Going into its 25th year, the Donna M. Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute is an ACPA educational program for those who have been in the student affairs field for five or more years or are a departmental director. The Institute guides those desiring to grow their authentic leadership, strengthen their capacities and understand self and organizational dynamics in order to lead well.
ACPA is excited to partner with Strengths University for the 2023 Supervisor Strengths Institute! Learn to become a more effective supervisor and show up authentically in your leadership role. You'll gain skills around how to feel balanced, aligned, and able to genuinely enjoy your work while having the energy to do your best work. Strengths University understands the challenges, the frustrations, and the joys of leading a team. We want to help you manage the stress and chaos, so you can better lead your team, support your students, and have more balance in your life.
The field of student affairs has seen an exodus of staff members over the past few years. Employee attrition, however, is not a new problem in student affairs. Join Dr. Gudrun Nyunt, Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Northern Illinois University, as she shares findings of her grounded theory study that aimed to understand why […]
Scholar and feminist bell hooks noted, “Choosing wellness is an act of political resistance.” This webinar will explore the current experiences of Black women in academia. Panelists will share their personal experiences, offer strategies for overcoming challenges, and discuss the empowering act of actively prioritizing one's well-being while navigating higher education. This webinar is presented […]
The ACPA Senior-Level Community of Practice (SLCoP) coordinates and hosts the Senior-Level Support Network (SLSN). These monthly conversations with colleagues in leadership roles offer a space to discuss concerns and issues across institutional size, type, and location. The low-key conversations are broadly themed with opportunity for additional topics, relationship building, and unique or shared questions. […]
The Membership and Engagement Committee is incredibly excited to announce our first event as a coalition! Join us on February 18th, at 3 pm EST on Zoom to be in community together. We'll have space for a guided meditation to ground ourselves and then have time to catch up, talk about what's coming up at […]
Join The Leadership and Training Studio and Erin Fischer for a two-day, hands-on, engaging and entertaining seminar. Erin will share how she wrote 90 programs in four and a half years and still has more ideas. (As a matter of fact, she has written eight new courses in three months.) You will learn how to write participant guides, facilitator guides, identify 40 learning methods and understand why you can’t write learning objectives until the end of your course! By the end of the two days, you will have a template for writing consistently and engaging material with ease. We are excited to continue to offer this outstanding professional development opportunity in a live virtual format using Zoom Video Conferencing.
The Growing Knowledge Series (GKS) creates a pathway for those who have completed their dissertation, but never published, to share their scholarship with the profession through a hosted webinar. This collaborative effort of our three Communities of Practice is positioned to benefit practitioners and scholars alike, creating a space to share new knowledge frequently left on the […]
Join Dr. Michael Daniels, Director of the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center at Kent State University, as he explores the experiences of undergraduate Black men in formal leadership roles at predominantly White institutions. The purpose of this constructivist grounded theory study was to explore the experiences of undergraduate Black men in formal leadership roles […]
For years, higher education administrators have espoused commitments to hiring and employing a diverse group of staff. Despite these commitments, however, staff demographics have not significantly changed over recent decades. This session reviews the results of a 2022 research study which explored the ways search committee members understand their roles and navigate institutional commitments to […]
Join emerging scholars and scholar practitioners Shaina Philpot, Alex C. Lange, Jacki Mac, Q Hutchings, and Katherine Cho as they discuss critical concerns facing higher education and student affairs. Each topic will be considered through a fast-paced, engaging presentation. This webinar centers our commitment to racial justice and decolonization and gets to the heart of ACPA's past and future commitment to continued growth, intentionality, and progress in the field.
ACPA is excited to partner with Strengths University for the 2024 Supervisor Strengths Institute! Learn to become a more effective supervisor and show up authentically in your leadership role. You'll gain skills around how to feel balanced, aligned, and able to genuinely enjoy your work while having the energy to do your best work. Strengths University understands the challenges, the frustrations, and the joys of leading a team. We want to help you manage the stress and chaos, so you can better lead your team, support your students, and have more balance in your life.