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NASPA Centers the Stories of Diverse Student Affairs Professionals

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. As such, Shivers said, it's important that student affairs professionals practice self-care.

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life. Terrell Educational Foundation. The panel included Drs.

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Announcing an Innovative Partnership to Empower & Advance Student Affairs Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

In an exciting development, two prominent organizations in the higher education space, The Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) and Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) have joined together to enhance the landscape of higher education through collaboration and shared resources.

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Bazan Named Union College's Next President

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The values and mission are lived beautifully by the faculty, students, staff, and administration. As vice president of Student Life at La Sierra University from 2007 to 2021, she led 10 departments ranging from athletics and counseling to campus security and spiritual life.

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Dr. Kristine Dillon Appointed Interim President of Whittier College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Previously, she was president of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE); dean of academic services and student affairs at Tufts University; and a senior leader in student affairs at the University of Southern California. “As Dillion is a senior adviser for Huron Consulting’s higher education practice.

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It starts with strategy: Intentional goal setting, strategic planning, & pickleball

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Here is the next installment of our conversation series getting to know The leaders that make up this wonderful group of Student Affairs Assessment Leaders and learning from their personal stories. Tell me about your journey into student affairs assessment. How did you get here? It was not my childhood ambition….

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Recognizing Great Work in Assessment: 1st Ever SAAL Awards!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

The purpose of the SAAL awards is to recognize the assessment work of members that advances the field of Student Affairs assessment and furthers the mission and values of SAAL. Nix has explored SAAL members’ experiences who have taken the SAAL open course, Applying and Leading Assessment in Student Affairs.