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Assessment
| Assessment: Why Bother?
By Kenneth J. Posner, Rollins College (More) |
Assessment / Research
| The Updated Outline for Assessment Plans
By Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D. (More) |
| Do Women-Only Colleges Make a Difference?
By The NASPA Center for Scholarship, Research and Professional Development for Women (More) |
| Cognitive Development and Student Leadership Experiences
By Cara Skeat and Joan B. Hirt
(More) |
| Student Needs Assessment
By Dorothy Knoll and Lisa Erwin, The Univ. of Kansas Medical Center (More) |
| Nurturing an Informed, Inclusive Learning Community: Electronic Dissemination of Assessment Findings With the Campus At Large
By Cynthia Wolf Johnson, Ed.D., and Paul Marchbanks, UNC-Chapel Hill (More) |
| Writing Measurable and Meaningful Outcomes
By Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D., Director of Assessment for Division of Undergraduate Affairs, NC State Univ. (More) |
| Assessment: Source of Power? Source of Empowerment?
By Dr. Christina Frazier, Southeast Missouri State University (More) |
| How to Interpret Survey Results
By Joni E. Spurlin, Ph.D., Director of Assessment, College of Engineering, NC State University (More) |
| Assessing Institutional Priorities: An Economic Approach
By Dean L. Bresciani, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Services, UNC-Chapel Hill (More) |
| Can Partnerships Be Assessed? -- The Boyer Partnership Project
By Donald B. Kraybill, Ph. D., Dean of Scholarship at Messiah College (More) |
| Assessment Listservs & Meta-Lists: Treasures for Your Inbox
Randy L. Swing, Ph.D (More) |
| Assessment in Student Affairs: Let's Get Started!
By John H. Schuh and M. Lee Upcraft (More) |
| Assessment Tips for Student Affairs Professionals
By Karen W. Bauer, University of Delaware, and Gary R. Hanson, Arizona State University
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| College and University Housing: Evidence to Point the Way
By David G. Butler, Univ. of Delaware, Retired; Project Director of ACUHO-I/EBI Benchmarking Svcs. (More) |
| Using Multiple Assessment Methods to Explore Student Learning and Development Inside and Outside of the Classroom
By Peggy Maki, Director of Assessment, American Association for Higher Education (More) |
| Criteria Checklist for an Assessment Program
By Marilee Bresciani and Caryn Sabourin, NC State University (More) |
| Using Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences For Identifying Outcomes and Designing and Assessing Student Affairs Programs
By Ruth L. Green, Ph.D., and Rebecca A. Walter, M.A., George Mason University
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| Learning from Control Groups: An Evaluative Approach
By David P. Jones, Assistant Director of Housing and Residential Education, UNC-Chapel Hill (More) |
| Meeting the Needs of First-Year Students: Findings from a National Survey of First-Year Co-Curricular Practices
By Michael J. Siegel & Betsy O. Barefoot, Policy Center on the First Year of College (More) |
| Creating an Effective Assessment Organization and Environment
By Julia Pet-Armacost and Robert L. Armacost, University of Central Florida (More) |
| Using Professional Standards for Program Assessment and Development
By Ted K. Miller, Professor Emeritus, The University of Georgia
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| Student Affairs Conference as Professional Development Curriculum
By the Higher Education Doctoral Program, University of Arkansas-Little Rock
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| Transforming Higher Education: Learning How We Really Learn
By Jane Fried, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Counseling & Family Therapy, Central Connecticut State Univ. (More) |
| Considerations in Conducting “Good” Qualitative Assessment
By Jan Arminio, Ph. D., Shippensburg University
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| The Relationship Between Outcomes, Measurement, and Decisions for Continuous Improvement
By Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D., NC State University (More) |
| From Admission to Graduation: Assessing the Training and Professional Development of Student Affairs Professionals
By Margaret Herrick, Ph.D., Kutztown University (More) |
| Why Collaborate with Academics?
By Ruth Green, Connie Kirkland, and Jeff Kulick
George Mason University (More) |
| Minimizing the Impact of Politics on Assessment
By Jean M. McEnery, Professor, Eastern Michigan University
(More) |
| Assessing Programs, Services, and Other Interventions Targeted at a Small Number of Students
By Shari Ellertson and John H. Schuh,
Iowa State University
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| Assessing Learning and Development
By Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D. (More) |
| Electronic Learning Portfolios and Student Affairs
By Helen L. Chen and Cynthia Mazow, Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning
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| Electronic Learning Portfolios and Student Affairs
By Helen L. Chen and Cynthia Mazow, Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning
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| Developing an Assessment Program in Student Affairs
By Kari Elingson, Ph.D., University of Utah (More) |
| Assessment Programs in Student Affairs
By Kari Elingson, Ph.D., University of Utah (More) |
| Assessment Programs in Student Affairs
By Kari Elingson, Ph.D., University of Utah (More) |
| Fostering Students' Complex Problem Solving Skills: A Glimpse at the Reflective Judgment Model
By Sheila Summers Thompson, Ph.D.
