November, 2017

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Accessibility challenges now prime time - as a web professional, an opportunity?

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Website accessibility (S508, WAI WCAG etc.) related legal cases against Universities now being covered my US national media.

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Professional Development Beyond Conferences #SACareer

The Student Affairs Collective

Student affairs profes sionals spend their work lives helping to educate and develop their students, but don’t necessarily have the time or resources to educate and develop themselves by presenting at conferences, nor sometimes have the financial resources to go to conferences. Between the time commitment, conference fees, travel and lodging, and food, spending a few days at a conference can come at a hefty cost for college and university budgets.

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Scrolled by this week: 3 recent exciting Higher Education marketing campaigns

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A new blog series called “Scrolled by this week”, featuring Marquette University, University of Aberystwyth and Perdue University

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What does your logo say about you? Recent design school branding trends

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Have you noticed the recent design school logo trend? While trying to look different, many are starting to look the same.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Student Affairs and Public Policy: Introducing #SAWonk!

The Student Affairs Collective

With everything already on our plates, adding yet-another-Thing(tm) can be overwhelming. When the Thing(tm) is tuning into public policy, suddenly that stubborn task at the bottom of your to-do list moves up a notch. With challenges to undocumented and trans individuals rights, increasing college costs , and tensions around sexual assault response on campus , figuring out why public policy is important doesn’t take long.

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Michelle’s Emerging #SAPro Journey – Expanding the Parameters of Student Affairs for New Professionals

The Student Affairs Collective

Does student affairs usually bring to mind working in student activities, orientation, or residence life? Do we often consider academic affairs as a pathway that we highlight to new professionals pursuing work in the field? I recently read Kathryn Angeles’ post “ Bridging the Gap Between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs: A Student Affairs Professional in an Academic Center #CSAM17 ” and was reflecting on my own experiences at the intersection of student and academic affairs.

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How the University of Birmingham and Edinburgh welcome International Students

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Social media is invaluable for international students to see how diverse your University is. Somewhere they would feel welcome.

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Lighting and Maintaining the Fire for a Terminal Degree #SACareer

The Student Affairs Collective

I remember the moment I received my master’s degree. I shook a bunch of hands, accepted my diploma (or…diploma cover) and sat back in my chair. My inner dialogue? “I will finish my education with a terminal degree someday.” About 12 years later, I began my PhD program. In my experience, there are two struggles in completing a terminal degree.

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…How to Be the Most Reflective #SAPro of All #CSAM17

The Student Affairs Collective

Mirrors come in all shapes and sizes. Whether it is a small compact, magnifying, or full body length mirror, they all typically have the same function – to take a look at and examine oneself. Still, not all mirrors are a person point of vanity (pun intended). Consider for example, the purpose and function of the rear-view mirror. As highlighted in one of my favorite @leadershipdots blog posts titled rear view , dr. beth triplett illustrates that while in our own vehicle, a glance in our rear-vie

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Evoking Confident Belonging in #SAPros at Community Colleges

The Student Affairs Collective

As student affairs professionals, we’ve experienced both highs and lows related to the (real or perceived) tension between academic affairs and student affairs. When your work is about supporting, educating, and developing students, governance structures and funding formulas matter. Sometimes we’re credited for graduating students and other times we’re accused of doing nothing more than hosting pizza parties.

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Thalia’s Emerging #SAPro Journey: Hey First-Year Graduate Students: Struggling? This One’s For You

The Student Affairs Collective

This post is for the first-year graduate students who are new to their programs, their institutions, their states. For the students who are first-generation, are underrepresented in the field of higher education, are in a constant battle with imposter syndrome, and are having a hard time finding the light at the end a long first semester. For the students who left home to pursue an educational degree to empower others even when it’s difficult to empower ourselves.

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