If multiculturalism is to flourish on college campuses, education professionals must develop the sensitivity and awareness in affirming relevant multicultural issues and develop the skills needed to offer meaningful services to all their students.

Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs is a unique resource that offers student affairs practitioners and faculty a guide that features a model of core competencies that embraces the broad scope of multicultural issues including race, class, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and abilities.

Written by Raechele Pope, Amy Reynolds, and John Mueller–experts in the fields of student affairs and multiculturalism–this important book is based on the authors’ years of practice, teaching, research, and consulting. Comprehensive in scope, Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs contains the most current theory, useful models, and research-based findings.

Multicultural Competence in Student Affair offers student affairs professionals the information they need and:

• Explores the seven core competencies needed for effective and ethical practice
• Contains scenarios that illustrate the ways multicultural issues affect the core competencies
• Describes the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed for effective student services work with multicultural issues
• Explains the administration, management, and leadership skills professionals need to manage effectively in a multicultural environment
• Outlines the helping relationships and interpersonal skills needed to work effectively with students and other professionals
• Explains how diversity can influence teaching and training

In addition, this much-needed resource is filled with illustrative examples of best practices and useful case studies that will help professionals work effectively with a culturally diverse student population.