Hiram College made the decision to collect data in a more strategic and intentional way using eRezLife and, as a result, has fundamentally changed their ability to report on their goals and principles.
We know that community is so much more to our stakeholders than a marketing tool, and your work will showcase the value of resilient and intentional communities. Articulating this experience in a meaningful and relatable way will not only advance your own career, it will advance the respect and social capital of Student Affairs professionals everywhere.
There are many ways that student affairs professionals can take an active role in addressing student homelessness, food insecurity, and housing insecurity on their campuses.
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?
This year, we’ve decided to dedicate our annual summer reading list to rise up the voices that need to be heard. Most of the books on the list below are written by Black people or Indigenous peoples to support the current conversations happening in the United States and Canada at this moment in time.
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.
It’s not always intuitive for students to think about what characteristics are important when living with someone. Popular media has suggested that you need to be best friends with your freshman roommate, and if you’re not, it’s a failed relationship. There is value in creating learning opportunities for your students to understand the criteria for matching roommates. You can take it one step further by letting your students select their own roommates.
A year ago, I embraced change and took a risk. I left the security of the institution I’d worked at for over 15 years. It was my alma mater, gave me the foundation that bloomed…
