Community Building

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Effecting Change on Issues of Race, Power, and Privilege in Student Residence

ByCate Morrison Hours

Three realities alive on campuses today limit our ability to act meaningfully. First, the topic of race/racism is often superficially engaged with, and sometimes avoided altogether. Second, very few institutions gather meaningful data about the lived experiences of their racialized students, staff, and faculty. Third, experiences of racism are often recorded as isolated anecdotes or incidents, with little to no formal structures to investigate if/how these experiences permeate the culture of the institution. How can we disrupt the status quo?

New Partner – Skyfactor

New Partner – Skyfactor

ByChad Elliott Hours

eRezLife Software and Skyfactor, a Macmillan Learning Company, announced a new partnership, which brings together Skyfactor’s student affairs and residence life assessment expertise and eRezLife Software’s diverse and comprehensive data collection capabilities and knowledge of student housing and residence life processes. The partnership will focus on delivering joint materials to student housing and residence life professionals, to help them communicate the value of their efforts to their various constituents.

Adapting to the new normal

Adapting to the New Normal

ByCate Morrison Hours

There is a new normal out there, and it’s a difficult one for the industry we work in. As an essential service, many housing and residence life operations are balancing the expectation to stay home with the expectation to care for their students who remain in residence and those that continue to require support from afar. On top of that, you’re adapting to different expectations at your institution and different expectations at home, potentially feeling isolated and exhausted. We need to adapt.