If not Us, then Who? : ACPA, Democracy and Our Students

10 January 2016

Today, as I am reading the Washington Post, an article by Jonathan Capehart, entitled "An LGBT Rights Fight on the Horizon" has reminded me of our obligation as public colleges and universities universities charged to uphold a democratic mission.

I think it is important for ACPA members to hear what he is suggesting and think about potential impact on students we support, the campus climates we endeavor to create, and the challenges to be who and what we are mandated to do and be.

2016 Election Results

ACPA 2015 Governance Elections
15 December 2015

2015 ACPA Governance Election Results
Please join us in congratulating these outstanding newly elected ACPA leaders who will serve us and our association well!

Governing Board Positions
Vice President
Stephen John Quaye

Director of Equity and Inclusion (Elect)
Mary Tregoning

Member at Large, Senior Level (Elect) 
James Breslin

Human Rights Day 2015: The Truth is Hard

Human dignity is at the core of human rights. Without dignity, none of the protections of the various legal human rights mechanisms have any real meaning, which is why the concept has held, and continues to hold, a central place in the international human rights.
 
Without dignity as the central organizing principle of our policies and practices on higher education campuses, none of our attempts to create equity and inclusion will hold together. 
 

College Student Educators as Scholars

From the President's Desk

Monday, 7 December 2015 - 1:46pm
ACPA President’s Blog – December 2015 - College Student Educators as Scholars Recently, I was invited to write a piece for the second issue of Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry , coming out in the spring of 2016. It is an open-sourced journal started by Daniel Newhart at Oregon State University to stimulate discourse regarding student affairs assessment. Daniel’s vision is for the field to move...