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Dr. David E. Jones Appointed First CDO of New Jersey Institute of Technology

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the past, he was director of the Paul Robeson Cultural Center at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and director of residence life and student conduct at the City University of New York. “My My lived experiences have informed my career and life’s work,” Jones said.

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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

academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. These groups are also crucial for administrators collaborating with faculty and other staff with shared interests.

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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. Implementing assessment across a division of student affairs requires a large number of meetings for which I became skilled at effectively and efficiently running, a talent that very few faculty have—and it shows!

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How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors

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These bottom tiers often include scalable, preexisting services that include (but aren’t limited to) advising, residence life, health and fitness, campus ministries, and student groups. Faculty, administrators, and staff also have a role to plan in this aligned model, often simply by doing what they do best.

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Sorted Into SAAL: How I Found my Place in the Magical World of Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

This continued into college where some key staff and faculty mentors (my very own Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore) led me to Student Affairs. I longed to exercise that learning and academic part of my brain, and secretly worried that perhaps I had missed my calling to become a faculty member. And, I loved learning.