Date Approved
4-29-2022
Graduate Degree Type
Project
Degree Name
Education (M.Ed.)
Degree Program
College of Education
First Advisor
Paul Bylsma
Academic Year
2021/2022
Abstract
Research has indicated that employment within student affairs divisions at higher education institutions offer environments in which students can apply the knowledge they have gained, as well as acquire new competencies, helping them to build solid foundations for their futures. This project explores the connection between student employment within higher education, academic retention, and student employee development. Supervisors of student employees in student affairs divisions are in a position to use effective tools such as assessment, critical feedback, strategic learning outcomes, and student development theories to build leadership capacities, create effective and essential mentor relationships, and prepare students with transferable and useful skills.
ScholarWorks Citation
Abbott, Jennifer, "Effective Strategies for Student Employee Retention and Development in Higher Education" (2022). Culminating Experience Projects. 135.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gradprojects/135