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| Using Performance-based Assessment to Become A Leading Edge Organization in Higher Education
By Patricia E. Askew and Thomas E. Grayson (More) |
| Outcomes Assessment in Student Affairs: Moving Beyond Satisfaction to Student Learning and Development
By Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D. (More) |
| Research You Can Use - Mentoring: Specific characteristics of mentoring that work for women students
By NASPA Center for Scholarship, Research and Professional Development for Women
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| Teaching and Assessing Values Education
By Jamie Phillips, Ph.D. (More) |
| PART ONE: Closing the Loop: Program Review in Student Affairs
By Norleen K. Pomerantz, Ph.D. (More) |
| Research You Can Use: Student Life - Spirituality and Student Health
By NASPA Center for Student Life Research
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| PART TWO: Defining Program Review: Purpose, Process, and Progress
By Norleen K. Pomerantz, Ph.D. (More) |
| Research You Can Use: Student Life - HIV/AIDS As a Topic in Undergraduate Student Textbooks
By The NASPA Center for Student Life Research (More) |
| Research You Can Use: Women - Alcohol as a Social Facilitator: In What Ways Do Women Students Expect it to Help?
By The NASPA Center for Scholarship, Research and Professional Development for Women (More) |
Beyond the Traditional B.A.
| 120 American colleges and universities that offer sports and recreation degrees (More) |
| 150 students who are expected to enroll in the NCSU program for golf management (More) |
Binge Drinking
| 2 Years After Colleges Started Calling Home, Administrators Say Alcohol Policy Works (More) |
| 300 people into a basement party room (More) |
| 57 percent of male athletes reported at least one binge drinking episode (More) |
Board Business
| 30-year-old state law dictates Board of Governors in NC (More) |
| 10 public universities in Florida will have a "super board" appointed by the governor (More) |
Campus Life and Religion
| 500 students gather to sing, pray, and talk about God (More) |
| 153 Hillel foundations, 110 in North America, have sprung up throughout the world, with another 350 affiliated groups since 1923 (More) |
| 6,000 verses of the Koran must be must memorized and understood by students. (More) |
Campus Protests
| 200students were hunkered down, with sleeping bags, soda cans, and books, to spend their seventh night on the floor at Pennsylvania State University. (More) |
| 300 students at Northeastern University chased the university's president to his car Thursday and blocked rush-hour traffic for close to an hour. (More) |
| 4 months of urging the administration to raise janitors' minimum wages ended in a sit-in at U. Conn (More) |
Celebration Campus Chaos
| $250,000 to $500,000 in repair costs at the University of Maryland at College Park (More) |
| 40 fires around the campus of Purdue University (More) |
| 2,000 fans spilled into the streets after Arizona lost the NCAA (More) |
Credit Card Debt
| 60%
of those vendors get complaints from student affairs personnel for selling too aggressively. (More) |
| H.R. 3142
College Student Credit Card Protection Act
(More) |
| Zero tolerance for credit card companies without a sponsor. (More) |
Drinking and Parental Notification
| 55% of respondents were in favor of continuing the program.
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| 17% of the 189 institutions surveyed had parental-notification policies before Congress clarified the law (More) |
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy; Final Rule (More) |
Eating Disorders
| 20%
or more of female soccer players and basketball players below normal weight for their height (More) |
| 1 school's battle (More) |
Financial Aid
| 5% tuition increase at the 16 UNC campuses.
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| 20% of federal support to academic institutions for basic research is through The National Science Foundation (More) |
| 34,000 people will be denied loans and grants in the coming school year (More) |
Free-speech
| 15 ethnic and political student organizations removed nearly 4,000 copies of The Brown Daily Herald (More) |
| 100 students and former students, in person or in writing, have expressed their support for an English teacher at Macomb Community College (More) |
| 3 chancellors at the University of Alaska received a strongly worded memorandum from the University president (More) |
Gender Matters
| 21-39% of MBA students in the nation's top 30 business schools are women (More) |
| 50% of the seats at OU law school are filled women (More) |
| 37% of undergraduate degrees being awarded to women in computer science in 1984 to only 20% in 1999 (More) |
Hate Crimes
| 7,900 hate crimes in 1999 that were reported to the FBI were provoked by racial bias (More) |
| 4% of Indiana law-enforcement agencies have reported bias and hate crimes as required under a state law that took effect six months ago. (More) |
| 44 states with hate-crimes laws (More) |
Hazing
| 2 bodies found in the Philippines May Be Linked to Fraternity Rivalry
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| 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination in hazing. (More) |
| $150 fine to the Office of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, which will go toward an anti-hazing program at the University of Maryland.
