Indiana University (IU) has a long history with basketball. This March Madness was different not because IU was a contender, but because of the spotlight put on the academic advis[...]
One of the trends I’ve noticed recently with my student groups is an increased desire in hosting small and medium sized conferences and meetings of peer institutions to discuss a w[...]
Breathe. I was having a pretty stressful day with a student group I was advising. There were some interpersonal issues going on, and try as I may, the students were still ha[...]
I was involved in a discussion about use of the “go-to” privilege article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh for a RA Class. There wa[...]
I imagine I was not the only one who scrambled to the Department of Education website the morning after the #SOTU to check out the new College Scorecard. Here’s how it works,[...]
What’s the most difficult thing you learned in Oakland? During a teambuilding activity, one of my colleagues asked me this question. It caught me off guard, but it was a very impac[...]
Image borrowed from Chaoscomedy.com Nobody likes failure. But in the world of student affairs, and in the “real” world in general, it’s a fact of life that we need to engage, appre[...]
As student affairs professionals we are aware of the various differences between two year and four year schools, but while sitting and relaxing during my holiday break I began to w[...]
Our next Final Question post comes from Adam Hughes, who reflected on our 11/29/12 #SAChat Christmahanakwanzika and Your Campus with “What kind of programming needs to happen[...]
The wonderful folks at the Student Affairs Collaborative have agreed to collaborate with some of the folks from the American College Personnel Association’s (ACPA) Commission[...]