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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. My first NASPA conference was focused on the lack of current research on minority student retention.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As associate dean for Student Affairs at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, she oversees all student services and support offices, including student clubs and events, the Records Office, tutoring and other academic support, and health and wellness services.

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Curriculum of Research: Trends in Student Affairs Assessment Syllabi

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

We hope our analysis has created a resource for future faculty designing syllabi, graduate students wondering what to read next, and for assessment professionals seeking to critically evaluate the direction of the field and practitioner professional development needs.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California State University, San Bernardino Over the years, as enrollment of Latinx students at California State University, San Bernadino (CSUSB) grew, the university implemented programs to serve student needs. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Pride in the Halls

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the time, there was only an unapproved (not officially recognized by the university) LGBTQ student group. There was also a standing committee on LGBTQ student needs that the student affairs office had, which did as much as they could within the confines of the administration,” he says.

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Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment Sydney Kayne, SAAL Blog Writer and Assessment & Evaluation Analyst at University of Colorado Boulder For many student affairs divisions across the United States, co-curricular assessment is a practice that feels like it’s still finding its footing.

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Effect of Institutional Autonomy on Academic Freedom in Higher Education Institutions in Ghana

SRHE

This blog is based on an article published in Policy Reviews in Higher Education (online 02 January 2025) [link] Bashiru Mohammed is a final year PhD student at the faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. He also holds Masters in Higher education and students affairs from the same university. Tricker, R.