The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

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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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

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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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

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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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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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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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