Student Affairs Factors Affecting Students’ Holistic Competencies of Private Colleges in Guangdong Province
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The research aimed to 1) study the level of student affairs factors of private colleges in Guangdong Province. 2) Study the level of students’ holistic competencies of private colleges in Guangdong Province. 3) examine student affairs factors affecting students’ holistic competencies of private colleges in Guangdong Province. Moreover, 4) propose the guidelines for developing the Students’ Holistic Competencies of Private Colleges in Guangdong Province. The sample consisted of 600 administrators and teachers from private colleges in Guangdong province. The statistics used in the research were percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation, and path analysis. The qualitative sample consisted of 9 people. The data were analyzed by inductive interpretation and conclusion through content analysis. The research results showed that the student affairs factors affecting students’ holistic competencies of private colleges in Guangdong province are administrators' distributed leadership, educational supervision, student characteristics, extracurricular activities, and assessment system. The level of students’ holistic competencies of private colleges in Guangdong province was 3.589, with a mean and standard deviation of 0.848, which was high. The CFA model of student affairs factors affecting students’ holistic competencies of private colleges in Guangdong province showed good model fit, especially indicating that the overall model was suitable. Student affairs to promote students’ holistic competencies of private colleges in Guangdong province explored the feasibility of empowering students to take more leadership roles, enhancing cooperation between teachers and students, increasing school-enterprise integration, giving students more leadership power, and promoting collaboration inside and outside the school. Also, improving the educational supervision assessment and supervision mechanism, promoting diverse development and respecting individual differences, giving full play to the positive role of extracurricular activities in students' growth, and establishing diversified assessment and improving training mechanisms.
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