the role of student affairs and services in higher education

Typical Activities –
• Planning and carrying out study and recreational activities in the residence
halls including quiet periods for study.
• Coordinating academic advising, career planning, time management, and
instructional activities within the housing and other units as appropriate and
in coordination with various academic and other units within the institution.
• Offering a variety of living options including individual, group, alcohol/smokefree,
undergraduate, graduate, disability, first year, and other options.
• Providing mentoring and student development programs.
• Advising residence hall governments and student organizations.
• Providing staff training and development support.
• Hiring and training students to become resident assistants, peer assistants
and resident advisors to their peers in a live-in environment.
• Conducting student misconduct disciplinary hearings in cases that originate in
student housing.
• Offering summer housing options for conferences, workshops and camps.
• Operating a physical fitness center in the student housing area and in
cooperation with health and recreation units on campus.
• Organizing volunteer activities for residence hall students.
• Conducting research on students living in on-campus housing.
Student Registration and Records
Purpose/functions –
• To serve as the custodian of student registration and other records such as
course grades and academic transcripts.
• To interact with campus and community organizations and agencies
regarding class schedules, registration for and enrollment in classes.
• To serve as the official keeper of student academic records.
Typical Activities –
• Having contact with all students every academic term regarding enrollment,
registration, academic evaluation (grades), and class schedules.
• Maintaining contact with every teaching faculty member, academic
department, college, school, and division of the institution regarding class
schedules, registration, grades, and student records.
• Recording and issuing student performance indicators for completed
coursework, e.g., grades, credits.
• Representing the institution as the official student records keeper in formal
contacts with courts systems, legislators, banks, business firms, and all
former students.
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