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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. Terrell Educational Foundation. The panel included Drs. I have had all kinds of mentors, including mentors who did not look like me,” said Harmon. They have inspired me to move forward.

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NASPA Centers the Stories of Diverse Student Affairs Professionals

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Student affairs professionals, like faculty at many colleges and universities, are increasingly subjected to outside interference by state and federal legislators who have in some places, made it more difficult to promote diversity and inclusion.

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Colleges dismantle DEI

University Business

Why it matters: While students, faculty, administrators and experts all acknowledge DEI programs can be flawed, bans are prompting colleges to close up cultural centers and rewrite course catalogs moves that can interfere with student life and threaten free speech.

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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Orange Coast College (OCC) in Costa Mesa offers the most housing of any community college in California—their living center, The Harbour, which opened in late 2020, has 800 beds in apartment-style dorms. The Harbour, where 800 Orange Coast College students live on campus. The residence opened in 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. The goal was every student would receive an access code by the 2020-21 academic year.

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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. The Context.

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5 Key Considerations for Choosing the Right Student Database Management System

Creatrix Campus

This transition to cloud automation guarantees real-time updates and more efficient operations, improving the entire experience for both students and staff. Source: Educause Horizon Report, 2020) Locking Down Data Security A 2023 IBM study found that 60% of higher education institutions faced significant data breaches.