As a graduate student in a Student Affairs in Higher Education program, I endeavor to eventually work on a college campus, encouraging students to mind their civic habits and respo[...]

Ira Shor, a critical theorist, explains the importance of democracy to education and vice versa: "A democratic society needs the creativity and intelligence of its people.
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Crossposted at Future Majority. One of my favorite aspects of blogging and working in student affairs is learning about various programs and initiatives that infuse civic engagemen[...]

If you’ve not had the chance to watch/read singer/songwriter John Legend‘s commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania, you should.  Legend uses cognitive de[...]

As student affairs administrators, we face formidable challenges to living a healthy lifestyle. For instance, with the prevalence of live-on entry level positions in our field, it [...]

Over my last three years as a young professional, something with which I’ve been constantly tinkering is my professional/personal balance. I heard from the start that I needed to b[...]

The best paragraph I’ve read in a few weeks comes from the introduction of Paul Loeb’s Soul of a Citizen. The dream of sanctuary is an illusion. It erodes our souls by [...]

Alexa Harrington wrote an interesting and thought-provoking post at her blog called Educated Nation, discussing the RA position and its increased popularity due to the great compen[...]