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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supporting administrators who directly engage with racially minoritized students is paramount because even before the latest rulings, these professionals shouldered a significant amount of the labor of protecting students in hostile environments. These administrators (e.g.,

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Say hello to your SAAL Blog Writing Team!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Currently, I serve as a Residence Life Coordinator at the University of South Florida. I have served as an Assessment Lead for a study abroad and cultural immersion program and Chair of multiple committees within Housing and Residence Life throughout my five year professional career. I earned my B.A.

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All I Really Need to Know to Be a Professor, I Learned Doing Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Previous to my assessment role, my experience was solely in residence life and housing. But, through assessment, I learned campus safety operations, the ins-and-outs of career development, fundraising strategies, and more. This helped me develop a broad student affairs generalist perspective.