Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 27, 2023

Reva Wittenberg, MPA, California State University, Sacramento Having just started my position as Student Affairs Assessment Manager a year ago, I was excited to take the Applying & Leading Assessment in Student Affairs course to make sure I was on the right track and to continue to build my knowledge and skills in assessment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

“Parents and caretakers are always concerned about educational costs, degree competition and job placement, and if a safe and healthy campus environment is provided for their students,” said Dr. Davida L. Haywood, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU).

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 23, 2023

Photo by Burst on StockSnap The Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) has been hard at play this summer. We are definitely leading the charge during a very tense time in higher education where campuses are being forced to change practice due to legislative shifts. You can keep up with all our meeting notes and minutes.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MAY 25, 2023

For this reason and more, it was a pleasure to join in Dr. Divya Bheda’s SAAL Structured Conversation, “Exploring New Frontiers Together: Taking Equity Work to the Next Level in Student Affairs and Beyond.” Exploring New Frontiers Together: Taking Equity Work to the Next Level in Student Affairs and Beyond [Webinar].

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2025

Her trials made her keener than ever to support students from similarly marginalized backgrounds, and she became involved in multiple student affair organizations. Following her graduation from college, she moved to South Africa.

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Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

At first these were mostly made up words with definitions that were new to me but as a I learned more, I understood how useful this tool could be. Discovering my CliftonStrengths improved the way I saw myself, elevated my study habits, enhanced the way I approached my work, and gave me a common language to use when advising students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Prior to this, I was the director of a summer bridge program here at SLCC … housed under Student Affairs, specifically the orientation office. The idea is, even as an emerging HSI, we definitely fall into that typology somewhere along the lines, and we want to push that towards the serving quadrant.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Ellissa Brooks Nelson (she, her, hers) Divisional Director, Student Affairs Research & Assessment University of North Carolina at Charlotte In her current role: ~2 years Also serves as: SAAL’s Vice President of Profession Advancement Tell me about your journey into student affairs assessment. How did you get here?

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MARCH 4, 2024

Similarly, clean dashboards only contain immediately necessary information, but a dashboard should also have links to documented sources and definitions or risk misinterpretations. Dr. Shaun Boren is the Director of Student Life Assessment & Research at the University of Florida.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Visualization based on definitions of positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress from the US National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. Within student affairs, representation in programming offered (e.g. Conclusions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 8, 2023

In fact, in a survey of 279 Rice students, she found that more than half experienced food-related anxiety in the dining hall. “So, giving someone another opportunity to do that was something I thought was really important. “It truly does take a village.”

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

From 2011 to 2021, the percentage of students who experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness steadily rose from 28% to 42%, and while many pandemic stressors have since declined, students are currently experiencing all-time rates of depression, anxiety and suicidality with no signs of slowing. Oh, what a good question.

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EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

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. Melanie Overton: That’s true, compassion is central to their work and we’re definitely working with the VPs of student affairs in this seminar. Provosts, too. MA: Really?

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Via's

JUNE 15, 2023

I wanted a way to easily pull reports because I’m definitely data driven. And I wanted to be able to communicate with groups of students versus having to do individual communications.” Once she realized she could work with college students as a career, she returned to school. Marisa achieved all her goals with Via.

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CU Work-Life Balance

JULY 30, 2021

I would say, definitely check into it and look at it,” she said. “I I have a senior and she has no student loans, and the sophomore, he doesn’t have any student loans, yet.”. After spending 15 years in the financial services sector, Paquette moved to higher education with a focus on student career services. Mark Paquette.

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Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

MARCH 15, 2019

Definition of Assessment Defining assessment from the start is essential given the breadth of concepts and ideas it has taken on. In this guide, we define assessment as: Assessment is a collaborative, intentional and iterative process of gathering and analyzing information to improve student learning.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Yet, defining student engagement is considered challenging and the variety of work described as student engagement in higher education is vast. In C Bryson (ed) Understanding and developing student engagement: perspectives from universities and students. Journal of College Student Development 50 (6) 683-706.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Banning the teaching of critical race theory, for example, is clearly and definitively a prohibited effort to “prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion.” That effort will almost certainly evolve over time, but the basic elements are clear.

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EAB

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In most cases, the answer is a definite “yes.” There’s really no way to get good at prompting ChatGPT except through practice (though trainings are definitely helpful). Student Affairs, Finance, Institutional Research, Schools and Colleges, etc.) It is no substitute for subject matter expertise. and external parties (ie.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Despite earning a biochemistry degree at Lamar University with parental expectations of medical school, Doman found his true calling in student affairs. Working in the student union as an undergraduate led to leadership roles, eventually guiding him toward a career in higher education administration.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

in Counseling and Student Personnel Services (College Student Affairs Administration) from the University of Georgia. So the front half of my higher education experience was in student affairs. Definitely. That public perception can sometimes drive decisions for prospective students.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And so I think really important to think about, yeah, where can we be more proactive throughout the student life cycle? So feeling homesick for the first time, how do institutions address those particular needs for students, especially Black and Latino men? I definitely remember how tough that moment was. It's a great resource.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And I would say, “Well, thanks, Elizabeth Warren, it definitely does not cost that much anymore. So there were a lot of short-term, for-profit certificate programs from smaller schools that left the majority of students earning little, even after they’d spent so much time and money. Right now, it’s limited within statute.

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EAB

MARCH 7, 2023

So while student affairs and campus safety, and again, university communications may take the lead in responding to a particular incident, it's critical that all institution leaders have this baseline understanding of the current flashpoint landscape. So those would definitely be the mistakes. SS: Don't we all?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2025

Her trials made her keener than ever to support students from similarly marginalized backgrounds, and she became involved in multiple student affair organizations. Following her graduation from college, she moved to South Africa.

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