I was quite surprised. On March 15th, I came across a post on the Facebook from one of the Assistant Vice Chancellors of Student Affairs at my university, UC Santa Barbara. Her pos[...]

Until recently, all of my positions were completely new, redesigned, or not quite institutionalized in some way. The prospect of creating a position or program from scratch or expa[...]

The angry or upset parent phone call:  it’s one of the hazards of life as a dean of students.  For years I was on the receiving end of calls from parents looking for an explanation[...]

Welcome to this episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast Dr. Ed Cabellon makes his triumphant return to the podcast this week! He speaks with Dustin about his doctoral pr[...]

There are countless articles to be found on leadership: how to lead a team, what to do to gain trust, etc. The list goes on. But I think there is one leadership quality that really[...]

Welcome to another great episode of The Student Affairs Spectacular Podcast! This week’s guest is Joe Sabado, who speaks with Dustin about his long career utilizing technolog[...]

  College foundations, tuition discounts, and fundraising efforts have been much more prevalent in higher education in the last few years. Early in my career they were importa[...]

The student affairs profession has wonderful graduate programs that help you learn and apply theories, build budgets, project or program plan, and work on departmental or program a[...]

The Functional Area Review (FAR) is an assessment practice unique to Jamestown Community College, but it shouldn’t be. Its purpose, simply put, is to improve the quality of service[...]

Assessment isn’t an activity. It’s a state of mind. The statement above has been my mantra for the past five years. Too often, assessment is seen as an afterthought rather than an [...]