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)

MARCH 28, 2023

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. I asked my students to take the course, and I took it with my assessment committee members.

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Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

APRIL 1, 2019

Although each residential curriculum or curricular approach to student life should be contextualized to an institution, there are a number of non-profits and standards bodies within higher education and student affairs that can be useful in the development of learning goals and outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

To help the six HBCUs implement and better utilize CRM technology, Ed Advance offered training and support, including connecting the HBCUs with third-party consultants to refine Slate to each institution’s needs. The program’s second phase put additional focus on the platform’s ability to influence student retention and success.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

. “So many of our students are what we might consider one minor emergency away from walking away from this campus and never coming back,” says Susan Burleson, executive vice president of academic and student affairs at Davidson-Davie Community College.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 14, 2023

Surveys play a pivotal role in assessment, allowing us to connect with a large number of students simultaneously to gain valuable insights into their needs, experiences, perspectives, and knowledge. When intentionally designed and utilized, surveys provide powerful data that can drive continuous improvement.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 17, 2023

To work toward a solution in supporting success for students with ASDs in the composition classroom, I have found utilizing a team approach works best. It is also beneficial for the syllabus, course expectations, and timeline to be shared with students prior to the start of the class.

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The Student Affairs Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

Dear VCU Students, With the spring semester officially underway, there are many great programs and opportunities to get involved with at VCU this semester. Students can utilize RamsConnect to do so. Best wishes as your semester continues, Division of Student Affairs

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Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

APRIL 20, 2018

Given that the curricular approach is relatively new in student affairs circles, there is a need for tools and resources that can help campuses and departments assess the effectiveness of their efforts. Continue Reading →

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 25, 2023

While the question was intended for someone currently working in student affairs assessment, it gave me pause to reflect on what prepared me to be a professor. One part about being a student affairs assessment coordinator I enjoyed most was learning about the various functional areas in the division.

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The Student Affairs Blog

AUGUST 24, 2022

Dear VCU Students, As the fall semester officially begins with classes for many of you today, there are many great opportunities to get involved at VCU this semester. One of those opportunities is by attending VCU’s Weeks of Welcome event and utilizing RamsConnect to do so. Division of Student Affairs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It should be the responsibility of higher education institutes to train these counselors to have that background in order to properly serve the student population. Megan Go is a graduate student studying Higher Education and Student Affairs at the University of Connecticut. .

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Roompact

AUGUST 10, 2021

Roompact’s “Res Life Quick Tips” series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and education practice. Many student affairs professionals begin their careers working in residence life as a hall director. Take a look through our past quick tips.

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University Business

JANUARY 19, 2023

A new report surveying wellness counselors found that their increased workload is causing burnout as campuses struggle to meet student demand. According to TimelyMD’s aforementioned survey addressing student mental health, 75% of students who did utilize a teletherapy service say they experienced improvement.

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Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

JANUARY 26, 2020

A curricular approach to student affairs work utilizes the processes and methods of teachers in the classroom and adapts it to the out-of-class setting. Setting learning objectives and planning strategies and engagements with students works regardless of whether they live on campus or not. Read More.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before. Students only have a limited amount of time on campus, so creating ease of use should be a top priority for administrators, Sine adds.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

I didn’t know about this thing called Student Affairs just yet, but I knew [there was] a way that I could work at a college and sort of do for other students—particularly first-gen, BIPOC students and Pell Grant students—what others had done for me. And how do we do better?”

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In response, they began investing in early alert systems that empowered them to reach out directly to struggling students rather than passively waiting and hoping that they would find help on their own. Success leaders began to rely on metrics like support utilization and issue resolution as leading indicators of retention.

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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. You did hit on a few things.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

And so, certainly, I think that just helps to contextualize that when administrators, faculty and staff say, I'm encountering a student who's in distress or has a mental health concern, go to the Counseling Center, reach out to them, we certainly want them to do that. We found some pretty impressive results from that, frankly.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Success Story Learn how the collaboration between this community college's faculty and student affairs staff helped grow enrollment by 18% watch the webinar read our study: defining the faculty role in student success 2. Finding a faculty champion can also be beneficial in driving adoption and buy-in from others.

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

How are students utilizing it? 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 historically, Student Affairs had always had a co -curricular transcript.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

At a time when the Latino population in the United States is growing and students are still facing daunting obstacles, Excelencia in Education is recognizing nine institutions for their clear and decisive commitment to Latino student success with the Seal of Excelencia.

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The Student Affairs Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Advocacy and Well-Being Our team in the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) wants your time at VCU to be remarkable. During your time at VCU, make sure to utilize all of the well-being resources available to you and follow the hashtag #VeryCaringU on Instagram for well-being related information and programming. Hart, Ed.D.

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The Student Affairs Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Advocacy and Well-Being Our team in the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) wants your time at VCU to be remarkable. During your time at VCU, make sure to utilize all of the well-being resources available to you and follow the hashtag #VeryCaringU on Instagram for well-being related information and programming. Hart, Ed.D.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As student affairs assessment professionals, we deeply understand the complexities of collecting meaningful and reliable data for assessment. While we're adept at collecting data, how effectively are we communicating our findings back to the student body and involving them in subsequent decision-making processes?

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EAB

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Most of us have already been utilizing forms of AI , even if we don’t realize it. Lack of Good Data Navigating data quality and governance poses a significant challenge for many advancement offices, with partners frequently expressing the complexities of data collection, utilization, and storage. What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The campus utilizes 16 data dashboards, available to the entire campus, to provide real-time enrollment, success and completion statistics that can be disaggregated to analyze demographics and specific student populations. The program began in Spring 2023 with 153 students, 87 of whom were Hispanic.

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The Student Affairs Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

Well-being and mental health New this year, VCU students have access to free virtual care services through TimelyCare. Students can get the mental health support you need wherever you are, whenever you need it. Students can utilize TalkNow visits, scheduled counseling appointments and health coaching.

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The Student Affairs Blog

JANUARY 17, 2023

Opportunities for students Student Advisory Council for the Vice President for Student Affairs : Members of this council will provide feedback about services, programs, and issues impacting students. Interested students can complete the Vice President for Student Affairs’ Advisory Council form by Feb.

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Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

MARCH 15, 2019

For example, when using an English proficiency exam across the senior class, the length of time a student has had schooling in an English-speaking country will have a major impact on the scores. The Instrument An instrument in this case refers to the actual activity that will be utilized for assessment purposes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 30, 2023

Furthermore, Rabbi Hahn Tapper and Student Affairs staff are in ongoing conversation with the individuals involved, who are committed to and actively engaged in a process of reckoning and sincere repair,” read the email.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, HCC met the challenges they were experiencing in Latine/x student recruitment and enrollment head on by creating El Centro, a learning community for this student group.

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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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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MAY 24, 2024

Here is the next installment of our conversation series getting to know the individuals that make up this wonderful group of Student Affairs Assessment Leaders and learning from their personal stories. Back in my graduate assistantship, I was always asking, "It's great to have these student leaders, but what are they learning?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Utilize delayed send for emails. Carrie has lived her professional career in service to higher education staff, students, and faculty. Outside of the student affairs arena, Carrie has enjoyed work as a faculty member, academic adviser, and academic administrator. I said, well, I might trip over the dog.

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