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In Search of Safer Communities:  Best Practices for Student Affairs in Addressing Campus ViolenceNASPA 2008.
http://www.naspa.org/files/SaferComm[1].pdf

Robert Gatti, Vice President for Student Affairs, Otterbein College, a contributing author/group member, presented at the 2008 NASPA Small Colleges and Universities Institute.

The Small College Dean: New Directions for Student Services, No. 116
Sarah B. Westfall (Editor). Jossey-Bass, January 2007. ISBN: 978-0-7879-9580-5
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787995800.html 

Sarah Westfall is Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students at Kalamazoo College, Michigan.  Sarah co-chaired the 2008 NASPA Small Colleges and Universities Institute.  Five small college deans contribute chapters.

Old Main: Small Colleges in Twenty-First Century America.
Samuel Schuman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0-8018-8092-0.
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/3322.html

Sam Schuman presented "Old Main:  Small Colleges, Student Affairs, and Community" at the 2006 NASPA Small Colleges and Universities Institute, Samuel Schuman is Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, Morris, a public liberal arts college of 1700 students.

Transforming a College: The Story of a Little-Known College's Strategic Climb to National Distinction.
George Keller. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8018-7989-2.
http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/3485.html

Smith Jackson, Elon University Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students presented "Transforming a College Through Student Engagement and Empowerment," the Elon story, at the 2006 NASPA Small Colleges and Universities Institute.

Creating Campus Community…In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy
William McDonald (editor). Jossey-Bass, 2002.
http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787957003.html

Bill McDonald, Vice President for Student Life, Presbyterian College, presented at the 2006 Small Colleges and Universities Institute.

Advice from the Dean: A personal perspective on the philosophy, roles, and approaches of a dean at a small, private, liberal arts college
James S. Tederman. NASPA, 1997. ISBN 0-931654-22-X
http://bookstore.naspa.org/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=31

This monograph is written for the deans of students of small, private, liberal arts colleges; for those who aspire to the position, as well as for presidents, trustees, members of search committees, and others who need to understand the demands and the rewards of student affairs programs.