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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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A Life of Ministry

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McManus graduated valedictorian of her high school and went on to Clemson University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in counseling with an emphasis in student affairs. Dr. Kimberly O. I believe that everyone has the opportunity to succeed, whatever that success looks like.”

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Why a One-Stop?

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Hispanic-serving institution director tackles education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Prior to this, I was the director of a summer bridge program here at SLCC … housed under Student Affairs, specifically the orientation office. When the summer bridge position opened up, SLCC specifically funded that initiative [through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund]. A: I do have a list of priorities.

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Career-readiness initiatives are missing the mark (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

With efforts like these gathering steam across the postsecondary landscape, it looks like higher education is in the midst of a mission shift that positions career readiness as a strategic, campuswide priority. What could be wrong with this development?

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How employees are using CU’s Tuition Assistance Benefit (TAB)

CU Work-Life Balance

Mark Paquette guides UCCS students through the ins and outs of identifying and securing jobs that align with their career goals. After spending 15 years in the financial services sector, Paquette moved to higher education with a focus on student career services. Steve Zweck-Bronner.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions.