CURRENT TOPIC IN STUDENT AFFAIRS

THE TOPIC

TOPIC: Campus Safety and Violence Prevention

Subtopic: Avoiding Drugs and Alcohol

The Task______________________________________________________________

Review the current literature surrounding your topic. Appropriate sources may include scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in the fields of college student development, student affairs, or higher education (e.g., Journal of Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, etc.) as well current topical sources like articles from The Chronicle of Higher Education or Inside Higher Ed.

Please be sure to review a minimum of 6 different sources on your topic and make sure that your sources are from differing periodicals (i.e., do not select all of your articles from only one journal). Sources should be current and published between 2010-2014. Note: On Blackboard, under the “start here” menu tab, the link titled, “SA 501 Course Resources” contains a list of library resources on student affairs/higher education topics.

The components of your paper should include a brief introduction with appropriate definitions (written in narrative terms, not bullets) so that the reader can quickly comprehend the topic. The body of your paper should encompass the major issues affecting the administration of student affairs, in particular, and the overall management of higher education, in general, as related to your topic.

Be sure to include both positive and negative aspects concerning the topic. Finally, provide a summative conclusion wherein you express your thoughts as a current/future student affairs professional/administrator. (As you are writing this paper, please keep in mind that in your future career, you may be called upon to respond to this very issue!) It is also appropriate to end your conclusion with ideas for future research by posing questions yet to be answered.

Your paper should be 5-8 pages (not including the title page or references page), 12 point font, 1 inch margins. You must have a minimum of 6 scholarly sources, excluding the Student Services text.

APA, 6th edition formatting should be followed to include an appropriate title page with running head and header with pagination, appropriate use of headings and subheadings within body of paper, and appropriate reference page. Refer to your APA manual as I will be a stickler about this aspect of your paper! Also, please make sure that your paper is grammatically correct and that overall readability is appropriate to graduate-level writing.