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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role.

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Beyond the Campus Food Pantry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prior to 2015 it was difficult to find much formal acknowledgement of student food insecurity, let alone services to help. When a couple of student affairs practitioners created the College and University Food Bank Alliance in 2012, it had just 10 members. In many ways, it’s a sign of progress.

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Success for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Community College, Composition View

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, an instructor might, ideally with the student’s permission and buy-in, contact faculty who previously worked with the student, various administrators like the Department Chair and the Dean of Student Affairs, and Disability Resources & Services (DRS). According to Gelbar et al. Meredith, H., &

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Six-Year Completion Rates Stall Across the Nation, Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Scholars agree that institutions should use this data as a starting point to ask themselves the important questions about how many of their students are completing and what they need to do to help everyone cross the finish line. Smith, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs at Auburn University in Alabama. “If

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Mizzou Dissolves DEI Office

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Facing pressure from conservative lawmakers, Missouri’s flagship university is disbanding its inclusion, diversity and equity division, undoing a keystone achievement of the 2015 campus protests over racial equity. The changes go into effect on Aug.

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Underrepresented Students in STEM Classes Resulted in Higher Grades

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And first-gen students are approximately 40% less likely than continuing-generation students to earn a postsecondary STEM degree. For this study, the researchers analyzed 87,027 grades of 11,868 STEM-interested students – who started college in Fall 2015-2016 – in 8,468 STEM courses at 20 postsecondary institutions.

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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.