Student Personnel Administrators

Student personnel administrators include a variety of professionals, all centered on service to students: recruitment officers, admissions directors, financial aid officers, counseling staff, career services staff, housing staff, registrars, and deans of students, among others. These specialists benefit from sharing best practices and peer networking through their participation in the Student Personnel Administrators' Network (SPAN). Engage ATS (an interactive online community for those who serve at ATS member schools), annual conferences, webinars, and other resources cover topics such as administrative structures in various institutional settings, vocational identity, spiritual formation, seminary community, and position nomenclature.

Here are several professional organizations ATS student personnel administrators have found useful:

• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
• American College Personnel Association
• Association for Christians in Student Development
• Association for Student Conduct Administration
• Association of American University Women
• Association of College and University Housing Officers
• Association on Higher Education and Disability
• Association of International Educators
• Forum for Theological Exploration
• National Academic Advising Association
• National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators