Announcing: The ACPA CASHE Fellowship & Next Gen Sponsorship Awards

Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education
Colleagues, The ACPA CASHE directorate is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for our inaugural CASHE Fellowship and Next Gen Sponsorship awards. We hope you, or a colleague, will apply for one of these amazing opportunities (each complete with waived conference registration). For more information, visit the convention spotlight page. Or, to apply for the ACPA CASHE Fellowship, *...

An International Dilemma

Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education
International student life- when you hear this, do you think of struggle or opportunity? Sure, we international transplants made a choice to come here to study… Yes we accepted the challenges that international student life comes with... However, as higher education professionals, I believe it is our responsibility to do what we can to assist these high-achieving students in reaching their...

Don't Force It: The Critical Importance of Student Choice in Accessing Academic Support

Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education
In a landscape where student retention has evolved from a simple metric to an outcome in and of itself, higher education professionals and administrators often rush to discern "what works" and to plug students into those pathways to persistence. While I expect (hope!) I am not alone in rejecting retention as an outcome, I do believe that this logic is easy to follow. However, what I want to...

From the Chair: ACPA July Leadership Meeting and #ACPA16

Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education
As I begin this post, I'm taxiing on a runway at Montreal's Pierre Trudeau International Airport. I've been in town since Monday for the annual ACPA July Leadership Meeting (July 6-9). These gatherings are an opportunity for elected association leaders to come together to discuss the future of ACPA and the field, make plans for the upcoming convention, and find new ways to collaborate and deliver...

Drawing Connections: Academic Advising in Housing & Residence Life

Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education
Drawing Connections: Academic Advising in Housing & Residence Life One of the most significant things we as higher education professionals can do to make the student experience more holistic is to stop dividing student affairs and academic affairs. During my tenure as a residence life professional, I have found myself time and time again, student after student, coaching the academic...