Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MARCH 28, 2023

Source: [link] Education and assessment have always been an integral part of my professional life. I earned a BA from a teacher's college to become a secondary school teacher, followed by a master's in educational administration and a PhD in higher education and student affairs with a secondary focus on inquiry methodology.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Student Affairs Assessment brings so much value and opportunity to our students and institutions and I am committed to moving our profession forward within the higher education community. At my current institution, the mission of my unit is to build a culture of assessment throughout the division of Student Affairs.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Photo by Matt Bango on StockSnap In the ever evolving landscape of higher education, organizations such as Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) play a pivotal role in shaping the student experience as well as for those engaged in assessment. SAAL is committed to ensuring that equity is central to steering our direction.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MARCH 14, 2023

To take a leadership role in Student Affairs assessment, you have to be a pretty interesting character. First, you have to want to work for students as an advocate in advancing their experience. I’ve found tangible resources and professional development opportunities available when I needed them the most.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In a previous blog post , I recommended assessment professionals develop four documents that can help to guide their work. More to the point, these documents also offer a consistent source of reflection for professionals at the end of the year and a springboard for using data in practice.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 15, 2024

Hello SAAL Blog readers! Here is the next installment of our conversation series getting to know the leaders that make up this wonderful group of Student Affairs Assessment Leaders and learning from their personal stories. I had a pretty traditional route into student affairs. How did you get here?

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 21, 2024

As we reach the midpoint of the year, the Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) Board has taken a moment to reflect on our strategies, goals, and the practice of what we preach. As student affairs assessment professionals, we know that reflection is not just a practice but a necessity.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Hello SAAL Blog readers! My name is Sophie Tullier and I recently joined the SAAL blog team after starting a new role as the Director of Assessment, Data Analytics, and Research at the University of Delaware. I definitely stumbled into student affairs and assessment. We want our students to feel like they belong here.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

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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EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

Blogs Overwhelmed by complaints on campus? When we first offered it, we thought it would be popular mostly with VPs of student affairs—compassion is such a central element to what they do. Megan Adams: First of all, who has been attending this seminar? Provosts, too. MA: Really?

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. The blog posts below are written by the participants to showcase their project and early outcomes.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JANUARY 31, 2023

Eight years ago, in 2015, SAAL put out a call for volunteers to compile topical resources to aid student affairs assessment pros. Blog written by Joe Levy, Open Course Manager I hope you benefit from our collective hard work here - whether that’s by engaging while the course runs or whenever it works for you.

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SRHE

MAY 2, 2023

To illustrate the contents, here is part of the April 2023 issue on recent developments in Publishing. Mark Hanson (Exeter) blogged about the predatoriness of MDPI on 25 March 2023. If you would like to see a sample issue just email rob.cuthbert@uwe.ac.uk or rob.gresham@srhe.ac.uk. In 2022, 17,777 special issues published content.”

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In my recent interview with Paul Holliday-Millard at UNC-Charlotte, we connected over both having developed and piloted an equity-centered assessment professional development training for staff over the past year.

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

Blogs 5 attributes defining Gen Z's relationship with advancement As the class of 2023 prepares to graduate this spring, advancement leaders can no longer ignore the increasing prevalence of Generation Z in their donor and alumni constituencies.

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rodney Lee Parks (00:26.106) This will be the sixth time in January that I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro and the 13th time that I’ve done the Inca Trail with students over Thanksgiving. So I’m one of those registrars, you know, a little bit of student affairs, a little bit of teaching, a little bit of registrar work.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JULY 19, 2024

June 26th to 28 th saw the convergence of Student Affairs folks at the ACPA Assessment Institute hosted in Costa Mesa, California. For those that have not been, the ACPA Assessment Institute is a professional development opportunity for all levels of assessment experience and roles.

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Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This project was particularly important to me because of the impact CliftonStrengths had made in my life and how the tool was being used to support post-secondary students’ development. This led me to create a UofGH interdepartmental committee to develop a program to meet the needs of our students. 2020, July 28).

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