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Purpose
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The James E. Scott Academy for Leadership & Executive Effectiveness works within NASPA to help Senior Student Affairs Officers (SSAOs) become leaders in student affairs and higher education administration. The Academy provides SSAOs with a wide range of professional development programs, activities, services, and initiatives to foster institutional, professional, and personal success and enhance leadership, management, and operational skills.
The Academy Board serves as an advisory body, with the chair serving as the liaison between the Academy Board, the NASPA Board of Directors, and the NASPA office. Currently, the Academy is in the process of re-visioning its purpose and future direction.
Origin
The Academy was established in response to NASPA's initiative to provide continued professional education and development to meet the needs of SSAOs, offering skill development in the areas of leadership and executive effectiveness.
In 1994, NASPA President James E. Scott appointed the Committee on Future Skills and Knowledge for Student Affairs Leaders, charging the committee with examining how SSAOs develop and refine professional skills throughout their careers and making recommendations on a deliberate process for continual professional development. The committee, consisting of SSAOs conducted a review of relevant theoretical constructs and applications affecting the future work of SSAOs and assessed pressing leadership effectiveness needs through extensive research and dialogue with SSAOs across the country.
By the end of 1997, the NASPA Board transformed the Committee on Future Skills and Knowledge into the National Academy for Leadership and Executive Effectiveness. On January 9, 1999, the Academy launched its first national Institute. In March 2003, the Academy was renamed in honor of past president James E. Scott.