COLLEGE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

THEORIES

Danielle Quiñones Ortega, M.A.

Student Programs CoordinatorOffice of Student Life, UCSB

THEORY DRIVEN BY PRACTICE

CHICKERING’S SEVEN VECTORS

Vector 1Developing

Competence

Vector 2Managing Emotions

Vector 3 Moving Through

Autonomy to Interdependenc

e

Vector 4Developing

Mature Interpersonal Relationships

Vector 7Developing

Integrity

Vector 6Developing

Purpose

Vector 5 Establishing

Identity

VECTOR 1 | DEVELOPING COMPETENCE

oIntellectual Skills

oInterpersonal Skills

oManual and Physical Skills

VECTOR 2 | MANAGING EMOTIONS & VECTOR 3 | MOVING THROUGH AUTONOMY TO INTERDEPENDENCE

VECTOR 4 | DEVELOPING MATURE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS & VECTOR 5 | ESTABLISHING IDENTITYo Tolerance, acceptance, appreciation of differences

o Capacity for intimacy in relationships

o Acceptance and comfort of personal issueso body and appearanceo gender identity and sexual orientationo sense of self (social, historical, and cultural)

VECTOR 6 | DEVELOPING PURPOSE & VECTOR 7 | DEVELOPING INTEGRITY

PERRY’S NINE POSITIONS OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

TINTO’S MODEL OF INSTITUTIONAL DEPARTURE

SCHLOSSBERG’S TRANSITION THEORY

THEORY IS…

o DESCRIPTIVE not PERSCRIPTIVE

o Serve as a foundation

o Helps us guide our practice

o Makes Student Affairs nerds happy!