If the campus is promoting a total learning environment that prepares students to lead productive lives while on campus and following graduation, attention must also be focused on those broad areas of student development that contribute to student success and satisfaction both in and out of the classroom. When asked what does a student gain from a total learning experience that leads to students becoming productive members of society, the answers include much more than mastering a specific curriculum. Student Affairs programs and services do not operate in isolation. They are connected directly and indirectly to classroom experiences as much as they are interconnected with responsible community members outside of the classroom. Student Affairs developmental efforts strive to build healthy functioning, successful members of the university community who become productive members of society.
Students assume responsibility for decisions made and act appropriately.
Students learn and grow in understanding their own cultural identity. Students further develop a sense of autonomy and understanding of the relationship between independence and interdependence. Students have opportunities to define leadership and to gain skills in leadership that can be applied while in school and in the future. Students learn about ways to participate as responsible members of the university community and society and become involved as responsible community members. Students learn about, accept, understand, appreciate many different cultures, values, life styles, cognitive styles, etc. of others.