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Forecasting Competencies For College And University Chief Housing Officers In The United States: A Delphi Study, Brian L. Fitzgerald
Forecasting Competencies For College And University Chief Housing Officers In The United States: A Delphi Study, Brian L. Fitzgerald
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This study started with the simple proposition that it would be useful to forecast the competencies that will be required for chief housing officers in the future. Housing and residence life is a relatively young profession and began with the rise of what is commonly understood to be college personnel work and now known as student affairs.
Student affairs as a profession within higher education began to gain recognition in the 1940s. The identification of governing ethics, standards and competencies gained momentum and clarification in the succeeding year. Housing and residence life as part of the student affairs enterprise was …