December, 2017

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Boston University’s use of Chinese social media from Weibo to WeChat

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In China, many western social media networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are blocked.

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Michelle’s Emerging #SAPro Journey – Entering the Job Search with Collective Support

The Student Affairs Collective

For many second year graduate students, the season of job searching feels like it is quickly approaching. People may be feeling all types of things at this point – excitement, apprehension, jealousy, panic, and more. Students in a cohort or those with close colleagues in the field may also have another layer added to their job search process – interactions with others also engaged in job searching at the same time.

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Putting Career Readiness in the Driver’s Seat of Student Leadership Programs #SACareer

The Student Affairs Collective

In student affairs, we spend a great deal of time building the leaders of tomorrow. However, we often fail to incorporate the most important leadership skill: career readiness. Being ready for the workplace is the very reason students go to college in the first place. So why aren’t we making sure that component is present every step of the way? Our leadership programs should have learning outcomes, things we want our students to know or be able to do as a result of completing the activity or lea

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What's the most viral your university has ever gone? #socialmedia

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Why do videos go viral? Check out our latest blog to see how one university has a Facebook video hit on their hands.

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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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Revisiting ACPA/NASPA Core Competencies as Professional Development #SACareer

The Student Affairs Collective

Professional development is critical for continuous education and growth purposes. But, many offices aren’t able to send their staff to multi-day conferences or specialized training and institutes. Thus, we must be able to adapt and think about ways we can leverage available resources such as the ACPA/NASPA Core Competencies. Here are three quick ways to think about incorporating the framework into your professional growth for 2018.

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Higher Ed Halloween 2017: Trick and tweets roundup

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Before people get caught up in the fast-approaching festive season, we wanted to bid a fond farewell to our freakiest of holidays.

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How to Be Overqualified and Under-qualified at the Same Time

The Student Affairs Collective

When is the last time someone told you that, “you seem like a good fit…but…” – and the “but” was something arbitrary on your resume? What do we do about this? I often run into the problem of being both overqualified (over-educated) and underqualified (years of full-time experience.) It’s a tough balance to manage.