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Developing Young Assessment Professionals: A Year-long Professional Development Series for Assessment Graduate Assistants

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Graduate school is a transformative journey, providing students with the opportunity to delve deeper into their chosen fields, cultivate skills, and make valuable connections. In order to expose participants to real-world assessment practices, the series features guest speakers who are practitioners and leaders in student affairs assessment.

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The only bad data you can have is the data you don't do anything about

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Ellissa Brooks Nelson (she, her, hers) Divisional Director, Student Affairs Research & Assessment University of North Carolina at Charlotte In her current role: ~2 years Also serves as: SAAL’s Vice President of Profession Advancement Tell me about your journey into student affairs assessment.

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It may be time to rethink the college minor (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

She has worked in higher education for more than 15 years within functional areas that include gender centers, academic advising, counseling and enrollment management. Susannah Townsend is a doctoral student at Ohio State University in the area of higher education and student affairs.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These concrete strategies have led to increases in Latinx staff from 33% to 41% and Latinx management from 17% to 19%, between 2018-19 and 2022-23. Recruitment materials, campus tours, and FAFSA open houses are bilingual as are several members of the student affairs staff.

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

EAB

In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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A Beginner’s Guide to AI in Annual Giving

EAB

The struggle to manage data effectively in-house becomes a critical consideration, particularly when contemplating the integration of AI. Take steps to start cleaning your data You can take steps to start cleaning the data at your institution. Student Affairs, Finance, Institutional Research, Schools and Colleges, etc.)

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Guide To Assessment

Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

Tip : Most colleges/universities have an Office of Institutional Research (see Section 4). They are invaluable in providing institution-wide data. This office is commonly used to conduct institutional-wide surveys such as the NSSE, SSI, Campus Climate Surveys, etc. Tip: Check your institutional requirements.