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Dr. Timothy Alvarez Retires from Otero College in Purpose, with Satisfaction

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million over five years, that enabled the school to focus on mentoring, professional development for faculty and undergraduate research. Before coming to Otero, Alvarez was a senior fellow for NASPA (student affairs administrators in higher education) and a vice president for student affairs at North Dakota State University.

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Division of Student Affairs Named One of Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs

The Student Affairs Blog

The VCU Division of Student Affairs (DSA) was recently named one of the Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and in collaboration with the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). Aaron Hart, Vice President of the Division of Student Affairs, and Brooke Berry, J.D.,

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Dear Dan, We Need More Frankensteins: The Value of the SAAL Blog for HESA Student Learning

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Perhaps more importantly (or more frightening), at least five cohorts of University of Connecticut (UConn) Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) master’s students know your monsters, too. Mahoney, 2020 ) play an important role in the learning and development of emerging UConn HESA student affairs assessment leaders.

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Seven ways to leverage faculty development for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Requests for external assistance tend to involve developing long-term plans for strengthening professional development, for example. Interest in capacity-building partnerships was particularly high at MSIs and community colleges, with 93 percent of MSIs saying they’d welcome this kind of support. ” The result?

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Say hello to your SAAL Blog Writing Team!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Structured Conversations), reflect on an article we read or on SAAL’s open course, and you may even find us offering SAAL membership quick and easy tips we implement in our daily work to make assessment more manageable and impactful on our campuses. Submissions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Revisions to the SAAL Bylaws and Notice for Public Comment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

We have not undertaken these changes lightly, but deem them to be relevant and necessary given the state of our organization and the field of student affairs assessment. Thank you for your commitment to student affairs assessment and this organization. Wishing you all the best for the remaining time this year!

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

Below is an article originally shared in EdSurge , a higher education news publication, which shares a bit of my story — it reveals the core of my why for pursuing and persisting through higher education. Schedule the virtual coffee or happy hour, participate in the Twitter chat, rediscover the power of a hand written note.