ACPA is a proud sponsor of the 2023 Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference The University of Vermont annually presents one of the nation’s premiere conferences. This year the conference will be held on October 16 – 18, 2023, and will focus on the diverse legal issues impacting all aspects of higher education. The program will […]
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. […]
Join student affairs and higher education colleagues on a journey toward implementing a curricular approach on your campus at the Institute on the Curricular Approach (ICA)! This learning experience is dynamic and valuable, as you will have access to concrete examples of how institutions with similar institutional values have developed and implemented their Curricular Approach in residence life, student leadership, or student conduct. Showcase Institutions will share how they used the 10 Essential Elements, their lessons learned, and implementation successes. This event is a straight-forward way to obtain clear direction from higher education and student affairs professionals who have done the work.
The presenters will highlight how, as mid-level managers, they built and implemented a professional fellowship program for student affairs and student service professionals on their campus to engage in intentional cross-departmental learning pathways that fostered career progression and competency advancement. Utilizing a mixture of content sharing and group discussion, the presenters will create a space […]
Date: October 26th at 12pm ET Description: This webinar is panel-style where four panelists will answer questions regarding their functional area and their experiences within their work. The functional areas represented in this panel are Housing & Residence Life, Admissions, Student Engagement, Advising, and Sorority & Fraternity Life. ACPA/NASPA Competencies: Personal and Ethical Foundations; Advising […]
ACPA is proud to offer this exciting professional development event for those who are considering a Senior Student Affairs Officer (SSAO) role as a future career goal. The ACPA Institute for Aspiring SSAOs: Exploring Underrepresented Identities and Career Paths will explore ways in which our diverse backgrounds (such as gender identity and presentation, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and physical/cognitive qualities) impact our move to and experience within an SSAO role. A faculty team of seasoned and diverse SSAOs from various types of institutions will lead participants in an introspective and intimate journey.
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.
A comprehensive system of assessment is not a checklist of one-off assessment activities. It is its own way of thinking about our work, of making sense of our peoples' experiences and perceptions, and continuously improving our practices, across all roles and functional areas. In this session, we will engage in a conceptual - yet interactive […]
Are you nervous for convention? Do you want to get involved in ACPA? Convention Ambassadors is a new initiative led by the ACPA Graduate Students and New Professionals Community of Practice created for you to connect with fellow graduate students and new professionals, gain a greater understanding of what ACPA has to offer, and ease […]
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 Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While Title IX is directed towards the prevention of discrimination in collegiate athletics, Title IX does not explicitly remedy only issues in college athletics. Rather, the statute’s heart is a […]
Join us for a panel discussion with the founding members of the Mid-Level Community of Practice. ACPA’s Mid-Level Community of Practice’s (MLCOP) Mission is to encourage, develop, and deliver programs and services focused on the needs of mid-level professionals in student affairs and higher education. During this session, panelists will reflect on why they wanted to […]