Volume Eight • Issue Two • Summer 2010
FEATURES
10 Mapping the Future of Student Affairs
Task Force Highlights Opportunities and Challenges
By Nancy Grund
16 Enough is Enough
NASPA Initiative to Prevent Violence on Campus
By Brandi Hephner LaBanc and Kaaryn Sanon
20 Generation X Senior Student Affairs Officers
The Art of Managing Up and Down
By Ainsley Carry and Brian O. Hemphill
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24 Improving the Student-Athlete Experience
SSAOs Must Broaden Their Understanding of Athletics Programs
By Russell C. Wright
Accountability
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COLUMNS
4 From the President
6 Smart Thinking
Changing
Demographics
28 Liabilities
Keeping Your Institution Out of Court
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30 Public Policy
Health Care Reform Bill Affects Higher Education
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32 Technology Center
Integrating Technology Into Your Daily Routine
36 Tools of the Trade
Marijuana Use on Campus
38 Who’s Reading What
39 Websites to Watch
40 Capstone
What Is It That You Do?
upcoming events
Institute for New SSAOs,
Washington, DC
October 10–12, 2010
NASPA Student Affairs Law & Policy Conference,
Austin, Texas
December 9–11, 2010
The James E. Scott Academy is pleased to highlight
a sampling of programmatic offerings. Sessions
described are for the most senior student affairs
officers (SSAOs) on campus only.
The Institute for New Senior Student
Affairs Officers is an intensive three-day
academy for student affairs administrative
leaders in their first two years in the position. Designed by some of the nation’s best
SSAOs, the innovative curriculum focuses
on achieving success through strategic
decision-making, transformational campus
leadership, and highly effective management capabilities.
☛ SSAO PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
SSAOs are welcome to register for the pre-conference workshop
which will focus on legal issues that pertain to senior leadership,
management, and effective collaboration with legal counsel and/or
boards of trustees.
The James E. Scott Academy will sponsor Senior Reflection Sessions
at which vice presidents can elevate discussions of legal issues to
the most senior level.
