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CAS released its new publications, the 8th Edition of CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education and Version 5.0 of the Self-Assessment Guides CD on August 1, 2012.

The CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education book released in August 2012 introduces five new functional areas of standards and guidelines: Campus Police and Security Programs, Parent and Family Programs, Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Programs, Transfer Student Programs and Services, and Veterans and Military Programs and Services. In addition, the General Standards have been updated to include technology and distance education services. The book continues to carry the 38 functional areas already published, while several functional area standards and guidelines have been revised and unanimously approved by the CAS Board of Directors.

Also released in August 2012, Version 5.0 (updated May 2013, to version 5.1) of the CD contains all 43 functional area standards and guidelines and Self-Assessment Guides (SAGs). Other information on the CD includes an e-learning course about how to conduct self-assessment, a PowerPoint presentation that can be used to give an overview of CAS and the assessment process, and links to the CAS website.

Each copy of the CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education book is $85 for up to nine copies. If ordering 10 or more copies of the book, the cost per book is $60. The 2012 Self-Assessment Guides CD (version 5.0, updated May 2013, to version 5.1) retails at $255 per copy. CAS offers a discounted rate of $300 for purchase of a packaged set, which includes both the CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education (8th edition) and 2012 Self-Assessment Guides CD (version 5.0, updated May 2013, to version 5.1). Shipping and handling costs are included in these prices, and we do not charge tax.

The ISBN for the book is: 978-0-9858819-0-0
The ISBN for the CD of self-assessment guides is: 978-0-9858819-1-7

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CAS Professional Standards
for Higher Education Book (8th edition)




Revised or NEW CAS Standards
Since 8th edition CAS Book
Download Only (PDF)

Standards Included in the 8th Edition are:

  1. Academic Advising Programs
  2. Adult Learner Programs and Services
  3. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Programs
  4. Assessment Services
  5. Auxiliary Services Functional Areas
  6. Campus Activities Programs
  7. Campus Information and Visitor Services*
  8. Campus Police and Security Programs*
  9. Campus Religious and Spiritual Programs
  10. Career Services*
  11. Clinical Health Services
  12. College Honor Societies
  13. College Unions
  14. Commuter and Off-Campus Living Programs
  15. Conference and Event Programs*
  16. Counseling Services*
  17. Dining Services Programs
  18. Disability Resources and Services
  19. Education Abroad Programs
  20. Fraternity and Sorority Advising Programs
  21. Graduate and Professional Student Programs and Services
  22. Health Promotion Services

 

  1. Housing and Residential Life Programs
  2. International Student Programs and Services
  3. Internship Programs
  4. Learning Assistance Programs
  5. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Programs and Services*
  6. Masters-Level Student Affairs Professional Preparation Programs
  7. Multicultural Student Programs and Services
  8. Orientation Programs
  9. Parent and Family Programs*
  10. Recreational Sports Programs
  11. Registrar Programs and Services
  12. Service-Learning Programs
  13. Sexual Assault and Relational Violence Programs*
  14. Student Conduct Programs
  15. Student Leadership Programs
  16. Transfer Student Programs and Services*
  17. TRIO and Other Educational Opportunity Programs
  18. Undergraduate Admissions Programs and Services*
  19. Undergraduate Research Programs
  20. Veterans and Military Programs and Services*
  21. Women Student Programs and Services

    * - New or Revised since 2009 Edition 
*NOTE*

Appropriate Citation Format:

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education. (2012). CAS professional standards for higher education (8th ed.).
        Washington, DC: Author.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS)

DISCLAIMER

The standards and guidelines published in “The Book of Professional Standards for Higher Education” by the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) and referred to in each of the “CAS Self-Assessment Guides” (SAGs) are developed through the voluntary efforts of leaders of professional associations in higher education. The purpose of the standards and guidelines is to identify criteria and principles by which institutions may choose to assess and enhance various areas of their academic, administrative, or student affairs programs and services. CAS specifically disclaims any liability or responsibility for any perceived or actual shortcomings inherent in the text or application of the standards. Further, CAS does not certify individuals nor accredit programs. No institution, whether it has met some or all of the CAS standards, is authorized to indicate that it is “approved, endorsed, certified, or otherwise sanctioned by CAS.” Institutions that have conducted a self-assessment of one or more functional areas addressed by CAS Standards and Guidelines using the appropriate CAS Self-Assessment Guide (SAG) may, where that self-assessment provides evidence that an institution meets these standards, are free to make accurate representations to the effect that the designated program or service meets the CAS Standards.