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)

JUNE 3, 2024

We hope our analysis has created a resource for future faculty designing syllabi, graduate students wondering what to read next, and for assessment professionals seeking to critically evaluate the direction of the field and practitioner professional development needs.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

AI and Assessment in Student Affairs Natasha A. AI has been around since the 1950s and has been used in higher education often in the form of chatbots to tutor students, increase retention, answer questions about scheduling and institutional policies, support facilities management, and predictive analytics.

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The Student Affairs Blog

JANUARY 21, 2025

Comments are welcome about the following draft policies: Campus Expression and Space Utilization Policy Concealment of Identity Student Code of Conduct You can provide feedback by visiting the VCU Policies Website and clicking on Policies Open for Public Comment. Once you open a policy a link will be in the policy document.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Our assessment office was roughly two years old and housed five full-time staff, four of whom were heavily involved in day-to-day consultations with colleagues across 20+ departments within our student affairs division. What learning outcomes should I use for my program? The name we chose for our course?

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JANUARY 29, 2024

Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment Sydney Kayne, SAAL Blog Writer and Assessment & Evaluation Analyst at University of Colorado Boulder For many student affairs divisions across the United States, co-curricular assessment is a practice that feels like it’s still finding its footing.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 14, 2023

When used solely for compliance, in annual reports or accreditation documentation, the students who provided survey responses do not benefit from their efforts. When used to influence changes to events, programs, or services, some respondents may benefit, but the improvements will primarily impact future students.

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University Business

MARCH 27, 2023

According to court documents filed on Friday in the US District Court Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division, Spectrum WT and student leaders Barrett Bright and Lauren Stovall filed a lawsuit against West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler, Christopher Thomas, the vice president for student affairs at the university, Texas A&M (..)

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University Business

DECEMBER 12, 2023

David Rancourt, the new dean of student affairs and former deputy secretary of state who’s lobbied and aided former GOP officials, has no higher education or student services experience. The AAUP special committee report interviewed more than 65 people from mid-February to late September.

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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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The Student Affairs Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

We also have a team of staff members through the Division of Student Affairs who are available to consult and are often present when expressive activities occur on campus. Sincerely, Division of Student Affairs If you feel that you are being harassed online, here are some immediate steps you can take.

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The Student Affairs Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We also have a team of staff members through the Division of Student Affairs who are available to consult and are often present when expressive activities occur on campus. Sincerely, Division of Student Affairs. If you feel that you are being harassed online, here are some immediate steps you can take.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

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. Tell me about your journey into student affairs assessment. I had that in my old job a band of all Student Affairs staff.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 8, 2025

How Georgia State and UT Arlington Used COACHE Data to Drive Change Some institutions have documented their use of survey data to support transparency and follow-through. Todd Benson: Well, like a lot of folks that work with academic affairs, I stumbled into it. I actually started out in higher ed working in student affairs.

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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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Campus Sonar

APRIL 23, 2024

On campuses, there’s often a disconnect between strategic direction and implementation so it’s helpful to acknowledge that strategic plans are simply change documents. It's an ongoing, living document supported by the resource and allocation budget. The chief of student affairs in the same way with facilities and operations.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Navigate Learn more about higher ed's leading student success management system click here 14 best practices in student success management Lineage D: Equity gaps The 1970s research into student engagement gave rise to another important lineage that now defines so much of our student success work in 2023.

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Campus Groups

MARCH 8, 2022

In addition to being passionate about Higher Education and Student Affairs, Cassie, like many of our team members, loves to cook and travel. Prior to joining CG, I built a Document Management system as a stand-alone service. The platform enabled documents to be uploaded, merged, edited, and attached to specific transactions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

The issue can be a lack of a centralized, cross-departmental office that acts as a one-stop shop for all career-related issues on campus, limited coordination between career offices and other student-facing units like academic advising or student affairs, or both.

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Campus Groups

APRIL 12, 2022

These could include the impact on the environment, the ease of tracking documentation, the saved storage space, and the ease of use for students who may be traveling. ABOUT BRIDGET: I have a Masters Degree in Higher Education Administration and worked on campuses in Student Affairs for seven years.

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Parchment

MARCH 26, 2024

And two is the way that student affairs and these sort of unlikely spaces and places are providing value that both today’s learners want and tomorrow’s employers need. And for many of them, They’re reaching almost all of their students with these programs. The transcript is an inside baseball document.

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EAB

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The shelf life of the resulting documents shortens with every academic term. Strategic plans often hinge on broad topics or operational categories like student success, sustainability, or diversity, and on predictable approaches to self-improvement within these categories. Plans tend to be very high-level. Creating a Dynamic Strategy.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Drumm McNaughton speaks with two leaders from CSU who have led successful systemwide programs to help its Black community, President Dr. Thomas Parham of CSU Dominguez Hills and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Dilcie Perez, who serves the CSU System. About Our Podcast Guests Thomas A. Parham Thomas A.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

After large updates to the bylaws last year to align with our new organizational structure, the SAAL board has identified additional updates that will provide consistency in language, recognition of our new strategic foci, objectives, and values, and provide clarification to various processes and roles that were not previously documented.

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Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

MARCH 15, 2019

The purpose of this document is to provide academic leaders new to assessment with an easy-to-read, quick-to-digest, practical guide on educational assessment. Without having a plan documenting and designating who’s responsible, what steps will be taken, and deadlines, no one becomes accountable and no actions take place.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Duty of obedience, in which the trustee follows the law and applicable governing documents as well as his or her own reasoned judgement to make decisions that are consistent with the institutional mission. The State Board, all of whom had been appointed by the governor, unanimously selected the consultant on the search committee.

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EAB

AUGUST 7, 2023

Student Experience and Well-Being Most academic leaders think of advising, academics, or student affairs when thinking about student success, and it is critical to make these supports more streamlined, accessible, and student-centric.

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The Student Affairs Blog

JANUARY 22, 2025

Once you open a policy, a link will be included in the policy document which will take you to the comment form. Student Advisory Council for the Vice President for Student Affairs: Members of this council will provide feedback about services, programs, and issues impacting students. Hart, Ed.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

student affairs, academic affairs, foundation, and alumni affairs) that dedicate resources, opportunities, and supports intended to: (a) undo legacies of educational disparities that Black/African American males have historically witnessed and (b) build capacity for students engaged in these communities (i.e.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2025

Therefore, when we receive reports and data suggesting that vulnerable populations are being targeted within social catalytic spaces on college campuses, it is an urgent call to remind leadership to adhere to the values stated in official documents, such as websites, marketing materials, and other institutional communications.

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University Business

DECEMBER 11, 2023

More from UB: Student affairs leaders get real on counseling after COVID Magill’s flubs in Congress While Magill defended the core tenants of academic freedom at the hearing, Rep. Jim Banks (R-N.Y.) criticized Penn for its irregularities in upholding it. 7 and during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.

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