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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Patterson-Stephens guided the development of CMU’s first strategic plan for diversity since 2012 and reinstated the Faculty and Staff of Color Alliance, which had remained inoperable since 2013. Leach Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).

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Black and Hispanic Students Far Less Likely to Receive Race-Matched Instruction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, a recent working paper has shown that students of color are far less likely to experience these advantages. From a sample of over 560,000 first year, first time community college students and over 32,000 instructors in Texas between 2013 and 2020, researchers found that 77% of white students experienced a racial match.

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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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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

Out of all the “personality assessments” I have taken, CliftonStrengths resonates with me most because of the personalized results and their seemingly infinite combinations – the odds that someone will have the exact same Top 5 results in the exact same order is 1 in 33 million (Leibbrandt, 2013). 2013, August 28). References.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Postsecondary institutions are uniquely positioned to support a demographic of students who experience the greatest risk of first onset of mental illness as a result of the developmental trajectory of many common mental illnesses (within the 16-24 age window; Jones, 2013). Conclusions. The Counseling Psychologist , 48 (1), 14-46.

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How to Leverage Survey Data to Target Student Support

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Non-Cognitive Skills/Intake Surveys Campuses are becoming increasingly interested in assessing students’ non-cognitive skills, especially prior to or early on in their first semester, as a way to identify students’ strengths and areas of concern. Encourage Collaboration This type of approach will likely require collaboration.

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President moves: Tried and true academics take charge

University Business

Eanes served for CSU at its Fullerton campus from 2012 to 2019 as vice president of student affairs and member of the president’s cabinet. During her time there, she won the Wang Family Excellence Award for implementing a new strategic plan and assembling a task force to address student food and housing insecurity.