
with your colleagues.

     ACPA Commission IX (Assessment for Student Development) would
like to invite you to apply to participate in the Third Annual
Preconference Research Forum, Student Affairs Research:
Expectations, Models, and Methods.  The Forum is scheduled for
Saturday, March 27, 1993 from 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. in Kansas
City.  Among our goals for the Forum are (a) promoting quality
research, evaluation, and assessment activities among the
membership of ACPA; and (b) working toward translating the
knowledge of experts in the areas of research, evaluation, and
assessment to campus decision-makers.

     Dr. Robert D. Brown; former editor of the Journal of College
Student Development, former President of ACPA, and tireless
advocate of research in student affairs has agreed to "energize"
us.  After being challenged by Bob we have planned three panel
discussions, one each for Expectations, Models, and Methods.
Please see the attached schedule to meet the panelists.

     Expectations sets the tone for the Forum by offering a
     variety of opinions on the need for student affairs
     research, as well as its characteristics, value, role,
     and use.  The CAS Standards and Guidelines for Student
     Services/Development Programs (1986) indicated that a
     student affairs research effort is necessary yet A Study
     of Student Affairs Research and Evaluation Activities in
     American Colleges and Universities (1989) revealed only
     a moderate amount of student affairs research.  Is
     student affairs research necessary?  Does student affairs
     research contribute to management information?  Why/why
     not?  What would encourage administrators to establish a
     student affairs research effort and use the results of
     that effort?  What is expected of a good student affairs
     research effort?

     Models offers opinions about settings in which student
     affairs research is done and by whom.  Should there be a
     student affairs research and evaluation office (SAREO)?
     If not, should student affairs research be a staff
     function in the chief student affairs administrator's
     (CSSA) office, or in the institutional research (IR)
     office, or do we count on faculty and graduate students
     to do our research?  Which is the preferred arrangement?
     Has assessment rekindled our interest in research or has
     it deferred attention from the student affairs research
     effort?

     Methods offers a discussion of more specific techniques
     for meeting campus research expectations.  As a part of
     the methods discussion, the quantitative-qualitative
     debate from the 1991 Forum will be considered.
     Additional questions may include, who is doing what kinds
     of research?  Survey research?  Experimental
     investigations?  Telephone surveys?  Focus groups?

     As has been our practice in the past, we have selected some
reading material as preparation for the Forum.  This year we chose
Promises and Pieces in Wonderland:  The Promise and Practice of
Student Affairs Research, a recent NASPA book edited by Karl J.
Beeler and Deborah E. Hunter.  If you do not have a copy, a form is
enclosed for you to use to purchase copies directly from NASPA.

     As you will note from the enclosed schedule, the Expectations
Panel discussion extends through lunch which we hope to arrange in
the conference hotel hopefully for a cost of less than $20 to you.
We also plan to arrange for a social with a cash bar immediately
following the Forum in one of the conference hotel lounges for
continued discussion with your colleagues.  There is no charge for
your participation in the Forum, however.

     If you are interested and able to participate in the Forum,
please complete and return the enclosed application by
February 19, 1993.  As we are trying to maximize everyone's
opportunities to participate in the discussions, we will be
limiting attendance to 30 participants.  Should it become necessary
to screen applicants, please take a few minutes to think about your
participation in the Forum and answer the brief questions on the
application.

     Please feel free to contact me with further questions at (804)
683-3080 or by BITNET at JWP100U @ ODUVM.

                              Sincerely,

                              James W. Pickering, Ed. D.
                              Forum Chair

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                    Student Affairs Research:
                Expectations, Models, and Methods

                       ACPA Commission IX
            Third Annual Preconference Research Forum

                     9:00 A.M. -- 5:00 P.M.
                    Saturday, March 27, 1993
                           Kansas City


                             MORNING

 9:00 - 9:15   Welcome and Introductions

 9:15 - 9:45   "The Energizer" -- Bob Brown

 9:45 - 10:00  BREAK

10:00 - 1:00   Expectations -- Panel, Discussion, and Small Groups
               -- Moderator - Janet Schmidt

                              LUNCH

11:30 - 1:00   Discussion will continue during lunch in one of the
               conference hotels

                            AFTERNOON

 1:00 - 3:00   Models -- Panel, Discussion, and Small Groups
               -- Moderator - Will Barratt

 2:30 - 3:00   BREAK

 3:00 - 5:00   Methods -- Panel, Discussion, and Small Groups
               --Moderator - Eileen Coughlin

                             EVENING

 5:00 - 7:00   Social

Panelists include Jim Banning, Karl Beeler, Leellen Brigman, Dick
Caple, Gary Malaney, and Carney Strange

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                     Student Affairs Research:
                Expectations, Models, and Methods

                       ACPA Commission IX
            Third Annual Preconference Research Forum

                           APPLICATION

Please feel free to re-format this to your needs.

Name      _____________________________________________________
Title     _____________________________________________________
Address   _____________________________________________________
          _____________________________________________________
          _____________________________________________________
          _____________________________________________________


_____     YES, please include me as an applicant for the 1993 Forum

_____     NO, I am not able to attend this year but would like to
          be invited to the next Forum


Briefly describe your interest in and experience with student
affairs research.


Briefly describe your background and what you hope to contribute to
the Forum.


Briefly discuss how you plan to use what you learn from the Forum
at your own institution.


Please indicate (a) your highest degree and the institution from
which it was granted (b) your current position, institution, and
brief position description (please continue on the back of the page
as necessary).



                 PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN TO:

                     Dr. James W. Pickering
                    Senior Research Associate
         University Planning and Institutional Research
                 218 New Administration Building
                     Old Dominion University
                  Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0031

                      BY FEBRUARY 19, 1993

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                   NASPA PUBLICATIONS ORDER FORM

                                        Quantity       Cost

Puzzles and Pieces in Wonderland:
  The Promise and Practice of
  Student Affairs Research

$7.95 members; $9.95 nonmembers         ________       $______

Shipping (UPS)                                         $   2.50

Total                                                  $ ______


Please return completed form with check, money order, or credit
card authorization.

Please return to:   NASPA
                    1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW
                    Suite 418
                    Washington, D. C. 20009-5728
                    (202) 265-7500
                    (No telephone orders accepted)

Payment enclosed  _____                 Bill my credit card  _____

          VISA  _____                   Mastercard  _____

Expiration Date  _________________________________________________

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Signature  _______________________________________________________


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NASPA Membership ID No.  _________________________________________

Address  _________________________________________________________

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