Eastern Michigan University DigitalCommons@EMU Master's Theses, and Doctoral Dissertations, and Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations Graduate Capstone Projects 2013 The organizational realities of student affairs: A political perspective Jeremiah B. Shinn Follow this and additional works at: http://commons.emich.edu/theses Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Shinn, Jeremiah B., "The organizational realities of student affairs: A political perspective" (2013). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 876. http://commons.emich.edu/theses/876 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Master's Theses, and Doctoral Dissertations, and Graduate Capstone Projects at DigitalCommons@EMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@EMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Organizational Realities of Student Affairs: A Political Perspective by Jeremiah B. Shinn DISSERTATION Submitted to the College of Education Eastern Michigan University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Educational Leadership Dissertation Committee: Dr. James Barott, Chair Dr. Elizabeth Broughton Dr. Ronald Flowers Dr. Sarah Ginsberg March 11, 2013 Ypsilanti, Michigan ii The Organizational Realities of Student Affairs: A Political Perspective Jeremiah Shinn Approval __________________________ _______________ James Barott, Ph.D. Date Dissertation Chair __________________________ _______________ Elizabeth Broughton, Ed.D. Date Committee Member __________________________ _______________ Ronald Flowers, Ed.D. Date Committee Member __________________________ _______________ Sarah Ginsberg, Ed.D. Date Committee Member __________________________ _______________ Jana Nidiffer, Ed.D. Date Committee Member __________________________ _______________ Jaclynn Tracy, Ph.D. Date Department Head iii Dedicated to the memory of my brother, Tripp (1982 – 2010).