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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Strayhorn, a professor at Illinois State University and included student affairs leaders—all board members of the Dr. Melvin C. During Tuesday’s panel discussion, Terrell encouraged student affairs professionals to go on and earn a master’s and doctoral degree and then connect the research to the practice. “My

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2019 survey of almost 40,000 California community college students found that 60% of respondents indicated they were housing insecure in 2018, according to The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, an action research center working to make higher education more equitable. The residence opened in 2020.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Impact “As of 2020, students who live on campus, their [three-year] graduation rate is 4% higher than the students who do not live on campus,” says Andrew Morong, dean of enrollment management at CMCC. EHS Senior Vice President of Student Life Christy Caiti Chatfield has set up programming and amenities that build community.

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

In just two months, while still performing their regular job functions in the new online environment, the Get Ryerson Ready team researched, developed, designed, and launched a robust, innovative, multi-disciplinary, and award-winning transition curriculum to support the success and well-being of the incoming class of 2020.

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

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students?

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Students rank the nation’s top 15 most conservative and liberal colleges

University Business

As higher education continues to take scrutiny for its increasing political polarization , one popular student rankings website is providing key insights into the nation’s most conservative and liberal institutions. Additionally, colleges from Pennsylvania and California made both rankings.

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Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges: Changing Higher Ed podcast 256 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Brent Miller of HED

The Change Leader, Inc.

Corporate Sponsorships: Companies like Ford Motor Company are entering into collaborative research and facility-sharing agreements with universities, creating mutual value while funding new infrastructure. students in robotics to advance mutual research priorities. UC Merced 2020 , a $1.3B