ANALYTICAL ESSAY: PART 5 – ROUGH DRAFT ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW The Anal

ANALYTICAL ESSAY: PART 5 – ROUGH DRAFT ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
The Analytical Essay is an opportunity to research a topic of interest related to the student affairs
profession and analyze how student development theory informs current research and best
practices. This assignment will be completed in stages throughout the course so that you can
focus on fully developing each section of your critical analysis of the current research and
supporting theory for your chosen current issue. You will use a student development theory as a
framework and discuss how theory informs research about a current issue affecting higher
education today. You will show how student affairs practitioners can put the principles behind
the theory into practice in order to address a current issue and support student development.
For this assignment, you will submit a rough draft of your final essay by compiling Parts 1 and 2
of the Analytical Essay Assignments and using the research completed for the Part 3 annotated
bibliography and Part 4 outline assignments. Please use the information below, as well as the
Analytical Essay Example, for additional guidance. Analytical example. part 3, and outline assignment attached
INSTRUCTIONS
Your rough draft must include the following:
 Title page
 Abstract
 References page
 A word count of 1,200-1,500, excluding the title page, abstract, and references
 Citations from the original work of the chosen theorist in current APA formatting.
Reference the book/article in which the theorist(s) first presented or refined the theory.
For example, do not cite a secondary source about Tinto’s (1993) theory of student
departure, but cite the original theorist’s primary source and seminal contribution to the
field.
 A 2 – 3-page synthesis of related literature, citing at least seven sources in current APA
formatting. Sources must include current peer-reviewed articles or news articles
published within the past five years. The original theoretical work will be older than this,
which is fine. You may also reference the course textbook and the two Long articles,
which are all older than five years.
 You must identify relevant scriptural principles and perspectives from a biblical
worldview, including at least one relevant Bible verse. In composing this section, please
ensure you fully explain how your chosen verse(s) and scriptural principles relate to your
chosen topic. This should be the length of an entire paragraph. Simply including a Bible
verse with minimal or no explanation is not acceptable.
 A clear and concise summary that pulls together all of the key points of your essay within
the context of your theoretical framework. This should be 1 – 2 paragraphs.
Please refer to the Analytical Essay Example for additional guidance.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for plagiarism. If the report is more than 2%. I. will ask you. to redo