College student Development

• 1. the ways that a student, grows, progresses or increases his/her developmental capacities
• 2. It is a philosophy that guides student affairs practice and gives rationale for programs and services
• 3. it is what SAP do to facilitate learning and growth
• 4. Refers to the theories & research on late adolescent & adult development in college.
• 5. SDT provides basis for the practice of student development
• 6. Knowledge of SDT allows SAP to identify, address student needs and address needs, programs

• 1. pyschosocial change
• 2. congnitive changes
• 3. moral development
• 4 integrative changes

• 1. Identity development
• 2. Attitudes, values & beliefs
• 3. Social Identity Development: racial, ethnic, sexual, multiracial, & gender

• Chickering's theory identity development
• Josselson's theoy of indetify development

Therea are 7 stages/vectors. The specific term is vectors and they are not sequential.

1. Developing competence2. managing emotions3. Autonomy towards interdependence4. Developing mature interperesonal relationships5. Establishing identity6. Developing purpose7. Developing Integrity

• Bachelor's degree has a net occupantioanl status advantage over High School.
• As the amount of PSE increases so does workforce participation decreasing likely of unemployment
• Based on recent research in 2000s & 31 years of research of 31 years (68-99) there is a consistent set of cognitive, attitudinal value an psychosocial changes among college students

• Students think in more abstract, critical, complex, and reflective ways.
• Progress is made toared the development of personal identities & positive self outcomes
• There is a expansion and extensiton of interperesonal horizons, intellectual interest and individual autonomy and psychological maturity & wellbeing
• There is a liberalization of values and attidtudes and an increase in cultural, artisitic interest.

• Foreclosure: Purveyors of the heritage
• Indentity achievements: payers of the way
• Moratorium: Daughters of crisis
• Identity difussions: lost and sometimes found

• mature personal relationships:
• Women are more developmentally advanced in this vector throughtout their college experience, with advaced capacity for intimacy throughtout college. (taub)

Tolerance: women were more tolerant their college experience but were also more tolerant at the beginning of their college experience that men were after 4 years at college (foubert)

autonomy: a link between relationships and autonomy developmen in women three contirbutors quality of rfealtionships, parental role in providing emotional support, orientation to groups other than themselves-other group orientation (foubert)

students reported gains in their social and personal competence at the end of their 1st year of college. results indicate that college experiences and perceptions of supportiveness of the institution had the greatest impact on gains in competence (reason, Terenzini, Domingo 2007)

• Self awareness and interpersonally sensitive individuals
• democratic citizens
• educated persons
• skilled workers
• life skills managers