Many campuses house leadership education programs (LEPs) that offer leadership workshops, retreats, and other initiatives focused on building students' leadership skills and knowledge. Using a multiple case study design, this paper examined how institutional stakeholders across campus contexts navigated fundraising efforts and pursued LEP funding.…

College student affairs professionals increasingly act as first responders to student crises. This article describes the development and validation of an instrument designed to measure symptoms of secondary trauma within a sample of student affairs professionals (n = 617). Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the instrument and its…

The best value that readers will take from this book is the knowledge, skills, and wisdom offered by the editors and 26 chapter authors. The book covers a wide range of topics relevant to campus environments and serving increasingly diverse college student populations. The authors provide in-depth analysis of the needs of today's diverse…

The "2018 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Student Financial Services (SFS) Benchmarking Study" provides data on student accounts and loan receivables, student payments, credit balance refunds, third-party payments, staffing, and expenditures for student financial service operations in fiscal year…

The term "Latinx" emerged recently as a gender-neutral label for Latino/a and Latin@. The purpose of this paper is to examine ways in which Latinx is used within the higher education context, and to provide an analysis of how the term can disrupt traditional notions of inclusivity and shape institutional understandings of…

The authors of this article invite disability and student affairs professionals to engage autistic college students and colleagues in program development and assessment efforts. Ten strategies to construct student support programs and assessment designs are provided that are inclusive of autistic students, staff, and faculty input and…

Student affairs professionals are often called upon to act as first-responders to students experiencing trauma, leaving them exposed to secondary traumatic stress. In this study, I used phenomenological methods supported by an arts-based research exercise to explore the experiences and meaning making processes of student affairs professionals who…

Student affairs was founded on student needs surrounding advocacy and inclusion. Due to a general lack of knowledge surrounding the field's formation, NASPA worked to create the book "Reflecting Back, Looking Forward: Civil Rights and Student Affairs." This article highlights the role of student affairs officers during challenging times,…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on faculty and student affairs practitioners which has changed the future of higher education worldwide. This reflective practitioner account looks into its impact on practitioners working in student affairs, some of which is not immediately visible, but unfortunately very significant and will…

In this manuscript, I discuss the experiences of African American male scholars at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) in the American South and the impact of their academic and social experiences on their respective campuses. Furthermore, I discuss their utilization of code-switching or a lack thereof as a tool to navigate their…

This chapter asserts that data are more likely to improve learning when assessment focuses on sensemaking conversations among students, faculty, and student affairs administrators, rather than on advanced statistical techniques.

Despite persistent calls by professional organizations and leaders in the field for theory-based programs, it is often difficult for student affairs professionals to articulate why and how their programs should work (i.e., program theory). This lack of program theory influences professionals' ability to use assessment results for program…

This longitudinal study investigated the outcomes of DREAMzone, an educational intervention designed to prepare higher education professionals to respond to the presence and needs of undocumented students. Qualitative surveys were administered to DREAMzone participants at three different time points (post-, 2-months, and 8-months). Five outcomes…

Increased demand for mental health services on college campuses has prompted an expansion of what it means to support mental and emotional well-being in the campus community. Although college counseling centers are vitally important, literature suggests that residence life staff already play prominent roles in promoting college students' mental…

This article reports the challenges of eLearning faced by under-resourced students in a Zambian public university during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. The article further examines the interventions made by the university to mitigate the challenges of eLearning faced by under-resourced students. The article is based on empirical data derived from an…