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Student affairs leaders get real on counseling after COVID

University Business

Student mental health on college campuses has taken a toll in the years after the pandemic, straining in-house counseling services and affecting student engagement. Haywood was joined by Lake Tahoe Community College’s Michelle Batista, vice president of student services. Smith University (N.C.). We got you.”

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Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment Sydney Kayne, SAAL Blog Writer and Assessment & Evaluation Analyst at University of Colorado Boulder For many student affairs divisions across the United States, co-curricular assessment is a practice that feels like it’s still finding its footing.

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Melvin C. Terrell Scholars Dive into Research

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Delnita Evans dreams of being a dean because she wants to help underrepresented students succeed. “I We weren’t graduating,” said the master’s candidate in higher education student affairs at the Morgan State University School of Education & Urban Studies. I saw that people that looked like me did not matriculate.

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NASPA Survey Reveals Further Declines in Campus Mental Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Now, a new report from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and UWill, an online counseling platform for colleges and universities, has shown that mental health is continuing to decline. By and large, students are really talking about it more than the so-called adults on campuses,” said Dunkle.

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Team Growth: Get to Know Denecia and Yassine

Campus Groups

Denecia is passionate about student success and experiential learning. She has over 6 years of experience working in student development and has held several roles in this space. This includes Student Life (Mercy College) and Student Development and Campus Life (Berkeley College).

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It’s official: Joe Paul is named president of the University of Southern Mississippi

University Business

” Paul, a Southern Miss alumnus, retired in 2015 after he served as an administrator in student affairs for the university for more than 40 years. “I am also deeply committed to creating an unparalleled student life and leadership experience. “Dr. Paul’s vision of how a university operates.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? By: Liana Acri.