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Higher Education and the Bush Administration
| $1-trillion tax cut to increase spending on Pell Grants and other education programs. (More) |
| 60-month limit on how long borrowers may deduct from their taxable income the interest they pay on student loans (More) |
| 22-year existence and U.S. Education Department's Office of Educational Research and Improvement may face yet another major overhaul during its reauthorization this year (More) |
Layoffs at Institutions
| 91 staff positions will be eliminated at Minnesota University. (More) |
| 75% of the workforce will be laid off at Kenyan Universities (More) |
| 87 jobs eliminated at the distance-learning company eCollege (More) |
Learning Disabilities
| 41% of the freshmen who reported in 1998 that they had a disability came from the "learning disability" category (More) |
| 3 times the number of students with learning disabilities were assisted at Purdue last school year than in an earlier decade. (More) |
| Learning-disabled athletes and the N.C.A.A. don't get along. (More) |
NASPA Foundation Presentation - Students: Learners and Consumers
| Student Monitor Data (More) |
| Higher Education Research Institute (More) |
New Leadership Paradigm: Expanding our Notions of Leadership Development
| Higher education administrators need to rethink some of the key assumptions of student leadership development in order to educate students for the current workplace and to meet the needs of a changing student body. (More) |
Parental Notification: A New Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Abuse on Campus
| A study of 189 campus judicial officers by researchers at Bowling Green State University has found that prior to October 1, 1998 16.9% of those surveyed had a parental notification policy. (More) |
Protests
| 814 psychology programs are accredited by A.P.A., but some will be affected by the religion-exemption clause (More) |
| $1,250, was paid by Kentucky State to the Justice Resource Center
(More) |
| 3 friends and Royal are on the protest trail (More) |
Quarter-life Crisis
| 2young women in their 20s have found themselves part of a largely ignored age group that’s experiencing a crisis of their own way (More) |
| 10 years ago, there were less available career paths (More) |
Race Matters
| $55,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two white applicants who were rejected from the U. of Georgia law school (More) |
| 150-point scale at at the University of Michigan and minorities get extra points (More) |
| $503-million plan to end the state's 26-year-old college-desegregation case in Mississippi (More) |
Racial Sensitivity
| Many of the 350 American Indian students at North Dakota say that beneath the campus's Main Street friendliness lies a dark current of racism. (More) |
| 8 players have filed federal civil-rights lawsuits against the University of South Florida because of racial bias. (More) |
| For 15 years Colleges and universities have been hiring diversity "trainers" or "facilitators" (More) |
RU-486 and Emergency Contraception
| 25 to 12 vote in the VA state Senate to allow women to obtain emergancy contraception without a doctor's prescription. (More) |
| 92% of the clinical trial cases were effective. (More) |
| 60 medical and women's health groups is calling on the United States government to make emergency contraceptives available without a prescription (More) |
Slavery Reparation
| 4,000 copies of The Herald were stolen at Brown University, but that's just part of the story.
(More) |
| 14 faculty members from several departments took part in a teach-in to discuss slavery reparation (More) |
| 80 students marched to the school's central administrative building to make several demands of the university
(More) |
Student Entrepreneurs
| $250,000
Columbia University students have can submit proposals to the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund to access up to $250,000 for entrepreneurial ventures. (More) |
| More than 50% of all college students and recent graduates expect to be millionaires by the age of 40. (More) |
| 3,000 members at roughly 100 schools Belong to the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization. (More) |
Student Fees and Organizations
| 250 groups recruiting at the activities fair (More) |
| 60 days were given to the university by U.S. District Court Judge John C. Shabaz to change what he sees as flaws in the fee system. (More) |
| 81-page document opened the Republican national convention (More) |
Student Protests
| 814 psychology programs are accredited by A.P.A., but some will be affected by the religion-exemption clause (More) |
Tenure Issues
| 10 journal articles, 1 T.A. union protest, 0 tenure (More) |
| 18,000 professors at 960 institutions, use of part-time labor undercuts the tenure system (More) |
The Hispanic Student
| 65% of Hispanic parents believe that a college education is the single most important factor to an individual's success. (More) |
| 10% of Hispanic people ages 25 to 29 held bachelor's degrees in 1998. (More) |
Tuition Increases
| 13+ public institutions have raised their tuition in the last year. (More) |
| 42% more for tuition next year for Clemson students (More) |
| 3% tuition increase for 2001-2 at one private college (More) |
Unions
| $15,000 is the amount union organizers want for NYU teacher assistant stipends. (More) |
| 5,200 graduate students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign but only a few hundred could join the union.
(More) |
| 95% of teaching assistants casting ballots in favor of the first union in Pennsylvania and at Temple University.
(More) |
Violence on Campus
| 3% of Female Students Are Victims of Rape or Attempted Rape Each Year, Report Says
By (More) |
| 24.3% is the percentage that alcohol arrest rose to in 1998 at American colleges (More) |
| The Incidence of Crime on the Campuses of U.S. Postsecondary Education Institutions -- A Report to Congress - PDF Doc (More) |
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