The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

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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Terminalfour

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Your students are your greatest recruitment asset. See how Durham embrace student generated content to create online engagement.

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Donald L. Birx, Ph.D.

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Given all the discussions recently about moving to Integrated Clusters, including the recent sessions. Continue reading.

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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

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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The Student Affairs Collective

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

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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The Student Affairs Collective

OCTOBER 31, 2017

When I started my undergraduate experience at Rowan University in 2004, I vividly remember seeing the orientation leaders dancing on stage. My mother whispered in my ears, “You should do this!” Two years later I was one of those upperclassman performing to new audiences of incoming students. I didn’t realize those experiences would greatly shape my change in career path from journalist to higher ed practitioner.

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The Student Affairs Collective

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Many #SApros join the profession because they were once involved leaders. For these individuals, what was once their “extracurricular” becomes their jobs. I remember attending my first regional careers in student affairs conference. The saying, “if you love your job, you will never work a day in your life” was thrown around many times.

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