Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 - 12:33pm
As the new academic year is well underway for many campuses the issues and challenges of irresponsible behavior among some of our students has returned. Having served as the senior student affairs officer on a campus for nearly eleven years and worked on residential campuses for nearly thirty years, we needed all the help we could secure to assist with student alcohol and drug abuse. This past...

SLM and More

Wednesday, 1 August 2012 - 12:33pm
Greetings! I hope your summer is proceeding slowly, so you may enjoy the last few weeks before campuses return to “full bloom” as usual. While many of you are preparing your campuses for the new academic year, so is ACPA. The leadership of the association comes together once each year to orient new leaders, discuss priorities and the future direction of the association. Many of you may have heard...

Global Thinking

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 - 12:33pm
Greetings! From time to time I will use this medium to share some of my thoughts on issues occurring in higher education around the world. Yes, the world! It is time for those of us in the United States to realize that the world is getting smaller and the opportunity for global exchange of information is a “click” of a button away. We have a responsibility to the generations to come, to advance...

Generativity Project

The ACPA Generativity Project was created to document the history of ACPA and the student affairs profession. This project brought together a group of esteemed leaders from the profession to participate in face-to-face interviews with former ACPA President Dr. Dennis C. Roberts (1985-1986). Interviews were conducted with the following trailblazers of the profession: