Strategic Plan Update: Organizational Audit

Dr. Cindi Love, Executive Director

FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 21, 2015 Dear Colleagues, Effective May 31, 2015, ACPA will reach a major milestone in a 10-month project to complete the objectives of the Strategic Plan adopted in 2011. One of the objectives was to complete an organizational audit to accompany our annual financial audit. What is an organizational audit? According to audit.gov.my, organizational audit is defined as an...

THE STORY WE FIND OURSELVES IN: 20 YEARS OF ABOUT CAMPUS

When the first edition of About Campus hit mailboxes in March of 1996, I was living in Flagstaff, Arizona, serving in my first higher education role feeling truly, all about campus . Now twenty years have passed, and it’s time to celebrate. Important anniversaries like this one help us remember where we’ve been, who we’ve become, and how we’ve been shaped on the roads we’ve traveled. For every...

NILOA Report: Focused on What Matters: Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes at Minority-Serving Institutions

Dr. Cindi Love, Executive Director

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Natasha Jankowski Phone: 217.244.2155 E-mail: njankow2@illinois.edu Minority Serving Institutions are learning what their students are learning A new report released today shows that Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), which educate about 40% of students historically underserved in postsecondary education are actively engaged in determining how well their students are...

Join the Assessment Adventure!

By Kristen McKinney, PhD Chair, Commission for Assessment and Evaluation Each year the ACPA Assessment Institute planning team works to develop a curriculum that is responsive to the assessment needs driving practitioners in student affairs today. The Institute experience provides a comprehensive roadmap for those looking to begin or expand their adventures in the wide world of Student Affairs...

ACPA Responds to Violence at Garissa University College

Dr. Cindi Love, Executive Director

It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence... and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect. ~Manitonqua 2 April 2015 Today, the members of the community of ACPA, grieve with our colleagues and their families at Garissa University College in Kenya. At last report, more than one-third of the students were killed or injured as a...