Category: Student Affairs
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E-mail and Web Campaign Against NASPA/ACPA Consolidation
Update: I received a response from someone associated with the group that sent this message. Apparently NASPA allowed them to send this message to all NASPA members “to assure that those opposed to the proposed merger had an equal chance to communicate with NASPA members.” I received this e-mail today: Now the choice is yours.…
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Student Affairs Conference and Events Calendar Updated
I have updated the Student Affairs Conference and Events Calendar. I added webinars this time but I did not include state-level events. This has all of the national, regional, and webinar events currently listed on the websites of the following organizations: ACPA ACUHO-I ACUI NACA NACADA NASPA NIRSA As I said when I first created…
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CFP for Articles About Technology and Greek Life
The editors of Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity and Sorority Advisors are putting together an issue dedicated to “empirical research on technology.” Examples of such research may include: Technology’s effect on fraternity/sorority recruitment Studies regarding the ways alumni(ae) connect online Relationship of technology use and fraternity/sorority involvement Impact of email/twitter/facebook and…
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Reflections on the Current State of Technology Organizations in Student Affairs
There seems to be three groups of people in student affairs interested in technology: administrators who manage technology projects and groups in student affairs departments and divisions, student affairs scholars who study technology and its uses and impact, and student affairs professionals with interests in technology but a different primary focus. How well are these…
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NACA on Board With Our Student Affairs Conference and Events Calendar
A few days after announcing the centralized and public Student Affairs Conference and Events Calendar, folks at NACA contacted me to ask if they could have edit permissions to add more of their events. So not only is someone at NACA so clued in that they noticed this calendar but they’re also willing to pitch…
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Assumptions and Stereotypes
A few days ago, Beloit College published their annual “Mindset” list describing how this year’s incoming college students differ from previous groups of students. The list is humorous and largely fills its role of reminding college and university faculty and staff of how culture continues to change and shape the expectations of our students. While…
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Student Affairs Conference and Events Calendar
A few days ago, someone asked if there was a centralized calendar of student affairs conferences and events. To the best of my knowledge, there isn’t. So I’ve created one: This has all of the national and regional events currently listed on the websites of the following organizations: ACPA ACUHO-I ACUI NACA NACADA NASPA NIRSA…
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Assessment in IT
A few weeks ago, I attended the 2010 ResNet Symposium in Bellingham, Washington where I was invited to present a preconference session on assessment. I presented two identical sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. In this post I’ll reflect on what we discussed in these sessions and my perceptions of assessment…
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My Professional Philosophy
(Sorry, not much technology in this post. My blog, my rules. And I can break those rules when I want to.) It is common in student affairs Master’s programs for faculty to require their students reflect on and document their professional philosophies, documents that are analogous to faculty teaching philosophies. A recent thread on CSPTALK,…
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Personal Reflections on NASPA Student Voting Proposal
A few days ago, I submitted a proposal to the NASPA Board of Directors requesting that student members be allowed to fully participate should the issue of ACPA/NASPA consolidation come to a vote before the NASPA membership. As things stand right now, the Board interprets the NASPA bylaws as not permitting students to participate in…